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.
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Monday, 28 May 2012 15:04 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― Look at how funky he is! (jer.fairall), Monday, 28 May 2012 15:46 (eleven years ago) link
I'm now singing The Hooters' 'Satellite' in my head, with 'catamite' substituted for the title word.
― Radical Jedward (snoball), Monday, 28 May 2012 17:07 (eleven years ago) link
And if you still can't see the lightCowell's gonna make you a catamite
― Radical Jedward (snoball), Monday, 28 May 2012 17:08 (eleven years ago) link
I refuse to listen to music by people named Liam on principle.
― The Reverend, Monday, 28 May 2012 19:19 (eleven years ago) link
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
― goole, Sunday, 24 June 2012 23:50 (eleven years ago) link
LEGIT NEW THREAT??
"low-class, young female fans who have sewers for mouths"
:D
― bitch I'm on the 242 (lex pretend), Monday, 25 June 2012 00:00 (eleven years ago) link
legit new traet
― some dude, Monday, 25 June 2012 00:16 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 28 August 2012 01:05 (eleven years ago) link
:(
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 01:23 (eleven years ago) link
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
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 28 August 2012 01:24 (eleven years ago) link
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
zaynliamharrylouis[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
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Monday, 1 October 2012 20:15 (eleven years ago) link
debbie schlussel turned me into a fan of him/them i must admit
― goole, Monday, 1 October 2012 20:19 (eleven years ago) link
new single is boring
― teledyldonix, Monday, 1 October 2012 20:35 (eleven years ago) link
All of their singles are boring.
― this is the dream of avril and chad (jer.fairall), Monday, 1 October 2012 22:26 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 13:10 (eleven years ago) link
oh god I thought this band was actually One Republic
― 乒乓, Sunday, 18 November 2012 21:58 (eleven years ago) link
it's too late to apologize
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 19 November 2012 00:45 (eleven years ago) link
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"
― K3v Ink (some dude), Monday, 19 November 2012 03:32 (eleven years ago) link
My daughter's 9 year old friend can't stop talking about them.
― wk, Monday, 19 November 2012 04:58 (eleven years ago) link
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Monday, October 1, 2012 3:15 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― frogbs, Monday, 19 November 2012 05:11 (eleven years ago) link
I hope a massive anvil falls from the sky and crushes Harry Styles smug fucking face.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Monday, 19 November 2012 18:27 (eleven years ago) link
crazy crazy crazy!
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 19 November 2012 19:00 (eleven years ago) link
xpcool fantasy bro
― jabba hands, Monday, 19 November 2012 19:01 (eleven years ago) link
it took me months to realize that their name was "One Direction" as 2 words
In the UK we call them Wand Erection.
― Dermot O'Leary, picks up the rice in a church where a wedding has been (snoball), Monday, 19 November 2012 19:05 (eleven years ago) link
I've called them 'One Dimensional' from the off.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Monday, 19 November 2012 19:07 (eleven years ago) link
clever
― only Brod can judge me (Noodle Vague), Monday, 19 November 2012 19:07 (eleven years ago) link
we really haven't discussed this? http://tomorrowthemag.com/articles/slash-and-burn
― #YOLO ONO (lex pretend), Monday, 19 November 2012 19:11 (eleven years ago) link
Ship Happens
― Dermot O'Leary, picks up the rice in a church where a wedding has been (snoball), Monday, 19 November 2012 19:32 (eleven years ago) link
fascinating story, seriously
― teledyldonix, Monday, 19 November 2012 21:13 (eleven years ago) link
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
― lex pretend, Thursday, 27 December 2012 18:08 (eleven years ago) link
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
― capital in ruins, thousands dead (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 27 December 2012 18:30 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― Roz, Friday, 28 December 2012 14:10 (eleven years ago) link
this new single. oh my god.
― monotony, Tuesday, 8 January 2013 13:12 (eleven years ago) link
this new single = i have finally cracked and installed tumblr savior. TOO MANY GIFS.
― c sharp major, Tuesday, 8 January 2013 13:16 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― c sharp major, Tuesday, 8 January 2013 13:22 (eleven years ago) link
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
― Chris S, Tuesday, 8 January 2013 13:54 (eleven years ago) link
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8522/8520551784_66a6bc3b97.jpg
― and that sounds like a gong-concert (La Lechera), Saturday, 2 March 2013 14:47 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― These goons are from Galactor and who gives a s*** (snoball), Saturday, 2 March 2013 14:58 (eleven years ago) link
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
― and that sounds like a gong-concert (La Lechera), Saturday, 2 March 2013 15:05 (eleven years ago) link
I always knew Rihanna was a mermaid
― kendrick delmar - good kid, f.U.C.k. you (The Reverend), Sunday, 3 March 2013 03:50 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― approx. david bowie (flamboyant goon tie included), Sunday, 3 March 2013 04:21 (eleven years ago) link
Which one is Louis?
― Public Brooding Closet (cryptosicko), Sunday, 3 March 2013 04:32 (eleven years ago) link
The gay one
― approx. david bowie (flamboyant goon tie included), Sunday, 3 March 2013 04:53 (eleven years ago) link
Paul Morley prefers Harry Styles to Jake Bugg.
― they all are afflicted with a sickness of existence (Scik Mouthy), Sunday, 3 March 2013 08:27 (eleven years ago) link
I had to google all three of those names just now
― approx. david bowie (flamboyant goon tie included), Sunday, 3 March 2013 13:40 (eleven years ago) link
mrrrr that was an annoying article tbh
― approx. david bowie (flamboyant goon tie included), Sunday, 3 March 2013 13:44 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o63lcWu6kY
― Spectrum, Sunday, 3 March 2013 13:59 (eleven years ago) link