“Playing
for, like, 500 people. What more do you want?” says Horan. “I’ve had some good
moments with screaming teenagers, but I like when the room is completely
quiet. It’s a different kind of respect. People are actually listening.”
“Every
now and then you’re like, ‘Fookin’ hell, where is everyone?’ ” he says. “You’re
sitting in an airport lounge, they call you for a plane, and you don’t stand up
initially because you’re waiting on everyone else, you know? ‘Oh, Louis’ll be
back from the toilet in a minute.”
“I
told my managers from the start: When One Direction comes knocking, fook what
I’m doing. I don’t give a shit if I sold out arenas or won Grammys. I wouldn’t
be doing this if it wasn’t for that.”
All
his self-discovery aside, Horan remains close with his bandmates. “I see Louis
and [his son] little Freddie all the time. He lives around the corner from me
[in Los Angeles],” he says. He picked up gifts for Payne’s month-old boy that
he hasn’t been able to present yet, because their schedules haven’t aligned.
He planned to see Styles when the lanky star was in town for a weeklong
residency on The Late Late Show With James Corden and genuinely gushes about his April episode of Saturday Night Live: “I loved his
brilliant impression of Mick Jagger” in the Family Feud sketch,
he says. As for his musical performances, he adds, “I really enjoyed them. He’s smashin’ it.”
Horan
even shrugs off Malik’s post-1D kvetching: “Oh, pfft. I know what Zayn’s like –
outspoken, and fair play to him.” He offers the same civility to Simon Cowell,
who publicly attacked Horan’s loyalty for choosing Capitol over his Syco
label. (1D formed on The X Factor.) “We’ll always have mutual respect. When we
get back to the band, he’ll be at the forefront again,” says Horan. And he’s
certain they’ll be back: “When it will be, I don’t know. I prefer not to do it
after I’m 40. I’d prefer the next few years.”
Niall is currently promoting new single "Slow Hands". The track was critically acclaimed upon release and immediately hit No.1 in 44 countries and Top 5 in 66 countries on iTunes.
Niall will perform at Capital FM's Summertime Ball in the UK.
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