Robbie Williams says he sees a lot of himself in Harry Styles



Twenty-5 years connected from merchandise of archetypal solo album, vocalist besides tells BBC of contention with Gary Barlow

Robbie Williams acting successful Germany successful August. Photograph: Gisela Schober/Getty ImagesRobbie Williams acting successful Germany successful August. Photograph: Gisela Schober/Getty ImagesPA MediaThu 29 Dec 2022 19.01 EST

Robbie Williams has said helium sees a fig of himself successful popular sensation Harry Styles.

The forty eight-year-antique determined repute arsenic a subordinate of the boyband Take That earlier than happening to forge a palmy solo assemblage aft the merchandise of his debut medium Life Thru a Lens.

Speaking to person and presenter Scott Mills successful day solemnisation of the album, which functions deed unmarried Angels and was released 25 years ago, Williams turned into advised with the assistance of Mills, forty nine, that helium sees similarities among the 2 performers. Williams replied: “Absolutely. I spot plenty.

“This is inconsequential, but the algorithm connected my YouTube threw up a video of Harry Styles talking successful betwixt songs and what helium turned into speakme astir go a portion of nonsense, similar I talk about, conscionable a spot of banter.

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“It changed into like, I spot what he’s doing. He’s trying to capable a country … That level is monolithic and it’s a lonely location.

“You’d higher propulsion a fewer shapes different you’re conscionable going to consciousness awkward.”

During the verbal exchange, which took spot connected Robbie Williams: My Life Thru a Lens connected BBC Radio 2, Williams besides mentioned his preliminary departure from Take That and the interaction connected his narration with erstwhile bandmate Gary Barlow.

“I accidental that I changed into wrong the halfway of a tense breakdown, my archetypal of many,” Williams stated of leaving the band.

“All the information going into the machine had made the laptop overload … So it felt similar I became successful immoderate benignant of burning gathering and I needed to get out.

“That’s the mode it felt astatine the time. Then I was like: ‘OK, I’ll effort this circuit aft which I’ll spell away’. And they genuinely went: ‘Actually, successful lawsuit you’re going to spell away, are you capable to determination now?’”

Williams near the band, which astatine the clip consisted of Williams, Barlow, Howard Donald, Mark Owen and Jason Orange, successful 1995 earlier than concisely rejoining successful 2010.

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Williams revealed helium aboriginal “made certain” determination was illustration contention betwixt himself and Barlow, telling Mills: “Because that’s what the 90s go about. This is what changed into taking spot successful my campy – I accidental my camp, I connote my caput – it’s similar wrestling oregon boxing.

“It’s your people against their tribe, and my people was maine and their people turned into Gary Barlow, and I was each up for that benignant of conflict owed to the information I were fixed a fewer benignant of footwear from it. Unfortunately, Gary didn’t acquisition the aforesaid mode and helium didn’t get a footwear from it, owed to the information helium go a properly-rounded grownup that didn’t request that benignant of irritation successful his existence. I truthful severely desired him to respond but, similar I say, he’s a well-rounded person.”

Williams stated helium and Barlow, 50 one, person due to the fact that repaired their dating, adding: “Look, we're ellipse of relatives. It’s similar humor household for each of the desirable, and each the horrific, and we're intrinsically locked unneurotic successful this travel connected the earth.

“All radical – me, Jay, Howard, Mark and Gaz. I volition ever beryllium the younger member and he'll perpetually beryllium the older brother. And I did matters that I’m nary longer pleased with, and stated things I’m not blessed with arsenic a absorption to things that I tendency he’s nary longer that pleased with both. That being stated, taking the mickey retired of Gary, helium didn’t merit that.”

Robbie Williams: My Life Thru a Lens is to beryllium had connected BBC Sounds from 30 December and airs connected BBC Radio 2 connected 1 January astatine 5pm.