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I hadnt even gotten near finishing an album, he remembers.
Nowadays, though, Horan isnt one to rush things.
He took his time on his third solo album,The Show.
The song, reflecting on overcoming struggle, became the guiding light for the project.
Youre making me have a deep dive here, he says at one point.
This is good thinkin time.
I feel like The Show was probably that song for me.
I sat down at the piano that night, and it just came out.
And I had tested that theory before and nothing was coming, the old writers block.
Best love song
You Could Start a Cult is probably the one that epitomizes a love song.
Its probably the most me song Ive written.
You know, It gets the people goin.
And I hope people look at the track listing and are like, I wanna hear that.
Most Irish song
On My Own is probably the most Irish one I have.
Theres fiddle and things like that.
Theres a song on the first record called Fire Away, and thats very Irish to me.
Its got all of the Irish elements, a groove called 6/8, which is extremely Celtic and Irish.
Cause some people will spend years looking for their sound.
Its a song I still dont get bored of playing, actually.
I thought I would.
I thought after seven years now, Id be sick of it.
Most surprising postOne Direction song
Probably Slow Hands.
So to go into that kind of 80s-rock thing on the first record was even a shock to me.
I was just playing like, [sings opening guitar riff].
I remember writing it and I was like,All right, thats another song.
And then everyone was just like, Are you crazy?
Thats gonna be the one.
One Direction song you miss performing most
Stockholm Syndrome was a great song to perform live.
And I wish wed gotten a chance to perform a song called Never Enough.
We didnt tour that.
The vibe of it is crazy.
Its such a cool vibe, it was unlike anything that was out there.
One Direction song youre surprised resonated
Night Changes.
Been recognized in the toilet a few times.
There were so many people that came up to me and were like, Niall!
I was like, How did you know it was me?
Im covered all the way up to here.
Ive done little acoustic moments with it so far, but Ive kind of kept it similar tempo.
I feel like you could do some cool synth-y stuff around it as well.
Lets see what happens in the next auditions.
I was 17, just going around bouncing off the walls.
And this time, I have this empathy now with the artist, because Ive been there.
Thats probably the biggest thing I can help them with, is that navigating a competition is scary.
What Ive noticed this is going to sound stupid.
Music is so visual these days.
Everything comes with a visual, with a video or a piece of content or something like that.
Like, Jesus, I forget how littlejust musicwe listen to.
