Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles. You guessed it right, they're the members of the hottest English-Irish pop boy band that is taking the world by storm, the ONE DIRECTION.
They finished third in 2010's Britain X-Factor but Simon Cowell, the hard-hitting ex American Idol judge and one of the founders of the X-Factor singing competition was so impressed with the group and it's potential to sweep the kids all over the world (and their parents) off their feet wasted no time and took the boys under his care. One direction signed up with Cowell's record label and the rest is history.
Hit record after hit record, award after award, the swoons of their fans got louder and louder.Avid followers mob them everywhere they go. They came in multitude and baptized themselves as 'onedirectioners', a stamp of commitment and loyalty to the boy band.
The band is now a fad, a craze, a culture and for millions of their followers, a way of life. The Philippines, our teens, parents in tow whether swayed or not joined in and also got caught in the madness. So, it came as no surprise why there were sobbing, crying and hearts broken when many onedirectioners failed to buy tickets for the boy band's scheduled Philippine concert in March 2015. The onedirectioners are more than willing to shell out up to P18,000 pesos for a concert ticket to finally throw their love and devotion to the boys up-close and personal. A ticket so expensive it could equal a random private school's annual tuition fee.
Many came from the province just to become one of those who lined up in malls for hours buying nothing in return. Many felt like it was the end of the world and some would even go the distance to get the chance to watch the show. Some sought the help of fixers and shady characters selling overpriced tickets just to see the boys.
And who wouldn't? Even country superstar Taylor Swift, a musical genius in her own right fell with one of the boys, writing another sad song after their relationship failed to see the light.
I have nothing against these screaming teens and shrieking fans. Lucky them because they have thousands of money to spend for a night of music, screaming and madness overload..
With the recent turn of events where two of the members were caught on video doing weed, I am grateful that my girls are not into the boys.
So thankful, they are pursuing their lives and interests in OTHER direction.
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'Everybody's youth is a dream.
A form of chemical madness'
-F. Scott Fitzgerald
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