3/16/2024 0 Comments Niall horan flicker![]() ![]() ![]() While Harry Styles’s classic-rock trip took the singer through Rolling Stones, Beatles, and David Bowie fan service, Niall name-checks the Eagles and Fleetwood Mac as inspirations. Flicker is nice, clean folk-pop that keeps its sound pinned in the present while saluting the past. Out of the growing expanse of 1D splinter projects - see also: Zayn’s moody hip-hop soul, Louis Tomlinson’s muted electro-pop, Liam Payne’s party-rocking rap and dancehall singles, and Harry Styles’s majestic classic-rock album - Niall’s release bears the closest resemblance to the rustic, autumnal mood of late-period 1D. With the group in his rearview, and the release of his debut solo album, Flicker, Niall hopes to show fans a different side of himself. It’s what got him past the X Factor audition he almost lost after a lukewarm reception to his rendition of Ne-Yo’s “So Sick.” It’s what got him a temporary James Corden butt tattoo during 1D’s appearance on the Late Late Show host’s old U.K. He radiated easygoing charm and mischievous humor onstage and just about everywhere else. Niall Horan wasn’t the leader of One Direction, but he might’ve been the heart. ![]()
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