Niall Horan paid very close attention to which songs got his fans on their feet during the tour for his 2017 solo debut album, Flicker. And now, like a pop scientist, the former One Direction singer has boiled that data down into a fresh batch of songs that he says he can’t wait to share.
“I’m laying here listening to songs from my new record and I’m so excited to get going. Can’t wait for you to hear the fun I’ve been having over the last year,” Horan tweeted in a series of messages about his upcoming album on Monday (Sept. 2), explaining that he observed his fan’s faces to see what gets them “dancing, what makes them sad and everything in between.”
I’m laying here listening to songs from my new record and I’m so excited to get going. Can’t wait for you to hear the fun I’ve been having over the last year.
— Niall Horan (@NiallOfficial) September 2, 2019
Touring ‘Flicker’ and watching the faces of people all over the world every night, you really get an insight into what kinds of things get people dancing, what makes them sad and everything inbetween. So I’ve observed and I’m ready.
— Niall Horan (@NiallOfficial) September 2, 2019
Horan also thanked fans for letting him play for way more people than he ever anticipated when he was writing Flicker, helping to make his dreams come true.
I’m so happy I wrote my first record “Flicker”. It represented how I felt at the time, what I wanted my intro to solo artistry to sound like, my musical influences came alive in the record.
— Niall Horan (@NiallOfficial) September 2, 2019
To top it off it reached a lot more people than I thought it would when I was writing it as it’s very different to what’s out there in the charts these days. Thank you so much for making my dreams come true and really taking it on board.
— Niall Horan (@NiallOfficial) September 2, 2019
At press time no additional information was available on Horan’s next album.