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

It helps that Zayn is the one who looks actually hot as opposed to British-cute.

The idea of - I think it's Harry - being a teen heartthrob makes me giggle. But then I remember what NSYNC looked like back in the day, so I guess the threshold is low.

Twas Entertainment Weekly, I think, who (correctly) called N Sync "the gawkiest looking boy and ever."

I'm still loling abt Alfred calling 1D "catamites" over at the Jukebox a few months back.

I'm now singing The Hooters' 'Satellite' in my head, with 'catamite' substituted for the title word.

And if you still can't see the light
Cowell's gonna make you a catamite

I refuse to listen to music by people named Liam on principle.

was this not documented here?

http://www.debbieschlussel.com/50331/mega-pop-star-pimping-islam-on-your-daughters/

http://www.onedirection.net/zayn-malik-caught-up-in-islamic-pimping-scaremongering/

http://celebrities.ninemsn.com.au/blog.aspx?blogentryid=1020456&showcomments=true

LEGIT NEW THREAT??

"low-class, young female fans who have sewers for mouths"

:D

legit new traet

In which SFJ explains One Direction to the New Yorker's audience:

The Internet isn’t the only change. The nineties cohort of boy bands performed music that was rooted in American R. & B. “Girlfriend,” ’NSync’s final single, was remixed as a collaboration with the R. & B. visionaries the Neptunes. In contrast, One Direction and other chart-topping bands are evenly split between guitar-heavy pop rock and generic club beats for drunk people to flop around to. This makes for a dramatic stylistic shift. “We’re five lads in a band,” Payne said. “Boy bands aren’t all about dancing and being structured and wearing the same clothes.”

Not only is this statement a dismissal of twenty years of unison dance routines and syncopated beats; it also signals One Direction’s desire to take its place in Britain’s lad culture, which has historically rejected boy bands, preferring rowdy acts like Oasis. Lads are now in boy bands, and they need not dance.

:(

I walked by a tabloid stand a few months ago and the headline said ONE DIRECTION!!!! with a pic of all the dudes underneath and I thought it was a cover story about how disney channel actors these days all have their hair parted in the same direction

like I thought it was a scare article about the legit new threat to hairstyles or something, but then again, I was like, haven't hairstyles been like this for a while

the other night, a few friends and i gave in and ranked the members of one direction

zayn
liam
harry
louis
[most of the rest of the world]
niall

― kanye kardashian (lex pretend), Monday, May 28, 2012 7:25 AM (4 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

louls @ those being their names, i had no idea

― some dude, Monday, May 28, 2012 7:31 AM (4 months ago) Bookmark

now zayn i can get into

debbie schlussel turned me into a fan of him/them i must admit

new single is boring

All of their singles are boring.

Last month the new single was apparently the most preorderd single in the history of itunes (or something like that) After two days on sale here in the UK it's already fallen to number three behind Rihanna and Gangnam Style. It's really strange that they're supposed to be the biggest band around but they just don't sell that many records here.

oh god I thought this band was actually One Republic

it's too late to apologize

it took me months to realize that their name was "One Direction" as 2 words and not "OneDirection" running together because it reminded me so much of "OneRepublic"

My daughter's 9 year old friend can't stop talking about them.

now zayn i can get into

― turds (Hungry4Ass), Monday, October 1, 2012 3:15 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I hope a massive anvil falls from the sky and crushes Harry Styles smug fucking face.

crazy crazy crazy!

xp
cool fantasy bro

it took me months to realize that their name was "One Direction" as 2 words

In the UK we call them Wand Erection.

I've called them 'One Dimensional' from the off.

clever

we really haven't discussed this? http://tomorrowthemag.com/articles/slash-and-burn

Ship Happens

fascinating story, seriously

i first posted this in the best music writing thread but for the sake of completeness it belongs here too

http://oneweekoneband.tumblr.com/post/38958539772/one-direction-little-things-did-you-know-that

Isabel rules

I also liked this tumblr post from Sabrina http://onedirectionstraighttohell.tumblr.com/post/21064929759/right-so-i-saw-this-message-this-morning-when-i

love that OWOB piece. OWOB has been really good in making me read stuff about bands/artists I couldn't care less about.

Wish I cared about One Direction tbh, but they look too young for me to ever find attractive, and their songs well... zzzzz. Can't even muster the ~outrage~ abt those supposedly misogynist songs.

this new single. oh my god.

this new single = i have finally cracked and installed tumblr savior. TOO MANY GIFS.

i mean, i'm happy for everyone, it's a good song, it's almost as good as 'hip to hip' by V, but i'm not up to all that capslock feels shit right now.

there's something about that song I can't quite place - the way it stumbles along - that reminds me of the slight awkwardness to 'More Than Words'...? even though I suppose it's structured conventionally enough

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8522/8520551784_66a6bc3b97.jpg

I can never remember the names of the other two (Louie and Niall). Also that picture subtly illustrates the five members' relative status in the group.

The top says "ONE DIRECTION buried in the sand". It's on a lakefront mural that gets repainted every year. Last year someone painted a mermaid with what I can only imagine is a Rihanna head.
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5071/6913235804_6418a21c3e.jpg

I always knew Rihanna was a mermaid

Louis is the only one I care about

I sat in a cafe a couple days ago watching Czech MTV and when One Direction "Kiss You" came on, in the context of Three Days Grace vids and w/e, it was like a manga come to life. Is 1D a secret K-pop band? It was very sweet.

Which one is Louis?

The gay one

Paul Morley prefers Harry Styles to Jake Bugg.

I had to google all three of those names just now

mrrrr that was an annoying article tbh