It must have been awkward backstage at the MTV Europe Music Awards...
Stormzy says his break-up from Maya Jama "devastated his world" - and both attended the Dusseldorf bash on Sunday.
But the grime star says he felt forced to change his behaviour in the wake of his spilt from the new Love Island host, as he realised he "was a boy".
The couple dated for four years before calling it quits in 2020 amid rumours of his infidelity, which he has denied.
The split made him focus on "the necessary work I have to do to make sure I'm not in this position again" as he speaks ahead of Wednesday's GQ Men Of The Year Celebration 2022 in association with BOSS.
"I'd never experienced a break-up and the feelings that come with a break-up," he tells GQ. "It showed me that I was a boy. And I do not want to go any further as a boy. I don't want to be like that."
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"That means growth, accountability, changing my character, changing my routines, my habits, my tradition, my values, my morals.
"Because how I feel right now and how I've made someone else feel and how I've devastated a world that I was living in - I never want to be in this position again.
"Everything I'd achieved for myself did nothing for how I was feeling in real time."
However, he did achieve another goal on Sunday, which he documented on social media - a quest to get a selfie with Taylor Swift. He even got his make-up done in preparation.
Stormzy will be toasted at the 25th annual GQ Men of the Year celebration in association with BOSS, taking place in London on Wednesday.
The December/ January issue of British GQ is available on newsstands and via digital downloads on Tuesday 29th November.
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