The telling lyrics: "Leave America / Two kids follow her / I don't want to talk about who's doing it first."
Who it is supposed to be about: Olivia Wilde
Why? Here's the thing — this song isn't totally about Wilde, but those lyrics do point to her. Styles said in a new interview for Apple Music in May that "As It Was" is actually quite a sad song. In fact, he refers to the song as a "death march," which is apparent by some of the melancholy lyrics singing about a time gone by and feeling alone. That being said, those two lines in the song do feel like they're about Wilde and her two children.