The biggest-selling male pop stars have dismantled their masculinity

The world’s leading music men – Harry Styles, Bad Bunny and Jack Harlow – are all finding success while offering subversive challenges to old-school machismo.

Lindsay Zoladz

Jan 6, 2023 – 9.21am

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In April, during Harry Styles’ headlining set at Coachella, the reigning pop prince invited a surprise guest, Shania Twain, to the stage to sing a provocatively chosen duet: Man, I Feel Like a Woman.

Clad in a low-cut, silver sequined jumpsuit, Styles strutted, twirled and belted out the cheeky anthem’s lyrics. “This lady taught me how to sing,” he told the raucous crowd of more than 100,000 when the song was over. “She also taught me that men are trash.”