Connection to One Direction

One Direction – the biggest boyband in the world. Not only have they gotten so many achievements, like over 200 awards and holding Guinness World Records, but they have also stolen the hearts of more than a million girls worldwide. They have those girls emotionally attached to them and their music, making the girls also feel a sense of support.

People say fangirls only like One Direction because of their looks. The way you can just look into Harry Styles’ eyes and see the Pacific Ocean in a soothing shade of green. You can see sparkling stars aligning to form the most glorious constellations. The way that Niall Horan’s smile is so genuinely sweet makes warmth rush through you. Seeing his smile paints a ray of sunshine all over your face. The way that Liam Payne’s tattoos just stick out giving you a satisfying feeling. The tattoos don’t let your eyes leave them, but instead lead you to the cute face he’s making, reminding you of a newborn baby’s face. The way that Louis Tomlinson’s eyes are always sparkling and the corners always crinkling of happiness reminds you how you felt as a child on Christmas morning. Although, this is all true, it is not the main reason why those girls like One Direction.

There is some sort of emotional attachment that girls have to these 4 boys. It’s like they personally know them but most of the girls have never even met them. Liam Payne is always acting like the father of the group. You always want the rest of the boys to do something bad, so you can see Liam reprimand them like a father would reprimand his 8-year-old son. It gives you the rebellious but sad feeling that you used to get when you did something wrong and were reprimanded for it. Harry Styles is always telling jokes that are so bad they are funny, so everyone is always laughing. You feel like you will die from laughing so much but you’re still always waiting for the next joke. Louis Tomlinson is always jumping around acting like a 5-year old kid and doing silly things to make everyone laugh. You feel a happy nostalgia remembering how you used to do things like that when you were young. You would never want Louis to leave your sight. Niall Horan is always asking for food and laughing like there’s no tomorrow until his ribs hurt. You always get hungry seeing him eat and his laugher will always put you in a good mood, no matter how bad you were feeling. And when these boys go away after finishing an interview, concert or tour, everyone is extremely sad, so sad that it would seem like they had a bad breakup. Everyone is waiting until these boys come back.

It’s not only these boys that have an affect on you. It’s also their music. Listening to their music brings you to a state that is not your own. You seem to feel what you do not feel and understand what you do not understand. The harmonies pass like breezes through you, bringing tears to your eyes. The instruments in some of their songs play a sad and silver tune and then it rises angry and with excitement underneath. Its as if the music understands you – how you feel and what you’re going through. Their music is telling the reality of everyone’s life stories. Their music comes to you in waves – first your innocent memories, dreams and struggles and then sharp joys, sorrow and despair. In the end you feel so much emotion but you can drift off into your own world while listening to their music. It seems as if these 4 boys know what you’re going through but you also know what they’re going through.

The presence of these boys singing or doing anything, even if its through a video on YouTube, makes you feel happy. The messages they convey through their behaviour, looks and music don’t let you down, they give you support and let you know that at the end of the day everything will be alright.

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