Singer Harry Styles, who recently won a Grammy for Album of the Year, performed at his first concert in Australia in Perth on Monday. The audience present there were surprised as they witnessed the ‘One Direction’ member doing the cult Australian drinking tradition on stage. ‘The Shoey’ is a drinking tradition where one pours a drink into their or someone else’s shoe and drinks directly from it.
The singer commented that ‘this is one of the most disgusting traditions ever’. He also said that he felt like ‘a new person,’ after doing it and will be discussing the moment with his therapist ‘at length.’
The clip is being widely shared on Twitter, and many fans are shocked.
‘Why Harry why,’ asked a Twitter user, while another tweeted, ‘Why did I have to see this?’
One of the fan’s comments read, ‘That's literally an Australian tradition. You people need to chill out. Other artists have done it before as well.’ A fan also noted, ‘I actually love how he does these little things like this at these places to make his fans feel good and to show how comfortable he is and how fun he is. It’s the tradition of the place and his disgusted reaction was so funny we won.’
Harry Styles won big at the Brit Awards held on February 12. He bagged an award for song of the year, best album, best artist and best pop/R&B act. He also won three awards at the Grammys, including album of the year.
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