Harry Styles says he bit off tip of his tongue while high on magic mushrooms

Harry Styles said he experimented with magic mushrooms during the recording of his upcoming album.
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The former One Direction star, 25, revealed he bit the end of his tongue off while on the hallucinogenic drug.

Speaking about a recording studio where he worked on his new album, Styles told Rolling Stone magazine he had taken the drug there.

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"We'd do mushrooms, lie down on the grass, and listen to Paul McCartney's Ram in the sunshine. We'd just turn the speakers into the yard," he said.

Harry Styles - (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images For The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)Harry Styles - (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images For The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)
Harry Styles - (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images For The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)

Styles took the drugs in the form of chocolate edibles, according to Rolling Stone, and used a blender to mix them.

He said: "You'd hear the blender going, and think, 'So we're all having frozen margaritas at 10 am this morning'."

Pointing to a corner at Shangri-La studios in Malibu, Styles said: "This is where I was standing when we were doing mushrooms and I bit off the tip of my tongue. So I was trying to sing with all this blood gushing out of my mouth. So many fond memories, this place."

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Magic mushrooms have been illegal in the UK since 2005 and are classed as a Class A drug.

The Drugs Act 2005 ended the situation in which fresh magic mushrooms were legal but those which were dried or prepared for use were not.

While experiencing a "trip", users can have visual and auditory hallucinations, similar to the drug LSD.

Anyone found in possession of the drugs can be handed a prison sentence. Magic mushrooms are also illegal in the US.

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