Harry Styles chooses to use shoes as glass at Australia concert

Harry Styles is experimenting with totally unusual and uncalled-for things.

The 29-year-old singer began the Australia and New Zealand leg of his Love On Tour on Monday by participating in an Australian custom while performing on stage. He took off one of his green Adidas sneakers, filled it with liquid, and chugged it in front of a raucous audience.

"This is one of the most disgusting traditions I've ever witnessed," said Styles in a video of the moment shared on social media by a concert attendee.

The Sydney Morning Herald defines the practice, known to Australians as a "shoey," as "drinking from a shoe." The wet shoe is then kept on for the remainder of the evening, claims The New York Times.

Many famous people have reportedly participated in the practice while travelling to Australia, including Machine Gun Kelly, Gerard Butler, and Luke Bryan, according to the Times.

Following Styles' shoey, he quipped that he "will be discussing this with my therapist at length" and proclaimed: "I feel like a different person. I feel ashamed of myself. It feels so personal. Such an intimate moment to be shared with so many people."

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Harry Style's most recent performance follows a 42-date, sold-out run in the US that started in 2021.

He openly discussed the duration of his career, which began in 2010 with the formation of One Direction on The X Factor, during his acceptance speech for British artist of the year at the BRIT Awards.

"I want to thank my mum for signing me up for X Factor without telling me, so I literally wouldn't be here without you. I want to thank Niall [Horan], Louis [Tomlinson], Liam [Payne] and Zayn [Malik] because I wouldn't be here without you either. Thank you so much," Styles said in his speech.

He added, "I'm really, really grateful for this, and I'm very aware of my privilege up here tonight." Styles was heavily criticized for saying "this doesn't happen to people like me very often" while accepting an award for album of the year at the recent Grammys.

Styles also thanked his family for being "supportive, understanding, patient" and the most "loving family I could ever ask for."