One Direction is one of the newest boy bands to hit the market and move up the pop charts. The band consists of five members: Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles. After competing on The X-Factor, Simon Cowell’s record label offered the group a recording contract, and the boys’ songs have been consistent hits. As you’d imagine, the English crooners have earned their fair share of sign-waving and shrieking fans, most of who happen to be teenage girls. However, they have enough fans of all ages and genders to have broken records with their first two albums.
Some parents might begrudgingly tap their feet alone to “What Makes You Beautiful” or “One Thing” while the song plays on the radio or streams from their daughters’ computers. In fact, more parents are forking out the money to take their teenagers to a One Direction — affectionately known as “1D” by fans — concert in person. After all, the crushes we develop as teenagers are some of the most potent of them all, and being able to be in the same vicinity at the objects our desires and perhaps even meet them is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
The band continues to gain popularity, so you can bet there’s a lot of buzz around their tour. One Direction recently announced a world tour to celebrate their newest album, “Take Me Home,” which the group released on November 9th of this year. One Direction will play two shows in Connecticut on November 30th and December 1st before moving on to New York City for a single show on December 3rd. After that, One Direction will take a two-month hiatus, presumably to enjoy the holidays with loved ones and take some time to relax before touring around their home country of England in February of 2013.
Along with a world tour, the boys have released several songs to promote their new album. “Live While We’re Young” and “Little Things” have both had success on various charts across the world. As you’d expect, the boys do consistently well in their homeland. The group of five recently premiered a new song titled “Kiss You” on X-Factor U.K. and it has been steadily moving up the charts. At a recent concert for The Today Show, the pop performers drew the largest crowd the show had ever seen! It was obvious from the happy faces of fans as they sang along that they were already familiar with the lyrics before One Direction officially debuted the song.
Other signs point to just how unbelievably popular the quintet has become. Fans hold posters outside of appearances declaring their love for the boys, while girls across the nation have been skipping school to see One Direction play. Parents are surprisingly willing to enable these harmless, teenaged crushes, and it certainly seems that fans are as attractive to the members of the band as they are One Direction’s music.