I owe it all to One Direction

"How many nights does it take to count the stars?

 In a recent bout of depression after the news about Liam Payne, I sat down and rewatched the documentary about one direction. Titled 'This is Us' the documentary followed everything from the members original X-factor auditions up to them becoming a global sensation. With plenty of shots of their performances and exclusive backstage content, its safe to say this documentary all but defined my entire childhood. 

LEEROYYYYY

I still remember running home from kindergarten, and begging my dad to play the recording of it. When I sat down to rewatch it, now 12 years older and wiser I realized I had never actually seen the post credits scene. Why? Well, every time my tiny brain sensed that the end of the movie was incoming I'd just grab the remote and sit still for another 90 minutes of joy. One Direction was such a key part of my childhood, and I'm sad that one-fifth of them is gone. But more importantly, I'm sad that I will never be that age again. I feel like I'm growing up too fast and suddenly have responsibilities unlike anything I could even dream of as a child. 4 year old me could sit in front of a tv for hours, but 16 year old me? After I had wiped off my tears I had to run back to my room and continue working on chemistry at the risk of failing my next test.  

Listening to all my playlists, I can still tell which band member is which based on their voice, and I can't help but feeling like I've overstudied for a test. What do I do with all that knowledge? I know I'm being overly edgy over a band that broke up a decade ago (I'M NOT READY FOR THE TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY GUYS), but I feel like it's slightly deeper than that. It's a goodbye to my childhood and a reminder that everything has an end (why yes I am quoting a very potter musical, in case you forgot what blog this was). 

YALL NEVER PAUSE A ONE DIRECTION MV

Okay edginess over, I'm going to talk about what I love about one direction for a second. My favorite album is 'Take Me Home', specifically the yearbook edition. I honestly think it's their weakest performance vocally, but it's the first album I got into, and I know the most songs off it and I have many memories tied to it. Sonically though, I think FOUR is their best album. MY FAVOURITE MEMBER IS NAILL AND I REFUSE ANY CRITICISM ON THIS, AND I ALSO REFUSE ANYBODY BRINGING UP JAPAN. My favorite song is 'She's Not Afraid'. Again, is it sonically the strongest? No. But watching the 'Live at the O2' performance in 2014 genuinely changed my life and gave me a high that I have been searching for in music ever since, and that's good enough for me. 

I LOVE NIALL!!!

They may not be the best singers or songwriters in the world, but at the end of the day they were my first introduction into music, my first experience of fangirling, something I have become all too familiar with. Now if you'll excuse me, I will go write in my one direction diary while snuggled in my one direction blanket (no I'm not joking about owning those two). 

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