For the first night of his 2021 sold-out Love On Tour Halloween weekend in New York City, Styles dressed up as Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz, complete with a plaid blue dress and ruby red heels. In the 1939 film, Dorothy clicks her heels three times while repeatedly stating “there’s no place like home.” Styles followed suit and referenced going home throughout the night.

In November 2021, Styles released his beauty brand, Pleasing, which included a gorgeous array of nail polish and skincare. In one of the nail polish promo photos, fans noticed Styles holding five fingers up on his left hand and two fingers on his right hand. Fans speculated he was hinting at a new album release date — possibly May 2 (5/2) or May 20 (5/20). However, because there was no mention of a new album soon after this incident, fans let this easter egg float away. Turns out TikTokers were right to be suspicious, as the release of Harry’s House is May 20.

Since the start of his Love On Tour in September 2021, Styles would often end his shows by asking the audience, “Are you ready to go home?” to which fans would respond with, “You are home” — the phrase now appearing on Harry’s House advertisements. Considering the cocky grin Styles would wear while raising the question, fans began wondering whether there was more meaning behind it. While signing “Sign of the Times” during his final North American Love On Tour performance in November, Styles told fans to “send me home” — which fans interpreted as a hint at his readiness to move on to his next musical era.

In January 2022, fans noticed the names of the stadium layout for Love On’s international dates changed from “cherry” and “watermelon” to “kitchen,” “bedroom,” and “hallway, — aka, Harry’s House. TikTok Harries instantly knew he was up to something. The cherry and watermelon pits matched the vibe of Fine Line songs “Cherry” and “Watermelon Sugar,” which of course led fans to believe that the kitchen, bedroom, and hallway pits would follow the tone of a new album.

While Styles has been singing about home since his One Direction days, fans first turned to lyrics from his self-titled album that reference a house or being home:

• “Meet me in the hallway…I just left your bedroom” — “Meet Me In the Hallway”
• “But she says I remind her of home…Feeling oh so far from home” — “Carolina”
• “The fridge light washes this room” — “Two Ghosts”
• “Two hearts in one home…You bring me home” — “Sweet Creature”
• “Couldn’t take you home to mother in a skirt that short” — “Only Angel”
• “When she’s alone, she goes home to a cactus” — “Kiwi”

TikTokers also noticed certain Fine Line lyrics reference home, too:

• “I’m in my bed and you’re not here” — “Falling”
• “It’s hard for me to go home” — “To Be So Lonely”
• “She sleeps in his bed” — “She”
• “Kiss in the kitchen like it’s a dance floor… Kids in the kitchen listen to dancehall” — “Sunflower, Vol. 6”
• “Two weeks and I’ll be home…I’m going home” — “Canyon Moon”