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One Girl’s One Love; One Direction

Four albums. Four years. One boy band. One Direction.

One Direction started in 2010 on the X-Factor. Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, and Louis Tomlinson all auditioned as solo artists, with nothing but a passion for singing. The members did not make it through the “Boot camp” round of the competition as individuals. But Simon Cowell, one of the judges, made a last minute decision to group the five boys into a band together.

In the last rounds on the X-Factor, One Direction was awarded third place winners. Although they did not win first, they already had a huge fan base all around the world.

Their debut single “What Makes You Beautiful” came out in 2011, and was breaking records in the UK and Ireland before it was released in the United States. In 2012, their first album “Up All Night” broke even more records and they signed with the American company, Columbia Records. Then they set on their first global tour.

In February of 2013, they navigated the world yet again for their “Take Me Home” tour. This album was a personal favorite for many people because the development in their voices was noticeable. The amount of work put into the album was tremendous.

One Direction is currently on their third global tour, “Where We Are”. They are performing songs from their previous albums, as well as the songs from their new album “Midnight Memories.” Midnight Memories was released on November 25th, 2013. Their album was making its way to number one, and all the tickets for the tour sold out in minutes.

I was privileged enough to go to their show on August 7th, at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts.

The show began at 7pm, three hours away from my house. Minutes before we were supposed to go, I realized that my father had misplaced the tickets. As he ripped apart the house looking for the tickets, I was on the verge of tears. All our problems were not solved when he finally found the tickets. We faced terribly traffic on our way to the show, we got there LATE. Walking in to the show, I was having a breakdown. But when I finally arrived sat row 8 of section C, on the floor, I was hyper. Fortunately, I only missed about two of the songs of the opening band, 5 Seconds of Summer.

When they disappeared back stage, I was anxiously waiting in seat 14 to the boys in the pictures on my bedroom walls in real life. Nothing compared to the crowds of screaming girls that could be heard from a mile away, when Niall, Liam, Harry, Zayn, and Louis all ran onto the stage. As they started singing their first song of the night, “Midnight Memories”, I of course sang along and took endless photos and videos of One Direction. When they said their final goodbyes to the crowd at the end of the night, I was a little sad, but ecstatic that they saw their idols live. As we drove home, I had “concert depression” already, but I was not too depressed because I knew that I had a night that I would remember forever.

But my concert depression has since faded. The boys have just announced that they will be releasing their fourth album FOUR on November 17th. Direction have been together for four years, and created three albums, soon to be four, hence the name of their new album FOUR. Twelve tracks are on the standard album, and fourteen to sixteen songs will be on the deluxe album. FOUR will feature their single “Fireproof” which was available for free on their website for 24 hours dedicated to their fans. The album will also feature the single “Steal My Girl” coming out on September 29th, 2014.

“I think that One Direction’s new album will be a little different than the other three albums. The style of their music will be different, and you will hear more of their own style of writing in the tracks.” –Lauren Fowler.

Nothing will stop me from staying up until midnight to download the album, FOUR.