If you were in the fandom at the time, you’ll remember making YouTube playlists to cycle through the music video for you, knowing to refresh after the first 30 seconds (and no earlier!) to count as a view. When the six minute music video dropped, people were skeptical that such a long music video would be able to break the Vevo record for the music video with the most views in the first 24 hours after being released. Not “people know this band” big or “they’ve had a radio hit” big but “the fandom is big enough and dedicated enough that they can achieve whatever they put their minds to” big. To many people, “Best Song Ever” was the moment people realized One Direction was big. One Direction’s “Best Song Ever” music video breaking the Vevo record The boys switched their stage outfits (as seen below), there was silly string, and so many lyric changes you probably forgot half of them! What a night! Due to all this attention, the connection between the band and their fans was incredibly strong, and watching this chapter of their lives close was an emotional night. Throughout this tour, some band members had launched live streams following the shows, talking about the songs, replying to fan questions, and generally sitting down with the fanbase to have a chat. The last show was in Orlando, Florida and boy was it iconic. One Direction’s first album was titled Up All Night, which they toured in Europe, North America, and a select few shows in Asia. For a trip down memory lane, they will always be the go-to. These videos were also the source of the ever nostalgic quote “from the bottom of the stairs to the top of the world” as the five boys progressed from filming videos on the stairs of the X-Factor house to being an award-winning, world famous band. The source of countless old fandom jokes (such as the cringe worthy “I like girls who eat carrots”), the diaries served as a connection between the band and the small group of fans voting them through The X-Factor. In retrospect, these videos are hilarious at the same time that they will make you cry. During their time on The X-Factor which helped launch the band’s career, the five boy band members sat down before a camera and spoke to their fans. These are the OG memories of any old school One Direction fan: the video diaries. Five years of memories amounts to a lot of iconic moments, but here we have assembled the ten best times to be a One Direction fan! Now that the members of One Direction have (seemingly indefinitely) gone their separate ways, it’s all too easy to be nostalgic for their time as a band.
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