You may or may not know that I have a slight love for the boy band One Direction. If my math is correct, I haven't talked about One Direction on my blog since August. Obviously this means I need to talk about them again, and this will probably be my last time for a while.
You may or may not also know that One Direction are taking a "break" or hiatus or something. The time of this break? Yeah... no one really knows, originally it was a speculated 2 year break, then I heard that Harry Styles said 18 months so I really don't know.
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| This was my first time seeing them in concert and I marveled at this picture for months |
Yesterday I sat at my computer with tears rolling down my cheeks watching One Direction sing "History" live on the X-Factor, with old and new pictures flashing on the screen behind them. I know, it's a little pathetic of me but it's fine.
Overall, their absence should probably concern me but I'm not that worried. I have their recently-released (incredible) album to carry me through.
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| My second One Direction concert, before Zayn left #byezayn |
What I wanted to talk about today, though, is something I've addressed before but I can't look past, especially now.
One Direction as a band, and as individual people, mean a lot to me. This may sound melodramatic but they were "there for me" when I either didn't want to talk to anyone, or felt like no one was there for me. They have been one of my most powerful musical connections. I've made an entire post dedicated to music shaming, so I'm not going to focus on that, but you should definitely go and check it out.
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| Harry 2015 OTRA 2015-Kansas City |
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| Niall and Liam OTRA 2015-Kansas City |
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| Louis OTRA 2015-Kansas City |
A large portion of my life from 8th grade-freshman year was spent watching the X-Factor diaries, squinting at the terrible quality videos of the "Up All Night" tour, and jamming out to every song from "What Makes You Beautiful" to "Moments". As my responsibilities have grown and life because more and more hectic, I haven't devoted, per say, as much time to One Direction. Meaning I haven't sat on my computer every night for the past three years watching the first tour videos, I still do that a lot with the most recent tours, but not all the time.
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| Liam OTRA 2015-Kansas City (this was the hottest concert they had ever performed, it felt well over 100+ degrees) |
I've also been lucky enough to see them live three, yes THREE, times. These concerts were easily the best times of my life. People always poke fun at my love for the boys but no one (besides a select few of my friends) can ever understand it.
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| Niall OTRA 2015-Kansas City |
I'm excited for their break, honestly. They deserve it. So many people say "well they get paid millions, they shouldn't complain," but they also have families who miss them and don't get to see them. Not only this but being in a boy band for 5 years is a long time. It will be awesome to see them all involved in solo projects, or even if they don't do anything, enjoying their down time.
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| Harry OTRA 2015-Kansas City |
They've had a great run, and if they do in fact come back after the break and continue making music, I'll be ready. If after the break they come together and realize that they've done all they could, I'll respect that too.
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| Louis OTRA 2015-Kansas City |
I just thought I would throw my thoughts out there. What do you guys think about the break?
Until next time,
Taylor xx
**I do not own the rights to the first single photo of Louis, all rights belong to the photo's originator. A Twitter user gave me permission to use it**
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