As you may have expected, this album is pure bubblegum pop. That’s when One Direction’s first album Up All Night came out, featuring “What Makes You Beautiful” and “One Thing”.
Then they signed a recording contract and almost immediately became a worldwide phenomenon. They were instant audience favorites, and ultimately came in third place. All five boys (Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne, and Zayn Malik) auditioned for the show as solo singers but were put together in a group by Simon Cowell. One Direction was put together on The X-Factor back in 2010. So, let’s run through their bio really quickly. They’ve evolved so much in just four years, both musically and as people, and deserve to be seen for the music they’re making currently, rather than the music they used to make. But they’ve come a long way since “What Makes You Beautiful” and their little blazers and suspenders and striped shirts, and as an adult One Direction fan with an entertainment blog, I’m going to detail just how far they’ve come. As I grew up and out of the key demographic for boy bands, a funny thing happened: One Direction stopped being a boy band.įor people unfamiliar with One Direction beyond “What Makes You Beautiful” and maybe a few other of their singles they’ve heard on the radio, that might come as a surprise. Over the last three years, I’ve been there for every new One Direction album, every single, every video. Back then, I was nineteen and finishing up my freshman year of college – maybe at the far end of the boy band demographic, but still represented. I became a One Direction fan three years ago, a few months after “What Makes You Beautiful” was released. On the flip side of this: I love One Direction. The sad truth is, as a twenty-two-year-old, I am officially too old for boy bands, if marketing and capitalism have anything to say about it. In fact, record labels and PR firms might not even count on me becoming a fan at all. But were such a group to come along, the sad truth is, young as I still am, the upcoming careers of those fresh-faced harmonizers wouldn’t be launched on the promise of my loyalty. Mostly, my life isn’t too affected by this it’s not like I’m constantly seeking out a source of lighthearted pop music, soulfully crooned by a group of messy-haired rapscallions. At this point in my life, I’m just a little too old to be within a boy band’s target demographic.
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