About One Direction
In a formative moment in 1D history, Zayn Malik ducked out of the dance segment on The X Factor, because dancing just made him feel weird. He eventually came back to the stage, but not before setting a precedent: One Direction might be a boy band, one of the biggest in pop history, but that didn’t mean they were gonna dance. No matter how crazy things got around them—95,000 fans packed into a South African soccer stadium, the Directioner who forced his way into Liam’s hotel room to steal his boxers and wear them around for a day, the shrine to where Harry got sick on the side of the LA freeway—the boys retained an air of approachability that made them seem a little different. The goofy videos, the way they cracked up in their interviews, the way you could see Harry sitting behind Rihanna at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards and casually peeling an orange. (An orange!) So, yes, a big show—but also five kids who won life’s lottery and were just as much along for the ride as everyone else.
They knew how to write toward their mostly female, mostly teenage fans, of course. But more, they made a point of taking those mostly female, mostly teenage fans seriously, bringing a sense of allyship to pop stardom that felt both refreshing and necessary. Reflecting on their success during the group’s hiatus, Harry would wonder why it was that the tastes of teenage girls weren’t taken as seriously as, say, those of middle-aged men. After all, was there any love more intense or committed than that of a teenage girl?
The London group—Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, and Louis Tomlinson—formed in 2010 as a bunch of also-rans on The X Factor, coming in third to no special fanfare. But what they lacked in polish they made up for in camaraderie, presenting less as a well-oiled machine than five guys who could jell without sacrificing their individual personalities. By the time they released their debut, 2011’s Up All Night, they were already famous, filling a space in the pop landscape that had been all but empty since the breakup of *NSYNC a decade earlier. Take Me Home came out a year later to the month.
By 2013’s Midnight Memories, the group had grown more confident, reconciling teen sheen with arena rock and Fleetwood Mac-style pop—a sound that bridged the moment with something more timeless. (It should be noted that they usually wrote or cowrote their own songs, a break with the conveyor-belt image of boy bands that made them that much easier to root for.) Zayn Malik left the group between 2014’s Four and 2015’s Made in the A.M., after which the rest of the lineup announced their own hiatuses, turning in a final performance on New Year’s Eve 2016.
“When it was happening, it was like we were in our own little bubble and everyone else was outside it,” Niall told Apple Music in 2019. “We were just young lads bouncing around, having a great time. Didn’t really overthink it. Just loving it for what it was.”
Albums list:
One Direction - FOUR (Deluxe Version) (Mastered)
One Direction - FOUR (Mastered)
One Direction - FOUR (The Ultimate Edition) (Mastered)
One Direction - Made In The A.M (Mastered)
One Direction - Made In The A.M. (Deluxe Edition) (Mastered)
One Direction - Made In The A.M. (Deluxe Version) (Mastered)
One Direction - Midnight Memories
One Direction - Midnight Memories (Deluxe Edition) (iTunes + LP)
One Direction - Take Me Home
One Direction - Take Me Home (Special Deluxe Edition)
One Direction - Take Me Home (Yearbook Edition) (iTunes + LP)
One Direction - Uncharted Shores
One Direction - Up All Night
One Direction - Up All Night (Bonus Video Edition)
One Direction - Up All Night (Deluxe Version) (iTunes + LP)
One Direction - Up All Night (Germany Edition) (iTunes + LP)
One Direction - Up All Night (The Souvenir Edition)
One Direction - Up All Night (Yearbook Edition) (iTunes + LP)
One Direction - X Factor Live
EPs & Singles list:
One Direction - iTunes Festival London 2012 - EP (Mastered)
One Direction - Live While We're Young - EP (UK Version)
One Direction - One Thing - Single (New Version)
One Direction - One Thing - Single (UK Version)
One Direction - One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks) - Single (Clean)
One Direction - One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks) - Single (New Version)
One Direction - Perfect - EP (Clean)
One Direction - Steal My Girl - Single (Mastered)
One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful - Single (New Version)
One Direction - You & I - EP (Australia Version)
One Direction - Best Song Ever (from This Is Us ) - EP
One Direction - Best Song Ever - EP
One Direction - Gotta Be You - EP
One Direction - Live While We're Young - EP
One Direction - Midnight Memories - EP
One Direction - More Than This - EP
One Direction - Perfect - EP
One Direction - Story of My Life - EP
One Direction - You & I - EP
One Direction - Night Changes - Single
One Direction - You & I - Single
Singles list:
One Direction - Best Song Ever (Jump Smokers Remix) - Single
One Direction - Best Song Ever (Kat Krazy Remix) - Single
One Direction - Best Song Ever (WestFunk & Steve Smart Remix) - Single
One Direction - Best Song Ever (from This Is Us ) - Single
One Direction - Best Song Ever - Single
One Direction - Drag Me Down (feat. LunchMoney Lewis) [Big Payno x AFTERHRS Remix] - Single
One Direction - Drag Me Down - Single (Mastered)
One Direction - Home - Single
One Direction - Live While We're Young (Dave Aude Remix) - Single
One Direction - Live While We're Young (The Jump Smokers Remix) - Single
One Direction - Live While We're Young - Single
One Direction - More Than This - Single
One Direction - One Thing (Acoustic Version) - Single
One Direction - One Thing - Single
One Direction - One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks) - Single
One Direction - One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks) [Live from the BRITs 2013] - Single
One Direction - Perfect (Matoma Remix) - Single
One Direction - Perfect (Stripped) - Single
One Direction - Perfect - Single (Mastered)
One Direction - Steal My Girl (Big Payno & Afterhrs Pool Party Remix) - Single (Mastered)
One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful - Single
One Direction - You & I (Big Payno Remix) - Single
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