Ultimately, “Made in the AM” is not successful in appealing to that elusive wider audience who do not happen to be teenage girls. It informs listeners that even your favorite boys in One Direction have faced this problem in life.īut for listeners yearning for a pump up song to brighten their day, lift their mood, or provide a nice beat to dance to, the new album might not be a top listening choice. For people who have recently experienced the pain of a broken heart, the album is a great thing to listen to in the car on a cloudy day to feel reassured that you are not alone in your struggles with romance.
All of the songs on their album have to do with heartbreak and forbidden love. Its tough to promote a new album when everyones already marked your gravestone.
With lyrics like “You’re perfect to me,” “Let me be your last first kiss,” and “I have loved you since we were 18,” One Direction songs give fans false hope that they actually have a chance to have a relationship with the boys romantically.Įven with the catchy tunes, talented voices and romantic lyrics, One Direction’s new album, “Made in the AM” lacks any real uplifting morals to the songs. The band’s songs are in first person and usually addressed to girls, specifically girls named Diana and Olivia.
It is hard to believe that the boys of One Direction have the romance problems they sing about, since they have a whole world full of girls willing to be with them. While some individual songs could potentially lift your mood, the whole album together creates a solemn and sad mood since the songs all have to do with different types of failed romances. If listening to the whole album nonstop - all 17 songs - it all sounds like one drawn out song about heartbreak and love. The new songs are all unique in their own way, but they only sound unique when listened to one at a time. For the songs “What a Feeling” and “Olivia,” the band brings the word pop to a whole new level, and in the process leave listeners bobbing their heads and tapping their foot to the catchy lyrics. While sitting on the bus on the way home from school, listening to the song feels like everyone should grab their guitars and rocking chairs and do the hoedown on the front porch. The new album did hold a lot of surprises like the song “History,” which has a country vibe with acoustic guitars. 13 release of “Made in the AM,” the eager earphones of fans were filled with sounds of guitars and the grown up voices of the band. Maybe the band would finally take their music in another direction, appealing to more than just fainting and blushing teenage girls. The band surprised radio listeners with a song filled with beat drops and a hip-hop aura which led to much excitement for the upcoming album. The song was definitely unexpected since it was not like their usual pop romance ballads. The first sneak peek the fans had of the album was “Drag Me Down” which was released with a bang on radio stations around the world. They’re not going anywhere anytime soon.As the Zayn Malik era ended for One Direction this past spring, another door opened and it was time to release their 5 th album, “Made in the AM.” The four remaining members of One Direction, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne, and Niall Horan, needed to prove to their fans that they still deserve to be on top of the charts even without one of their members. “Made in the AM” is just more proof that One Direction is here to stay so don’t give up on them. A new album and one member gone also means more solos and new parts for the band, Louis Tomlinson has shocked fans by singing some of the high notes, which were previously sang by Malik.“If I Could Fly” is a slow emotional ballad that makes fans fall even more love with the British Irish boy band. With jazzy songs like “Wolves” and “History” and 80’s songs like “What a Feeling” and “Never Enough”, the album offers fans a little bit of everything music wise. The boys also contributed to the writing of nine of the songs on the album, such as “Perfect” which is rumored to be written about Taylor Swift. Although some fans were doubtful it wouldn’t be as great as past albums because Zayn Malik is no longer part of the band, the album is the best album One Direction has released yet. Consisting of mainly slow songs and ballads along with a few upbeat songs, the album is far from disappointing. “Made in the A.M.” is One Direction’s fifth album and it’s also the first album without Zayn Malik.