Why Harry Styles Turned Down Role successful The Little Mermaid

It was lone close that Harry Styles and Stevie Nicks found each other.

He was the de facto frontman of 1 of the astir palmy lad bands of each time, a radical that came unneurotic serendipitously and had a large tally earlier the gents went their abstracted ways. She's the frontwoman of 1 of the astir palmy and legendarily melodramatic bands of each time, a group that had a bully tally for the amended portion of 50 years. Both unthinkable singers and earthy spotlight-commanders. Both known for their inimitable manner choices.

The 29-year-old from the English municipality of Redditch and the 75-year-old from Phoenix, Ariz., mutually admired each other's endowment from afar (perhaps 1 was much acquainted with the different astatine first) and now they telephone each different person astatine immoderate distance.

Before she launched into "Landslide," Nicks told the sold-out assemblage astatine Wembley Stadium, "I'd similar to dedicate this to my small muse, Harry Styles, who brought his parent tonight. Her sanction is Anne. And I deliberation you did a truly bully occupation raising Harry, Anne. Because he's truly a gentleman, saccharine and talented, and, boy, that appeals to me. So each of you, this is for you."

But talking to Rolling Stone, Nicks said that loved Harry and was "so happy" he "made a stone & rotation record—he could person made a popular grounds and that would person been the casual mode for him. But I conjecture helium decided helium wanted to beryllium calved successful 1948, too—he made a grounds that was much similar 1975."

She'd had her oculus connected Styles' burgeoning solo talents for awhile by then, however.

"When we did the past Fleetwood Mac show, connected my birthday, it was the nicest day I'd had successful 10 years," she told the Daily Mail in 2017. "Harry Styles brought backmost a cake. Mick has benignant of adopted him. There are conscionable women successful Mick's household and Harry is that tall, lanky philharmonic lad helium ever wanted, truthful they support successful touch."

A fewer weeks aft that interview, she joined Styles onstage for the archetypal clip astatine the Troubador connected L.A.'s Sunset Strip, tract of countless history-making philharmonic moments implicit the years. Styles happily announced to the assemblage that helium was "losing my s--t successful a chill way."

They started with his "Two Ghosts," past sang "Landslide," and concluded with "Leather and Lace," Styles seamlessly covering Don Henley's fractional of the lyrics. As she sang, helium bowed down accordingly, calling her "the queen of everything."

"I'm beauteous definite that this was going to beryllium up determination with 1 of the champion nights of my life," Styles said. And successful each honesty, singing "Landslide" during soundcheck unneurotic "was adjacent cooler for maine than the show—just maine and her, successful an bare Troubadour," helium told Rolling Stone.

Unsurprisingly, Styles was besides among the artists who performed astatine the 2018 MusiCares Person of the Year performance honoring Fleetwood Mac, joining the set connected a rendition of "The Chain." And by 2019, Nicks wasn't conscionable astatine the parties, she was being consulted connected the product, too.

"I met Stevie Nicks past nighttime astatine the Fleetwood Mac performance successful Philly and she reasserted that she had heard the entirety of Fine Line and said it was unthinkable and that we aren't ready!!!" Trey Taylor, an exertion at The Face, tweeted successful November 2019 ahead of the merchandise of Styles' 2nd solo album.

And to deliberation this all started with a fan, lasting successful beforehand of a girl, offering her baked goods. 

"Piped her sanction onto it. She loved it. Glad she liked carrot cake," helium recalled to Rolling Stone successful 2017 astir astonishing her with post-show sweets successful 2015. (A small digging shows that carrot appears to beryllium Nicks' day barroom spirit of prime since astatine slightest the 1970s.)

Incidentally, a vinyl transcript of Nicks' 1989 solo album The Other Side of the Mirror was 1 of the items that was visibly successful usage successful Harry's London level erstwhile a Rolling Stone interviewer came calling successful 2019.

In his tribute to "the magical gypsy godmother who occupies the in-between," helium said, "If you're fortunate capable to cognize her, she's ever determination for you. She knows what you need: advice, a small wisdom, a blouse, a shawl—she's got you covered. Her songs marque you ache, consciousness connected apical of the world, marque you privation to dance, and usually each 3 astatine the aforesaid time. She's liable for much moving mascara—including my own—than each the atrocious dates successful past combined. That is existent Stevie."

Styles besides said, "She is some an adjective, and a verb—to punctuation my father, 'That was precise Stevie Nicks!' oregon to punctuation my mother, 'I Stevie Nicks'ed that s--t truthful hard.' Mick Fleetwood calls her the 'fearless leader.' She is 'Mama Lion' to her friends. She is the household subordinate that you tin ever number on. I anticipation she knows what she means to us, what she means to yet different procreation of artists who look to her for inspiration and trailblazing courage. That is existent Stevie."

"I was fortunate capable to play with her astatine the Troubadour a fewer years ago, and each I could bash was watch," helium continued. "The amusement is nary longer yours, it's hers, and you instrumentality a genu arsenic she takes it from you, and that is existent Stevie."

"She is much than a relation model—she's a beacon to each of us," helium concluded. "Whenever you perceive her voice, beingness gets a small spot better. When she sings, the satellite is hers, and it is yours. She is everything you've ever wanted successful a lady, successful a lover, successful a friend."

Nine months later, she glided onto the stage for her astonishment appearance at Styles' one-night-only December 2019 engagement astatine L.A.'s Great Western Forum to observe Fine Line. "It wouldn't beryllium an medium merchandise without this young lady," helium said. "I person a feeling that you're going to bask this arsenic overmuch arsenic me." 

Naturally they brought the location down with "Landslide." Though, adjacent if May 26 is Nicks' birthday, we're not truthful definite that Nicks is getting older, too.

(Originally published May 26, 2020, astatine 12:02 p.m. PT)