There’s no bad blood with Harry Styles, who has stayed with Sony but will now be working out of the States through the Columbia label. Simon explains: “I won’t go into the technical detail but it was a deal which we encouraged. We spoke about this a long time ago and certain artists do prefer to be signed to an American label and he spends a lot of time over here. This was something we were very instrumental in and it was the result we all wanted so it was great. I had a fantastic conversation with him after he signed his new contract. He was very sweet, he was appreciative of what we did. And that goes a long way. It is a character trait.”
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“It is a bit annoying if I am honest with you – mainly because it is a another label who has now got your artist (Liam) who you worked with for so many years.
Simon explained: “We had spoken a lot – him and I – about what he wanted to do next.
But I guess he read about Harry’s deal and thought we weren’t interested.
My impression was that he wasn’t in any hurry to make a record because he discussed this last year. He was more into songwriting.
and I'm so proud of them for getting record deals 
