We Found The Harry Styles EMA Lookalike – And Interviewed Him Using One Direction Lyrics
…We called up Richard Dickson, and now we’re in love with him too
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.
But when I'm looking at you
I can't ever be brave
'Cause you make my heart race
Shot me out of the sky
You're my kryptonight
You keep making me weak
Yeah, frozen and can't breathe
Something's gotta give now
Cause I'm dying just to make you see
That I need you here with me now
Cause you've got that one thing
So get out, get out, get out of my head
And fall into my arms instead
I don't, I don't, don't know what it is
But I need that one thing
And you've got that one thing
Now I'm climbing the walls
But you don't notice at all
That I'm going out of my mind
All day and all night
Somethings' gotta give now
Cause I'm dying just to know your name
And I need you here with me now
Cause you've got that one thing
So get out, get out, get out of my head
And fall into my arms instead
I don't, I don't, don't know what it is
But I need that one thing
And you've got that one thing
You've got that one thing
Get out, get out, get out of my head
And fall into my arms instead
So get out, get out, get out of my head
And fall into my arms instead
I don't, I don't, don't know what it is
But I need that one thing
So, get out, get out, get out of my mind
And come on, come into my life
I don't, I don't, don't know what it is
But I need that one thing
And you've got that one thing
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.
We could go out any day, any night
Baby, I'll take you there, take you there
Baby, I'll take you there
Oh, tell me tell me tell me how to turn your love on
You can get get anything that you want
Baby, just shout it out, shout it out
Baby, just shout it out
And if you
You want me to
Let's make a move yeah
So tell me girl if every time we touch
You get this kind of rush
Baby, say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah yeah
If you don't wanna take it slow
And you just wanna take me home
Baby, say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah
And let me kiss you
Oh baby baby don't you know you got what I need
Lookin' so good from your head to your feet
Common come over here, over here
Common come over here yeah
Oh, I just wanna show you off to all of my friends
Making them drool down their chinny-chin-chins
Baby, be mine tonight, mine tonight
Baby, be mine tonight yeah
And if you
You want me to
Let's make a move yeah
So tell me girl if every time we touch
You get this kind of rush
Baby, say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah yeah
If you don't wanna take it slow
And you just wanna take me home
Baby, say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah
And let me kiss you
Let me kiss you, let me kiss you, let me kiss you, let me kiss you,
C'mon Na na na na na na na
Na na nanana na na, na na na na na na na yeah
So tell me girl if every time we touch
You get this kind of rush
Baby, say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah yeah
If you don't wanna take it slow
And you just wanna take me home
Baby, say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah,
Every time we touch
You get this kind of rush
Baby, say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah yeah
If you don't wanna take it slow
And you just wanna take me home
Baby, say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah
And let me kiss you
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