Have you ever been driven crazy by how quickly the night changes? Not long ago, One Direction was the most popular boy band on the planet—a title that now objectively belongs to BTS—and in a new interview, Niall Horan shared his thoughts.
On Wednesday (June 3) in the podcast episode Therapuss The One Direction member spoke to Jake Shane about the similarities and differences between his former boy band and the Bangtan Boys. "None of our routines were meticulously choreographed or perfectly produced," Horan said, referring to K-pop groups on the podcast. "So they're very different.".
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«"It seems like every generation has its own boy bands, but they're all different in some way," he continued. "We didn't wear white suits and do dance routines like, say, *NSYNC or the Backstreet Boys. We just walked around on stage. K-pop is probably more structured, but they look like athletes.".
The Irish singer-songwriter continued, praising BTS in particular. "When you watch BTS dance, you think, 'Honestly, I have no idea how you do it, but what you do is incredible.' It's quite difficult, but it's amazing.".
One Direction also included Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, and the late Liam Payne. Although the group wasn't particularly into dancing, they dominated pop culture for years. The quintet from X Factor He charted on the Billboard Hot 100 29 times and reached the top 10 six times before BTS took up the baton. The K-pop superstars now have seven number-one hits.
Elsewhere on the podcast, Horan expressed admiration for another prominent figure in music: Taylor Swift. Saying that her song "Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince" from the album« Lover »"2019's 'perhaps her best' song," former mentor The Voice show« She said: «The melody is just amazing… I really like the line: „You play silly games, you get silly prizes.“».
«"And 'Me!'" Horan added. "'Me!' is a good song, too.".
Horan's new album, Dinner Party , will be released on Thursday (June 5). Read the full interview with him below on Therapuss .
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