Following less than a year of dating, Harry Styles and Taylor Russell called it quits after a trip to Japan last April, a source revealed to The Sun. However, neither party has released any statement regarding the breakup.
Prior to the rumor making the rounds, a music insider told People that things were still going well between Styles and Russell and that they were becoming “fairly serious” after spending time in England and traveling together.
The source went on to say that Styles is a “private person” and that he and Russell “shared the same interests” in maintaining a low profile for their now-dissolved relationship. In Tokyo, they were spotted traveling the subway together.
However, at the New York Met Gala, Taylor—dressed in a silk skirt and a nude molded corset—was photographed without him.
“Harry and Taylor have ended their relationship,” a friend said. Following their trip to Japan, they had a difficult period and are now taking some time apart.
When the singer and actress were first spotted out together in June 2023, romance rumors about them began to circulate. Russell was spotted dancing in the VIP area of Styles’ Vienna, Austria, concert the month after. According to a fan-posted TikTok video, the two were seen having a great day exploring the city the following day.
Styles and Russell reunited in August of that year when the former went to the National Theatre in London for the play’s opening night gala, The Effect. Pictures from the afterparty that night also showed the two cuddling.
In the midst of circulating rumors about a romantic relationship, Russell talked candidly about her dating experiences and challenges to The Face magazine that same month. “I will never offer up all of my emotions for free. The actress remarked, “I’m someone who, inconveniently, complicatedly, needs things to be asked and pulled from me to talk about it.” Even so, I find myself saying, “I apologize, is this too much? Is this going to be excessive? Therefore, it will never work if I don’t have a partner who will do that.
During the course of their relationship, Russell and Styles would be spotted out a few more times, such as on a coffee run in London in September, at a U2 concert in Las Vegas in November (where Styles also debuted his buzz cut), and in January during a leisurely stroll through London’s Hampstead neighborhood.
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