It’s fairly obvious to say that today is no typical day for Harry Styles fans. Consider today a national holiday for Directioners everywhere, marked by excessive celebration, overwhelming emotions and intoxicating merriment. For today, on February 1st, 2017, we celebrate the beautiful, sweet baby angel god that is Harry Edward Styles on his 23rd birthday.
It seems only fitting that today we share 23 GIFs that best communicate everything we love about the birthday boy. So lo and behold– here are 23 moments commemorating the sacred inception of Harry Styles and 23 years of beautiful existence on planet Earth.
1. When his piercing blue eyes peered deep into your soul.
2. When his long, curly locks blew gloriously in the wind.
3. When he looked like a perfect snow bunny sent from above.
4. When he contemplated the meaning of life.
5. When even he knew how cute he was.
6. When he understood how we all truly feel about him.
7. When he showed that he was a man of many talents.
8. When he danced around Time Square like only Harry could.
9. When he looked AH-dorable during his X Factor audition.
10. When he kissed this camera and we’d never been so jealous of an inanimate object.
11. When he bit his lip like THIS. No words.
12. When he giggled like a little boy and we collectively lost it.
13. When he turned an eye mask into a fashion statement.
14. When he hit the gym and we lost our damn minds.
15. When his smile made everything wrong right in the world.
16. When he convinced us to take up boxing and turned us on to the man bun simultaneously.
17. When he totally wiped out on stage and recovered like a champ.
18. When he rocked a red carpet like a pro– because would you expect anything else?
19. When he somehow made coughing look sexy.
20. When he sang the words only every girl hopes to hear.
21. When he ran his fingers through his hair and we wished we could too.
22. When his dancing was so bad, it was good.
23. When he was the most beautiful specimen of a man there ever was.