1 00:00:00,100 --> 00:00:02,100 ♪ Tastes like strawberries ♪ 2 00:00:02,900 --> 00:00:04,700 ♪ On a summer evenin' ♪ 3 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:08,800 ♪ And it sounds just like a song ♪ 4 00:00:09,900 --> 00:00:11,800 ♪ I want your belly ♪ 5 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:14,600 ♪ And that summer feelin' ♪ 6 00:00:14,900 --> 00:00:19,300 ♪ I don't know if I could ever go without ♪ 7 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:20,600 ♪ Watermelon sugar ♪ 8 00:00:20,700 --> 00:00:21,300 ♪ High ♪ 9 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:24,400 Harry Styles is our "Hitmaker of the Year" because 10 00:00:24,500 --> 00:00:28,600 he's achieved what is really, really difficult these days 11 00:00:28,700 --> 00:00:33,400 which is to have two songs in the top 25 most consumed tracks 12 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:34,200 of the year. 13 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:37,400 Harry Styles is just an icon. 14 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:41,000 I think what separates him from the rest of the pack is that 15 00:00:41,100 --> 00:00:43,900 he really took his pop roots with One Direction 16 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:46,800 and put them in a completely new direction 17 00:00:46,900 --> 00:00:49,200 by heading more towards the rock genre. 18 00:00:49,300 --> 00:00:52,400 ♪ Gotta get away from here ♪ 19 00:00:53,100 --> 00:00:56,200 ♪ We gotta get away from here ♪ 20 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:00,900 The obvious move when an artist leaves a boyband 21 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:03,300 is: make more boyband-type hits. 22 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:05,600 Well, Harry Styles did not do that. 23 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:09,700 He made a record, his self-titled album from 2017, 24 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:11,900 that sounded like it was made in 1972. 25 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:14,300 ♪ You don't have to say you love me ♪ 26 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:16,800 ♪ I just wanna tell you something ♪ 27 00:01:16,900 --> 00:01:20,100 ♪ Lately you've been on my mind ♪ 28 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:23,100 But the difference this time is, there's radio hits. 29 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:25,900 You've got "Watermelon Sugar" and, you know, 30 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:28,800 several others from the album that have really made 31 00:01:28,900 --> 00:01:31,400 him not just a star in his own right, 32 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:33,100 but a star because of his song. 33 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:35,600 There's a lot of people who are into Harry Styles now 34 00:01:35,900 --> 00:01:39,900 who never would've been caught dead buying a One Direction album, 35 00:01:40,100 --> 00:01:42,800 and yet have now had to come to the conclusion 36 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:45,100 that, "Hey, this guy is making music for me too, 37 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:47,800 even though I didn't think I was part of the target demographic." 38 00:01:47,900 --> 00:01:50,700 This is a really good soft rock record from the 70s 39 00:01:51,100 --> 00:01:53,500 disguised as a pop record from the 21st century. 40 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:57,100 Harry Styles strikes me as kind of the George Clooney of pop, 41 00:01:57,700 --> 00:02:02,100 in that he's brilliant at what he does, no one doubts his ability, 42 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:05,200 but you feel so comfortable settling in with him. 43 00:02:05,300 --> 00:02:07,000 You know you're not gonna watch him sweat. 44 00:02:07,100 --> 00:02:09,300 He's so confident and at ease with himself. 45 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:13,000 ♪ What if I'm down?, What if I'm out? ♪ 46 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:17,400 ♪ What if I'm someone you won't talk about? ♪ 47 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:22,600 ♪ I'm fallin' again, I'm fallin' again ♪ 48 00:02:22,700 --> 00:02:24,900 ♪ I'm fallin' ♪ 49 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:28,000 He's proven that he can take a vision, 50 00:02:28,100 --> 00:02:30,200 take an album project, 51 00:02:30,300 --> 00:02:36,700 and give it to his fans so that they can devour it as a complete, cohesive collection. 52 00:02:38,300 --> 00:02:39,800 ♪ You're so golden ♪ 53 00:02:44,300 --> 00:02:45,000 Folks, 54 00:02:45,100 --> 00:02:47,000 it's no suprise that 55 00:02:47,500 --> 00:02:52,400 Variety's cover boy would also be their 2020 "Hitmaker of the Year." 56 00:02:52,500 --> 00:02:57,700 You all know that I am talking about my best friend, Mr. Harry Styles, okay. 57 00:02:58,100 --> 00:03:01,800 His new song, Fine Line, has debuted at number one in the U.S. 58 00:03:01,900 --> 00:03:06,500 and has broken the record for the number one sales for a British male artist-- 59 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:09,800 I don't remember what the email said that I was supposed to say, 60 00:03:09,900 --> 00:03:12,200 but I can't read the email while I'm doing the video 61 00:03:12,300 --> 00:03:14,400 so just cut me some slack, folks. 62 00:03:14,700 --> 00:03:16,300 I'm on set. 63 00:03:16,700 --> 00:03:17,500 Okay? 64 00:03:18,100 --> 00:03:19,300 Geez, Louise. 65 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:20,000 Come on, guys. 66 00:03:20,100 --> 00:03:22,900 And the chair I'm using is so creaky. 67 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:24,300 OK. 68 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:29,400 Not only has Fine Line broken all these records, but he's tacked on three Grammy nominations. 69 00:03:30,100 --> 00:03:34,500 Now, I have gotten to know Harry over the last couple months 70 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:36,600 making the film Don't Worry Darling, 71 00:03:36,700 --> 00:03:40,400 and I learned that Harry is not only and incredibly talented musician 72 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:44,700 and a very, very good actor, but he's a genuinely wonderful dude. 73 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:48,600 He, like, brings coffee and donuts every morning to meetings and 74 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:51,900 sent me flowers on my wedding night, 75 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:57,300 and now is in a throuple with me and my new wife. 76 00:03:57,400 --> 00:03:59,700 And he's a very generous lover, 77 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:03,900 and, folks, he is a manly man if I've ever met one. 78 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:07,900 So, I am thrilled and honored to present 79 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:11,200 Harry Styles, which is his real name, he told me on set by the way. 80 00:04:11,300 --> 00:04:12,800 That's his real-- He was born with that name. 81 00:04:12,900 --> 00:04:16,000 It's like, how could he not be a star with the name "Harry Styles." 82 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:21,900 It is my true honor to present Harry Styles with Variety's "Hitmaker of the Year." 83 00:04:22,500 --> 00:04:23,600 Hi, I'm Harry. 84 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:26,700 I just wanna say a massive thank you to Variety 85 00:04:27,100 --> 00:04:29,500 for making me the "Hitmaker of the Year." 86 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:35,500 It's very strange, and a very proud moment for me, 87 00:04:36,700 --> 00:04:38,900 and for everyone who I made the record with. 88 00:04:40,100 --> 00:04:44,200 I don't think any of us ever walked into the studio with the intention of 89 00:04:44,900 --> 00:04:45,900 making hits. 90 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:50,100 I think we try and make good music that we like, 91 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:53,900 and sometimes that connects and sometimes it doesn't. 92 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:55,500 And, um, 93 00:04:56,200 --> 00:05:00,600 it's very cool to think that people liked some of the songs from the last album. 94 00:05:00,700 --> 00:05:01,400 So, 95 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:03,100 thank you very much for this. 96 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:08,000 I wanna say thank you to everyone at Columbia Records for supporting me, 97 00:05:08,500 --> 00:05:10,400 and, um, 98 00:05:10,500 --> 00:05:12,800 for leaving me alone while we made this album. 99 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:17,000 I wanna thank my manager, Jeffrey, and Tommy. 100 00:05:17,900 --> 00:05:19,000 and, uh, 101 00:05:19,500 --> 00:05:20,600 for always supporting me. 102 00:05:20,700 --> 00:05:21,700 And, 103 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:25,200 this is a very cool-- it's a very cool moment, so. 104 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:30,300 I wanna thank Tom, Tyler, and Mitch, and Sammy for making this record with me. 105 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:32,100 And, um, 106 00:05:32,900 --> 00:05:35,700 Yeah, very proud of this, so thank you so much, and 107 00:05:36,900 --> 00:05:39,500 I will get back in the studio, 108 00:05:39,900 --> 00:05:41,200 and, uh. 109 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:43,700 Yeah, thank you. This is cool. 110 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:46,000 And I hope to see you soon. 111 00:05:46,100 --> 00:05:47,200 Take care. Stay safe.