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The “Watermelon Sugar” singer featured his friend, Ben Winston’s, daughter on his hit track, “As It Was,” in 2022. The now-7-year-old is the voice behind the opening words, “Come on Harry, we want to say goodnight to you!”
“She used to try and call me before bedtime every night so one time I don’t know, it didn’t ring or something, and she sent me that and I dug it out at some point while we were in the studio and put it in front of the song for some reason. I just fell in love with it and it stuck,” Styles toldCapital FMin April 2022.
She was born in 2016
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Her father and Styles are good friends
James Longman, Josie Cliff, Louis Waymouth, James Corden, Ben Winston in 2019.Terence Patrick/CBS/Getty
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Styles and Winston first became friends over a decade ago during Styles’One Directiondays. Winston worked on a few 1D videos and also produced their documentary film,This is Us, and the pair have been pals ever since.
“Traveling and working with those 5 brilliant boys was such an amazing privilege. Loved every minute of that life changing time,” Winston wrote in an Instagram caption to commemorate the band’s10th anniversary.
Styles even lived in Winston’s attic in suburban London for over a year, perRolling Stone.
“That period of time, he was living with us in the most mundane suburban situation. No one ever found out, really," Winston said of their living arrangement. “Even when we went out for a meal, it’s such a sweet family neighborhood, no one dreamed it was actually him. But he made our house a home. And when he moved out, we were gutted.”
She’s featured on “As It Was”
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Styles has told the story a few times, saying that the voice memo organically made its way onto the song.
“She had a streak of calling me every night,” the musician toldHeart Radioin April 2022 of what was going on behind the scenes of the now-famous snippet. “I missed it one night and she wanted to let me know that she was quite angry with me.”
Her dad later revealed in a January 2023 interview withEntertainment Weeklythat the voice recording happened in a rather private location.
“I find it very moving whenever I hear that record — and the fact that it’s the biggest record of last year, the No. 1 streamed record — and it’s my little girl sitting on the toilet because that’s where she was when she recorded it," he said.
Her dad did not let her perform with Styles at the Grammy Awards
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“It’s a really lovely thing that will always be a lovely thing for her," he said. “And I don’t think she really understands it yet, but one day when she’s 25, she’ll realize that’s the coolest thing ever.”
She is a big sister
source: people.com
