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One Direction: Love Songs When their voices come together, it's pure romance. Drag Me Down feat. Home - Single Perfect Matoma Remix - Single Perfect Stripped - Single Night Changes - Single Live Albums. About One Direction. Similar Artists See All. So naturally "Flicker" should delight fans of the boy band — but it's clearly missing the other members. Horan just wasn't innovative enough to carry an entire album by himself when "Flicker" came out, but at least it's not like, bad bad.
It's a true middle-of-the-pack album. What I will say though, is Horan knows how to pick a good single. The first two leads — "This Town" and "Slow Hands" — are easily the best moments on the project. His voice also blends incredibly well with that of Maren Morris on "Seeing Blind" for a countrified folk moment. But songs like "On the Loose" and "Mirrors" feel just a little too much like Horan stole them right off 1D's cutting room floor to really land without his former bandmates' harmonizations.
But at least they're not as unforgettable as some of the other songs on this tracklist. Malik's debut album has its flaws, but "Mind of Mine" is a whole smoldering mood. If you can get past the distractingly try-hard lettering of its tracklist "BoRdErSz? Adorably, the "Flower" intermission is one of the album's most tender and captivating moments, paying homage to Malik's Pakistani roots. Perhaps the album's greatest triumph is how its pared-down production spotlights Malik's vocals, who was always One Direction's strongest singer.
Unfortunately, Malik's glossy voice is rarely singing anything particularly interesting or insightful. Like, lots of sex. As we noted in our first-listen review of "Heartbreak Weather," there are some stellar moments on this album. Horan shows a great deal of growth as an artist, though he also manages to maintain the winking charm of some of One Direction's best music. The album doesn't command respect or attention as much as you'd hope, and though I'd never run from it, I haven't rushed back to it, either.
Read our full track-by-track review here. As far as debut solo projects go, Styles' may have been the most anticipated. He was always a favorite while in the band and he cultivated his own unique aesthetic during the group's later years. It's clear Styles has been heavily influenced by legendary musicians and bands like Elton John, the Rolling Stones, and Pink Floyd, but there are still glimpses into the kind of solo artist Styles would become on tracks like "Two Ghosts," "Kiwi," and "Sweet Creature.
And while "Fine Line" would expand on some of the groundwork Styles laid out here, "From the Dining Table" remains one of his best solo tracks of all time. Insider named it No. The only reason this isn't the best album on the list was simply that he had outdone himself.
While "Harry Styles" certainly proved he had a voice, a vision, and plenty of room to grow, "Fine Line" landed like a promise being kept. This is a remarkably consistent album save for perhaps "Treat People With Kindness," the only skip to speak of. The tracklist flows so gracefully for having such variety; early singles like "Watermelon Sugar" and "Lights Up" set the funky and triumphant tone, while Styles lets himself get a bit weirder on the tracklist's second half, soaking in '70s slow burners "She," "Fine Line" , beachy dancehall "Sunflower, Vol.
Indeed, this album is a truly unique, masterful, and even psychedelic piece of pop-rock, but never veers into self-importance or pretension. Instead, Styles flexes his musical muscles and while sounding joyful and weightless. Even the album's most vulnerable, heart-wrenching moments "Falling," "Cherry" sound like freedom. This is an opinion column.
The song went to 1 on iTunes in 36 countries upon release and acquired over million Spotify streams. The pair embarked on a small US promotional tour together in January , and Louis made his music festival debut, alongside Aoki, in March.
It was a top 20 hit worldwide and reached 1 on iTunes in 50 countries. He chose Liam Payne as his celebrity guest judge for the Judges Houses portion of the competition. In March , Louis released another single from his forthcoming album titled "Two of Us". The song served as a dedication to his mother, Johannah, who passed away in Six days after the song's release, Tomlinson's 18 year old sister Felicite passed away from a drug overdose. His debut album, "Walls" was released on January 31, Louis's first solo world tour was unfortunately postponed after just two concert dates, due to the COVID global pandemic.
In July , Tomlinson announced that he will be celebrating the return of live music by performing at The Away From Home Festival curated and conceived by him, on 30 August in London.
The Snuts and Bilk are the two artists who will be supporting Tomlinson. He also helped launch Modest! Golf, a golf management company, alongside One Direction's former management team, Modest Management.
Niall simultaneously released his debut single " This Town " and announced a solo record deal with Capitol Records on September 29, The song went to 1 on iTunes in 50 countries and became a platinum-selling top 10 hit worldwide.
In May , Niall released his second single, " Slow Hands ", which became a top 5 hit worldwide, and reached 1 on US pop radio.
His first solo tour, "Flicker Sessions ", began in August , and was followed by an arena tour from March In late , he signed with modelling agency Wilhelmina Models. His debut album, Flicker , was released on October 20, and debuted at 1 in five countries, including the United States , making him the third consecutive member of One Direction to debut atop the US charts as a solo artist. His second album "Heartbreak Weather" was released on 13 March , approximately the same week most of the world went into quarantine due to the COVID pandemic.
Niall was forced to temporarily cancel his world tour due to pandemic. Whilst in lockdown, Niall co-wrote a new version of Ashe's song, "Moral of the Story", which was released in June Niall livestreamed a concert from Royal Albert Hall on 7 November Viewers from over countries tuned in. Zayn: After exiting the band in March , Zayn began working on his debut solo studio album.
His debut single, Pillowtalk , was released in January and the music video featured his real life on-off girlfriend, American supermodel Gigi Hadid. The song was a worldwide hit, debuting at number one in the UK and US, making Malik the first British artist to debut at number one in the US with a debut single.
Zayn's debut album, Mind of Mine , was released on 25 March , a year to the day he left One Direction. Two more singles were released - Like I Would and Wrong - to mild success. Zayn has featured on several collaborative singles including "Who" from the Ghostbusters soundtrack, "Cruel" from electronic dance duo Snakehips, a remix of Chris Brown's single "Back To Sleep" and an M.
A song titled "Freedun". In November , he released his first autobiography titled "Z". It became one of the highest selling songs of the year and was eventually nominated for a Grammy Award. It was originally announced Zayn's second album would be released mid , however this did not eventuate. Throughout , Zayn made several successful fashion ventures, including a collaboration with Donatella Versace, a shoe collection with Giuseppe and several Vogue magazine covers.
The song was a top 10 hit worldwide. Zayn began releasing numerous singles with minimal promotion, often just a music video, and uploading many song covers to his official Instagram page. Of these singles, only "Let Me" found moderate UK success. In December , Zayn's second album "Icarus Falls" was released, but not widely promoted. Zayn alluded to problems with his record label. Zayn has not performed live since , after withdrawing from a UK music festival that year citing "the worst anxiety of my career".
He welcomed his first child, Khai, with Hadid, in September Zayn released his third album "Nobody is Listening" in January In October , Yolanda Hadid Gigi's mother claimed Zayn had struck her Yolanda in an argument and was considering pressing charges. Zayn strongly denied the claim. The reunion was a show of solidarity as Louis's mother, Johannah Deakin , had passed away after a battle with cancer just three days earlier.
Zayn sent a message of support to Louis via Twitter. When Liam's debut single debuted at 3 on the UK charts, One Direction became the second group in UK chart history from which all members made the top 10, after The Beatles.
In August , One Direction became the first band to have all current and former members achieve a US Top 40 solo hit [14]. They achieved this in 18 months. Previous record holders - The Beatles - achieved the same in One Direction are now tied with The Eagles for most members achieving a solo Top 40 hit. When Liam's single reached 1 on US pop radio, One Direction became the only group to have three members achieve this, and the only group to have two members of the same group hold both the 1 and 2 spots, as Liam's single had dethroned Niall's single from number one.
In April , Liam revealed the group had been in talks to commemorate their 10 year anniversary on July 23, The information made worldwide headlines and sparked fan frenzy. Niall confirmed he had recently spoken to Louis and Liam about the ten year anniversary, while Liam revealed Louis was playfully displeased with the info becoming public perhaps before it was supposed to and had threatened to egg Liam's house as a result.
Niall made further comments suggesting there may not be a reunion as such, but they had simply discussed the anniversary. Harry commented in an interview that the anniversary would be an emotional day. Ultimately, all members, aside from Zayn, commemorated the anniversary with lengthy social media posts and Spotify hosted a special listening day. Up All Night sold more than 4. The album reached number one in 35 countries.
Midnight Memories was the best selling album of , selling four million copies. One Direction's fourth studio album, Four , was released on November 17, The album was announced on September 8 along with a free download of promotional single, " Fireproof ".
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