Singer Harry Styles waves Ukrainian flag at New York concert, fans get emotional

Towards the end of the concert, Styles played one of his old hits, ‘Sign of the Times’. It was during this track that the 28-year-old singer grabbed a Ukrainian flag from one of the fans in the audience and carried it with him across the stage as the crowd cheered. 

Soon, pictures and videos of the moment went viral on social media. 

Harry Styles @Harry_Styles took to the stage with a #Ukrainian flag at a concert in New York during the performance of one of his top hits “Sign Of The Times” “
🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine
🎥: @isabelguedez pic.twitter.com/eTe6pNc2JJ

— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) May 22, 2022

Amazing, such young artists with human values, decency, empathy towards the suffering ofUkraine! Gives me faith in our future! Thank you, such symbolic acts matter a lot, you influence youth, thank you 🙏❤️

— Alexandra (@Alexandra1UApro) May 22, 2022

harry styles with a ukraine flag what a goat

— cam (@tbltroll) May 21, 2022

THIS IS FLAG OF UKRAINE
GOD DAMN IM CRYING I MISS MY HOME SM#HarrysHouse #HarryStyles

— іля пух олесандодич (@pyxtachokkk) May 21, 2022

@Harry_Styles holding Ukraine’s flag and singing “Will we ever learn? We’ve been here before” was just so powerful to me. 🤍🕊

— Israel Josafat (@_IsraelJosafat) May 21, 2022

Harry Styles, ally of Ukraine pic.twitter.com/KEbrW36zF6

— Nora Biette-Timmons (@biettetimmons) May 21, 2022

Today is the one of many days in war for Ukrainian.Every day is a fight, every day people of Ukraine bleeding.But for me as a @Harry_Styles fan today is way more better than others because of Harry’s pictures with Ukraine flag.#HarryStyles #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/ud8YSeSLrX

— Sunflower (@Kristiasha_) May 21, 2022

We’re watching #HarryStyles’s One Night Only concert on Apple Live TV right now and be just grabbed a Ukraine flag from someone in the audience. We love that energy, king. 🇺🇦

— Anamika 🇺🇦 (@AKumariLife) May 21, 2022

Harry really went out of his own way to wave the Ukraine flag and during sign of the times was such a meaningful moment cause it reflects on what’s actually happening in Ukraine right now #HarrysHouse #HarryStyles pic.twitter.com/uNTlS8B29q

— esra (@vibessesra) May 21, 2022

Anton Gerashchenko, a Ukrainian diplomat and former member of the parliament, shared a video from the concert on Twitter. Replying to Gerashchenko’s post, a Twitter user wrote, “Amazing, such young artists with human values, decency, empathy towards the horrors of russian actions in Ukraine! Gives me faith in our future! Thank you, such symbolic acts matter a lot, you influence youth, thank you 🙏❤️”

Another Twitter user shared pictures of Styles with the Ukrainian flag and tweeted, “Harry really went out of his own way to wave the Ukraine flag and during sign of the times was such a meaningful moment cause it reflects on what’s actually happening in Ukraine right now   #HarrysHouse #HarryStyles”. 

Earlier, heavy metal band Metallica and Irish rock band U2 had expressed  solidarity with the Ukrainian cause after Russian forces invaded it on February 24 this year. While Metallica launched a T-shirt sale, the proceeds of which went to a charity that supported Ukrainians, U2 performed a concert for free in the country’s capital Kyiv in a bid to extend the healing touch of music to struggling Ukrainians.