Finer Things: One Direction
Alana Willerton
Gateway Staff
Feb 15, 2012
Move over, Justin Bieber: there’s a new teen sensation sweeping the nation and their name is One Direction. Third place finishers in the 2010 season of Britain’s X Factor, the five boys who make up One Direction have captured my heart with their first album, Up All Night, which has gone viral in Canada.
Comprised of five uncommonly gorgeous-looking boys ranging in age from 18 to 20, they each have the uncanny ability of looking like they’ve come straight out of the pages of GQ. Take Niall, the only blond in the group, who just happens to resemble a prepubescent version of the Greek god Apollo. Or Harry, whose adorable mop of curls has girls screaming for the chance to have his children. And then there’s Zayn, Louis, Liam — even their names are unbelievably trendy.
Of course, their stunning looks could be seen as a disadvantage of sorts. When I first discovered One Direction, I’ll admit that I was skeptical that any sound worth listening to could come from those cherubic lips. But this is one occasion where I’m happy to admit that I was completely wrong. There’s no way anyone could listen to their first single, “What Makes You Beautiful,” and deny the catchiness of their sugary lyrics.
Listening to One Direction may inspire you to break out into overly-hyper dance moves at every opportunity. With picture-perfect faces and voices to match, make no mistake about it: One Direction is definitely on their way to achieving global musical domination.
The Finer Things is a semi-regular feature in which Gateway pop culture pundits point to a particularly relevant or pretentious example of art celebrating it for all of its subjective merit.
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