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dailyniallnews · 4 years

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Niall Horan's lockdown listening: 'Pop is definitely at its best right now'

I’m in London in my apartment, cooking – I’m making a Victoria sponge right now – and writing a lot: two songs yesterday. I had to cancel my tour, so I might as well go on the hunt for a big song. I started writing a Hey There Delilah-type one about when this is all over, called, well, When This Is All Over, and I was also writing about the idea of meeting someone without actually meeting them, and getting to know them because of this crisis. It’s an odd one: it’s actually a good way to get to know someone. Usually, say you went to a bar for a date, you’re probably drunk after five drinks and you forget everything you’ve learned about them. Now, you actually have time to ask questions. There’s no romances as of yet, but I wouldn’t mind if they started to blossom.

I come in the kitchen every morning, put on the kettle, and straight away I’m listening to acoustic music. Me and my two cousins live together, so we listen to a lot of the same stuff – Ray LaMontagne, Damien Rice, Angus and Julia Stone, Chet Faker, DMAs, things like that in the morning.

A lot of pop music, you wouldn’t sit down and delve properly into it. That’s probably quite an ignorant thing to say! But when it’s melody based and dance-y, you don’t always break stuff down and see what they’re talking about. So a lot of the new pop albums I’ve properly delved into: Dua Lipa, 5 Seconds of Summer, the Weeknd. His album is insane, incredible – everything he touches he turns to gold, but he’s written his best stuff now. Dua was like: “I wanted to make people dance but write really sad lyrics.” I was in a similar spot. I wanted a few uptempo songs and to have a laugh with it, but also disguising the sad lyrics in some fun stuff. And she’s done that so much. Don’t Start Now is the perfect example.

The 5 Seconds of Summer boys smashed it this time. I’m not sure if they’d be pissed off at me for describing it like this, but their new album is like EDM punk-rock: they’ve got these drops, but they’re guitar driven. There’s a song called Best Years that has this really random, cool moment where it sounds like the Edge is playing: one of those Where the Streets Have No Name riffs.

One Direction, we were a boy band, and you’re told by the public you’ve got a sell-by date before you even start. It just depends how you deal with that. I thought we dealt with it quite well, and 5SOS, too – they’re all unbelievable musicians and they’ve developed. You learn from other artists, even subconsciously. They’re mates with [EDM duo] the Chainsmokers; they went on tour together, so they’ve started to develop sounds perhaps without realising it. And they’ve got to the age of 25, 26, and their sound has done this lovely little arc.

I’ve been doing this 30-day song challenge – name a song you like with a person’s name in the title, or a song from the year you were born. Thin Lizzy were on my list yesterday, with their song Sarah. This is a rock band in the 70s in Ireland, with a guy with a big afro, and it’s: “You came into my life and changed my world, my Sarah.” It’s storytelling, and very on the nose.

I wouldn’t say I was a major hip-hop fan, but my cousin is a big fan of Aitch. I must live under a rock, but apparently that fella has been doing unbelievable things – he played me a few tunes that are really great. I’ve also delved deeper into the artists I love anyway: Fleetwood Mac, the Eagles, Crosby Stills and Nash, Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen. When I sit down to sing a ballad or play the guitar, I’ll always play a Bruce-type melody. If I write with a pop writer, they always say my melodies lean in a bluesy, rocky way – I have that ingrained in me. But I don’t want to be a rebel either. I know there are people out there who want to hear certain stuff from me, so I like to put my own tinge on it.

If I’d come out of One Direction and made a straight pop record I don’t think people would have been shocked at all, and it would have been the easiest thing for me to do. But I just don’t believe in it. I’m either going to put out something I love or not put out anything at all.

It’s not the easiest music industry right now – it’s tough out there. The quality of music is so high, and quality artists are more prevalent than ever, like the Weeknd, Billie Eilish, Taylor Swift. You go to these award shows and you see the calibre around you and you’re like: fucking hell, I’d like to stay at this level. Pop is definitely at its best right now, and it’s good for everyone – it keeps you on your toes. I just have to hope that the next time I open my mouth and sing into a microphone it’s a good melody. That’s why I’m writing a lot now. I know the types of melodies I can write when I’m at my best – I just need to get to them. I’m going through the shit water to get to the clear water.

• Niall Horan’s album, Heartbreak Weather, is out now.

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apureniallsource · 4 years

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Niall Horan's lockdown listening: 'Pop is definitely at its best right now'

#niall horan #the guardian #24april

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bayrut · 4 years

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Hello! Camila ( @pinkpoppunk ) tagge me in this game, tysm 💖 💖 💖

rules: you have to answer these 7 questions and tag 7 people so that this song challenge goes on.

↳ name a song that:

is your current favorite: probably Defenceless/Only the brave by Louis Tomlinson, I just keep listening to them these all few days/weeks is time even real anymore??? so i’d pretty much say it’s one of those

you know every single word to: oh wow so many songs actually, for some reason even after listening to a song once i remember 90% of the words, like literally any one direction song would work here or any song from any artist i like ... i’m gonna pick AhHa by Nate Ruess because he’s underrated

makes you sad: i wanna diversify a bit so let’s say happy ending by MIKA or stars by fun. or good years by zayn because it’s july

makes you want to dance around: polaroid by liam payne/moving along by 5sos

you don’t really like that much: hmm hard to pick because when i don’t like a song i just don’t listen to it, but summer love by 1d imo i think all 1d songs have rights except summer love and one other song just came on and i hate it so let’s go with that

you will never stop playing: all of walls the album but i don’t wanna only pick louis songs so the fall by imagine dragons

you are kinda tired of listening to: i’ll say black and white by niall horan, I love it but he promoted it so much that i haven’t listened to it in a while. i love it though, i’ll probably listen again soon, i just need a break from it

tysm for tagging me this was fun! i think i’ll tag @randomgirlfromnowhere, @hilaryezra, @thebravetour, @loveonniall, @sunflouwerss, @softniall and @cent-rue, feel free to ignore!

#thank you again!!!#tag games #me #pinkpoppunk

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carmenlire · 4 years

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So i love your shadowhunters stuff. I see people like you and others talking alot on my feed about stuff like BTS and like - whats the big appeal about some of this stuff? Genuinely curious. With BTS I see alot of people stanning them and reblogging stuff on tumblr or posting on Twitter and like - why stan people whos native language is different therefore lyrics need like translation? Whats the appeal in something thats a completely different culture? I just want to try to understand

Hello! I know you sent this-- god last month? And I want to apologize for not responding sooner. I wanted to take my time to answer seriously and my inbox has just kinda slipped from my mind recently.

I’m glad that you like my shadowhunters stuff and that you haven’t unfollowed me because I’ve pretty much switched fandoms recently (Though since you sent this several weeks ago and I hadn’t answered yet you might never even read this rip) and thanks for asking! My answer might be kinda ramble-y and will totally be subjective but I’ll do my best to give you a good response.

Okay. So. I was super into a band called 5 Seconds of Summer back in 2014-2016. They went on a hiatus in 2016 and lowkey fell off the face of the earth. I noticed my entire dash at the time turned into kpop land, seemingly overnight. Everyone switched from the 5sosfam to stanning bts (I vividly remember Jungkook was one of my old mutuals faves). I didn’t understand at all! I was like you lol--how did people even find these bands? How did they fall in love with them when they spoke korean? You can’t understand what they mean without translators! How could their music be as meaningful as 5sos/english music when you can’t /know/ what they’re saying. The banter 5sos is famous for had to fall flat with other kpop bands because it’s just not that same level of connectivity. I really didn’t understand the appeal of kpop when it was so-- well, foreign and different and seemingly unrelatable.

But, in 2017 I saw this show all over my dash lol. Skam. I started watching it and I watched all 4 seasons in less than a week. I had to use subtitles (It takes place in norway) and i actually loved it! I don’t think i lost anything because i couldn’t like,, fully immerse myself in that show. I think that was my first real, real inkling that it was okay?? to like and enjoy something not in english and not feel deprived in any way.

So. In 2018, I start seeing a lot of bts on my dash. I’m in a bit of a music funk (I’ve kinda abandoned my pop punk phase and the shadowhunters/malec playlists have gotten a little stale after listening to them nonstop for almost a year.) There were a couple shadowhunters mutuals, actually, that switched to bts accounts and I was on my way home from somewhere one July evening when I just. put bts’s latest album on shuffle. And. I. Loved. It.

It sounded so new and fun and fresh! I seriously felt like I’d just taken a deep breath. Their music made me happy and i just wanted to dance when i heard it. This mutual recommended a few music videos to watch and so when i got home, I watched them and I was amazed! I have to admit, full disclosure, that I was-- well, a little surprised, maybe even a little taken aback by the fashion of bts. They were men and were in full, noticeable makeup! Their clothes were fun and extravagant! But it worked! They looked really, really good. Their looks were a clear aesthetic and fit into the music and their talent, my god. I remember very clearly thinking that they must work so hard, that their talent and sheer work ethic had to be so goddamn admirable because their singing! the dancing was incredible, so intricate but they made it look so easy! doing both at the same time! They seemed so perfect and as someone used to western performers, it was just. like wow! I can’t even imagine how much must go into their songs/performances. I was utterly enthralled. So, I fell in love with the music and aesthetic and effort first. I didn’t know exactly what they were saying at this point but I was drawn to them,,, almost like a magnet lol??

And, like a lot of westerners.... I’ll admit that I had the thought that they look all the same. I’m not proud of that but I’ll be honest about it. I had wondered how people knew who was who. I wanted to educate myself though? and so I started looking up videos introducing BTS and I learned more about the members and it took a few weeks from when i very first listened to them to when something finally clicked and I just,, knew who jimin was by his fucking posture and i could name the member singing by voice alone. Watching those videos-- first the introductions and then performances and then they have a few shows and watching episodes of that where I could see their personality and not just their music added so much to the experience that BTS became. I grew to love them just as much as I had loved the 5sos boys. I saw their serious sides when talking about music and their goofy sides during RUN! episodes and every interview or whatever that i watched just made me fall deeper. They became more than just an image or surface level feel-good feeling and became more like Real People to me.

I’ve always loved traveling and learning about new cultures/places. You ask what the appeal is about stanning something I can’t understand in its native language, something that is in a completely different culture to me. Well, I think that is part of the appeal! Because of BTS, I’ve grown interested in learning more about Korea in general and other Asian countries. I might have to rely on translations but it’s not nearly as messy or inconvenient as I had always thought it had to be before falling into it myself. I’m so appreciative of the fans who take the time to translate and disseminate BTS content for people who don’t speak Korean. I enjoy losing myself in researching lyrics and watching videos breaking down BTS songs and theories and explaining things that could be lost in translation. I actually have a goal to learn Korean this year-- at least enough for a basic conversation lol. I want to visit south korea next year!

I think that’s part of the fun and beauty of enjoying BTS or Kpop or anything from a different culture-- you’re broadening your horizons and challenging yourself. Like I said, I had some initial thoughts that I’m not proud of and that I actively tried to tamp down. but. they were still there. BTS challenged me and confirmed some things I believed but hadn’t really tested.

Just because something has to be translated doesn’t mean it isn’t good or worthy of your attention. It might take a little more effort but it can be a really fun, enriching experience. Speaking for BTS in particularly, I love the guys. In the surface level fan way, yeah, but they speak to me in that fan/artist relationship. Their music fucking slaps. once you research the lyrics, they are fun and clever and often fucking poetic and deep and just so meaningful. The guys themselves are talented and funny and seem to be very genuine-- something that had initially caught my eye with 5sos back in 2014. They are on top of the world but at the end of the day, they’re still 7 guys making music because they love it and just because it is an insane amount of work doesn’t seem to diminish their enjoyment of it. They really have such an accepting ‘love yourself’ message and i love that inclusivity and it does make me feel better to listen to their music or interviews. It’s a break from the real world and relaxes me, gives me a sense of peace. They make me happy.

I don’t know if this has helped you at all, if this has made sense but I hope you understand, at least a little, why i think it is so easy to fall in love with bts. They are fun and talented and the ARMY itself is so much fun to be part of! people are so funny and passionate about the members and their music and it’s so fun to throw yourself into that mix and enjoy the ride.

Thank you for taking the time to ask me this. thanks for not dismissing kpop outright even if you don’t understand it. I guess at the end of the day, it takes all kinds and people just have wildly varying interests but. speaking for bts, people go absolutely feral over them because the members seem genuine and they’re such hardworking, smart, talented, engaging people. their music just pulls you in and, at the end of the day-- they make you think and they brighten/expand your world just that little much more:’)

if you read this and have more specific questions, feel free to ask me! I will do my best to give a good, thoughtful answer

#thanks for the thoughtful question and not being hella judgmental or condescending!#i hope this was helpful #i of course speak just for myself here #i really love bts for a lot of reasons #bts #bangtan seonyeondan #about bts #asked #answered #anon #happy things #about me

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fystarlust · 7 years

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1-100 😘

1. What are your hobbies?

~ horse riding

2. If you could have dinner with any 3 living or dead people, who would they be and why?

~ jacksepticeye, steve irwin, taehyung. a weird but interesting mix

3. What makes you laugh?

~ my gf, my bff, animals, memes, myself lol

4. What was the last good thing that happened to you?

~ *insert side eye emoji*

5. What is your biggest goal?

~ be happyyy

6. What do you think is the meaning of life?

~ BE HAPPY

7. Do you believe in an afterlife?

~ kind of kind of not

8. Do you have any pet peeves?

~ people who are rude and have no manners

9. What do you like to do on the weekends?

~ ride my horse, see my gf if she’s home

10. What was your favorite TV show growing up?

~ brother bear

11. What is your favorite TV show now?

~ the walking dead

12. What are your favorite movies?

~ i hate this questions its on every one go away

13. Tell me one surprising fact about you.

~ im sick at cod

14. What do you look for in a significant other?

~ honesty

15. What were you like as a child?

~ i used to scream at everyone and constantly do jazz hands so no one could put gloves on me, i was cute though

16. What are some things on your bucket list?

~ travel, travel, travel

17. Who has had the biggest influence on your life?

~ probably my gf

18. Do you have any pets or have you ever owned any?

~ yes lots

19. Talk about a challenge you had recently and how you overcame it or how you plan to.

~ my dog kept escaping out the back gate so i had to fix another fence onto it (((:

20. If you could only listen to one song for the rest of your life, what song would you choose and why?

~ adventure of a lifetime cos its upbeat n nice

21. Talk about a favorite childhood memory.

~ cant remember any ha

22. What is your favorite commercial?

~ none i hate them

23. If you could give your younger self one piece of advice, what would it be and why?

~ honey, you got a big storm comin’

24. If you were stuck on a deserted island and could only bring one thing, what would it be?

~ bear grylls

25. Who is your celebrity crush?

~ tae

26. Who is your favorite musical artist?

~ bts

27. What is your favorite music genre?

~ kpoppp

28. What is your favorite color?

~ baby blue

29. What would you do if you won a million dollars?

~ spoil tf out of my gf, get another horse, travel

30. If you could have one superpower, what would it be?

~ the ability to have all superpowers

31. What is your dream vacation?

~ probably santorini, greece

32. What actor or actress would star as you in a movie about your life?

~ idk?

33. Where did you grow up?

~ radstock yeet

34. If you could trade lives with anyone else for one day, who would you trade with?

~ donald trump so i could kill myself

35. What is your favorite book?

~ dont have one

36. Who is your favorite author?

~ dont have one

37. Who do you look up to?

~ jacksepticeye

38. What is your favorite food ever?

~ i cant choose

39. Are you a picky eater?

~ kind of?

40. Drunken story time! Go!

~ no thanks

41. What beverage do you consume most often?

~ water

42. What is the first thing you wash in the shower?

~ my face

43. Would you kiss the last person you kissed again?

~ yes

44. How are you feeling right now?

~ sore

45. Do you plan out your outfits?

~ if im going somewhere nice yes

46. What is the closest red item to you?

~ my brother’s business book

47. Talk about the last dream you remember having.

~ ellie got kidnapped by a creepy non man man

48. Do you love yourself?

~ sometimes

49. When was the last time you cried and why?

~ this morning bc i was watching cute animal vids

50. Have you ever met a celebrity?

~ not like, talked to them, met no

51. Have you ever been to a concert?

~ yes, 1D x 2 and 5SOS x 4

52. What are you listening to right now?

~ my dogs wrestle

53. Have you ever flown in an airplane?

~ yes

54. What is the craziest thing you've ever done?

~ im not a crazy person

55. Are your parents or guardians strict?

~ no

56. Did you have a good childhood?

~ up to a point

57. Have you ever been in love?

~ am currently

58. Do you bite into your ice cream or just lick it?

~ lick it, im not an animal

59. Did the one person who hurt you most in your life ever apologize?

~ yes

60. What are some of your turn-ons?

~ jess, tae

61. What are some of your turn-offs?

~ 99.9% of other people

62. Would you go skydiving?

~ yes

63. What are you thinking about right now?

~ how this tag is so flipping long

64. Do you ever rent movies?

~ nope

65. Do you ever illegally download entertainment such as music, movies, etc.?

~ my gf does and we watch them hehe

66. What is your zodiac sign?

~ pisces

67. Do you believe in karma or predestiny?

~ karma yes idk what other one is

68. Is there anything you want to say to anyone right now?

~ id tell sean that hes my sunshine

69. Would you rather live a shorter life but be wealthy or live a longer life and struggle financially?

~ probably short n wealthy

70. What is your stance on abortion?

~ their body their choice

71. Do you believe in ghosts?

~ yes

72. Who do you admire and why?

~ my gf, my bff bc they’re wonderful people

73. What was your worst experience while under the influence of drugs or alcohol?

~ dont do drugs, every second on alcohol was the worst

74. Have you ever had a near-death experience?

~ yes i nearly strangled to death when i was little

75. What do you daydream about?

~ life, my gf

76. Where do you want to live after retirement?

~ greece

77. What would you change your first name to?

~ Lily maybe

78. If you believe in a God or Higher Power, what one question would you want to ask Him or Her?

~ why

79. Are you more optimistic or pessimistic?

~ pessimistic but a bit of both

80. Are you more introverted or extroverted?

~ intro

81. What is your dream profession?

~ zookeeper

82. What do you worry about most?

~ everything

83. When was the last time you tried something new and what was it?

~ tortilla chip pringes, theyre amazing

84. Who do you compare yourself to?

~ everyone

85. What excites you about life?

~ my gf

86. What five words would you use to describe your personality?

~ STOP ASKING THIS QUESTION AHHHHH

87. What is one life lesson you learned the hard way?

~ careful who you trust

88. What belief do you have that many people disagree with?

~ i dont think theres any

89. If not now, then when?

~ whenever

90. Is it possible to lie without saying a word?

~ the heck kinda question is this

91. What activities make you lose track of time?

~ fcking my gf

92. If you had to teach an academic subject, what subject would you want to teach?

~ math bc id just tell them give up u dont even use it

93. What is your biggest regret?

~ falling asleep on certain nights

94. What will matter most to you when you're 80 years old?

~ being a sick af gran

95. Are you a messy person or a clean person?

~ bit of both

96. Are you a perfectionist?

~ about some things

97. How tall are you?

~ 5ft2 NOTICE I DIDNT PUT 'AND A HALF’ ELLIE

98. What is your guilty pleasure?

~ i aint guilty about nout

99. Do you prefer sweet or salty?

~ both

100. What is your favorite social media website?

~ youtube

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