Well, we should have seen it coming.
After a long period in which he was considered the darling and darling of women and men of many ages, and at the culmination of a year in which he was officially crowned as the beautiful, correct and new king of pop, Harry Styles also turned from consensus into a controversial subject, in the life of one magazine cover.
Last week the British singer starred on the cover of "Rolling Stone" holding a cake with candles and modeling, as usual, a colorful and iridescent look, befitting his peacock character.
"How the new king of pop set the music world on fire," asked the reference from the cover.
The interview with him, at least in its network version, was titled "How did Harry Styles become the most wanted man in the world?".
It is hard to argue with this description, in light of the huge exposure he received, especially since the release of his album "Harry's House" last May, which included the song "As It Was" - a single that convinced even the last of the skeptics that he is a superstar of the rarer variety.
Not immune to criticism. Styles' controversial cover
But even Harry Styles is not immune to criticism, and in a way that is not really surprising (when you take into account the most prominent feature of the generation of young people he is addressing) - precisely the gay community, which he often uses its symbols, waves the flag, and in general presents a queer sexuality (while remaining rather mysterious as far as his own preferences are concerned) is the one attacking him now.
After the publication of the cover, the network was filled with not necessarily flattering comments from members of the LGBT community, who feel that Stiles does not really make its values accessible to the general public, as much as he uses them for virtue signaling or a cynical appropriation of their queer identity in order to mark himself correctly and up-to-date with the values of the time.
"People and media outlets act as if he invented gender-fluid clothing, when queers have been doing it for years," one commenter wrote.
"Why is a straight man sharing his unsolicited opinions about gay sex with us?" asked another.
Also the fact that in one of his new films that will be released soon the star is a gay man was seen as robbing a proud actor of his livelihood.
An article that appeared later in the "New York Times" raised the question - if Stiles does belong to the community, why doesn't he say so explicitly?
If he doesn't belong - why does he use the symbol?
It seems that just like Madonna before him, Harry is now finding that in the end there will always be someone who will be offended and insist on being right with you.
There is no need to rush to eulogize him, and the petty network storm will certainly not mark the end of Styles.
But it is undoubtedly an interesting parable about the time we live in, the age of getting closer and the inability to satisfy everyone all the time.
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