We Found The Harry Styles EMA Lookalike – And Interviewed Him Using One Direction Lyrics

From everyone in the MTV office, thank you and good night Glasgow. You gave good game at the weekend, and the EMAs went down a storm, according to the 2.3 million people who watched it.

Aside from Nicki’s rack, Ed Sheeran’s ability to bring tears to a million pairs of eyes and Kiesza’s fancy footwork, the world was informed that there’s man out there who looks like Harry Styles.

Spotted on the red carpet by Vine star Jerome Jesse, Richard Dickson set the hearts of Styles fans a flutter. Don’t believe?

Yeah. Told you so. We called up 18 year old Richard to find out exactly who he is.

Tell us the Story Of Your Life. Let’s chat, just You & I…

My friends and I are all part of the 1D fandom, and we decided we were going to audition for the EMAs. We made a mash-up of good songs and kind of terrible country and western songs. We thought we’d go for a comedic approach, and we all got red carpet tickets!

It’s nice to have people come up and talk to you, but I didn’t expect a French guy with millions of followers to ask to take a selfie with me.

Sounds like you’re Irresistible right now! Have you had people come to you before?

My friend- who’s a Niall lookalike- and I went to Murrayfield (in Edinburgh) and we got mobbed. We had to get security escorts! We’re kind of used to people seeing the two of us in the street but it was kind of weird, there were thousands of people just cramming around us. It was reasonably terrifying.

Are you actually a big One Direction fan then? Are they the One Thing you really love?

Oh yeah. For the first few years I had to hide it from the friends that I played football with. It was a bit weird being an 18-year-old boy from the south side of Glasgow. In that sense you’re genetically disposed to listen to the Stone Roses. I never had many friends who liked the same music as me.

C’mon, C’mon… do you just like One Direction because you look like Harry Styles?

Nah. When I first started liking One Direction I was 5”3, reasonably overweight, and had a skinhead. In the last year or so I got hit really hard with testosterone so that’s why I look how I do now.

What Makes You Beautiful (in the morning?)

I’m really really good at showering, and I always come out smelling fantastic.

What do you reckon is the best way to Live While You're Young?

Live with an open heart and fill it with kind people. Don’t do anything to put people down, and treat others how you’d want people to treat your gran or your mum.

Have you had much more female interest recently? You know, people wanting to Kiss You?

Oh yes. Like most males I was never really very good at talking to girls, after Murrayfield, I didn’t know if I could handle it. I was never in the firing line for attention from girls. All of a sudden I got thrown in at the deep end, and loads of people wanted to talk to me. It was difficult to choose who wanted to speak to me for me…fortunately at Murrayfield I bumped into the girl who is now my girlfriend.

Sounds like she Stole Your Heart. Can you tell us a bit more…

I came out of the portaloos and loads of people were asking me for photos, and I’d seen this tiny little lass with fluffy hair and massive blue eyes. Sshe came over and started talking to me, and wanted a photo. I couldn’t stop thinking about who she was. I went home and she followed me on Twitter. I followed her back, and she’d been Tweeting all night saying “who was that guy at Murrayfield”. I looked at her and she’s the most beautiful girl I’ve ever seen in my life. I thought there was no way I can DM this girl because she’s going to shoot me down, and one night I felt my phone vibrate on my pillow and she’d DMed me.

Do you have a Magic One Direction song for just the two of you?

Yeah, ‘Strong’. Definitely. We live about two hours apart so it’s the song we listen to when we’re on Skype. It’s really cool to have met someone who shares the same interests as me - if I say to some people I like One Direction people are going to think I’m gay; they automatically shoot you down. But we listen to all the same bands, we dress the same, we do really quirky things together.

So there you have it. Richard Dickson is the most adorable One Direction fan EVER. You can follow him on Twitter here: @richard_dickson