One Direction - is this a legit new threat wrt to a new boy band invasion? y/n

he gave an interview indicating he's working on solo material right now apparently

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/zayn-malik-already-working-on-solo-material-just-days-after-quitting-one-direction-10137833.html

Good to see that normal life is working out so well for him.

but that is normal life for a singer who left a band

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/mar/31/naughty-boy-launches-zaughty-one-direction-zayn-malik-i-wont-mind

An excerpt from Brad's article makes it into Pseuds Corner in the current Private Eye - wear it as a badge of pride

no idea what that is, not investigating

the geode part?

okay i investigated.

that's awesome

https://twitter.com/zaynmalik/status/595985940461580288

^^ Saddest moment of my life.
I could live without them solving their problems through social media.

here they are playing 'clouds' as a quartet: http://youtu.be/wCv-Mgrj0TY

so... this happened. new song.

https://play.spotify.com/album/7LnU0hAOYe9aq91PCKMI7A

it's uh something

grower, i guess. but i'm too obsessed with these guys to even try to have an objective point of view.

it's maybe their least arena rock thing yet so i'm prob just experiencing withdrawal

Subbing in Adam Levine as a 5th member was an odd choice.

"it's maybe their least arena rock thing yet so i'm prob just experiencing withdrawal"

yeah, i get it. i was excited when one of them said that the new record has fleetwood mac vibes, but this single it's completely different from what i expected/wanted. but, as isabel cole wrote, "every time i listen to these assholes for the first time in a while i remember how harry’s voice goes straight to my groin", i can't change that, even when i don't enjoy the songs so much as i wanted.

In the meantime, Zayn signed to RCA.

http://mikesdailyjukebox.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/KISS-solo-albums-280x300.jpg

http://cdn.discogs.com/NB4C1dyzW62nq0_hpntJMkvJ5Dw=/fit-in/595x755/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(96)/discogs-images/R-2550747-1355022651-6307.jpeg.jpg

i've got my own album to do

itt we (read: i) cry about the new one direction album made in the a.m.

Oh noes is it that bad

more likely to cry if it's good. so far it's good

"hey angel" sorta sounds like "clouds" pt 2

all of the songs about zayn hurt me a lot, especially "long way down"

I have a terrible copy that I heard enough last week to know I won't like it as much as Four. The songwriting done gone flat.

Made In The Studio (By Puppets)

aw yeah silly overdriven 1d finally locks in at track 8, "never enough"

trying to decide if "what a feeling" is a less good rewrite of jennifer paige's "crush"

"love you goodbye" ;_;

this is definitely less good than four (there are what, three fake beatles tracks and four ballads here?) but whatever i'm still emotionally devastated

A more good rewrite of "crush" would be the best song in the world, surely.

yeah holding out for that forever prob

fuck u 1d for saving the awesome gross rock song for the bonus tracks, hello "temporary fix"!

it's literally "no control" part 2 but i wanna start a band that sounds like "no control"

I want a boyfriend who sounds like "No Control."

fuck "walking in the wind" is great too. BONUS TRACK SYNDROME

"walking in the wind" is probably the best "i know it's over but we'll find each other again" song ever, i have no idea how they know this much about my life

Only listened once but, aww man, I can already tell I'll never love this like I do Four. Maybe a better rip will help. I miss Zayn's melisma, the way he really dug into 1D's pretty standard melodies and pulled out complexity and soul.

That said, it's pretty consistently decent after one pass and "Perfect" and "Never Enough" are already all-timers

Ha -- for a while I've preferred 1D's album tracks to their singles.

'What a feeling' Is a obvious highlight for me. Kinda fireproof Pt.2

And although I've been reading that 'hey angel' Is a descendent from verve, to me it sounds a lot like robbie williams. But, as brad nelson wrote, I'm also emotionally devastated by this.

Really warmed up to this more than I thought I would! I mean, it is not the miracle of Four but what is? "If I Could Fly" is a turd and TOTALLY Harry but I'll take it over "18"

Everything else is great, including all cheesy Beatle-isms and Tango-era Fleetwood Mac and Paul Simon bites

http://noisey.vice.com/blog/why-are-so-many-adults-obsessed-with-one-direction

also on Noisey, my argument for why 1D is better than Bieber and will sell more:http://m.noisey.vice.com/blog/justin-bieber-one-direction-purpose-made-in-the-a-m-belieber-directioner-showdown?utm_source=noiseytwitterus

they're both gonna get outsold by drake and possibly drake and future too

first week anyway, as far as what a time to be alive goes

My review should go live on Monday. "What A Feeling" is my jam. I love the way the bass tugs at the drums like Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams."

^^^ Yaass. And 'Wolves ' <3

I like One Direction because when I hear them, when I look at them, I realize how quickly they will be gone. How quickly I will be gone and I feel very grateful to be here. One Direction is all brevity, tender flowers, a reminder of mortality, a reminder to live with joy.

It's more that 1D reminds me I am going to die. Which of course, makes me a much better mom because, for me, at their shows, I feel certain nothing beside kindness matters when youth, life, beauty are so brief. 1D fills both my daughters and me with joy, with love. That comes back as kindness.

Samantha H., age 44 otm!