A few years ago, in 2010, a bunch of young hopefuls entered XFactor UK talent competition as individuals and Simon Cowell put 5 of them together into one group and signed them up to his own label thus creating the pop phenomenon which became One Direction. They only managed to come in third in the competition, but with the help of social media their careers took off and they became one of the most successful boy bands ever. Since they split up to go their own ways as solo artists in 2016, most of the attention and success seems to have gone to Harry Styles who has won Grammy’s and many other music awards as well as branching out into modelling and film & TV roles.

Less well known is the continuing careers of the other 4 members of the group, so today I thought I’d focus on Niall Horan who has gone on to great success both in his native Ireland and the U.K., writing and recording his own music. Here he is in a live recording session with the title track from his new album - The Show.