10 years of OneDirection: The story of the world’s biggest boy band, told with the fans who made it happen
Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Zayn Malik and Niall Horan of One Direction perform onstage during Z100's Jingle Ball 2012, presented by Aeropostale, at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 7, 2012 in New York City.’s audience had voted the five-piece vocal group into the final three acts on the show's seventh season, but failed to bring in the numbers that would carry them across the finish line, as singer-songwriter Matt Cardle was ultimately crowned champion.
As we approach the ten year anniversary of One Direction’s formation -- with a new anniversary-celebrating 1D websiteis revisiting the groundbreaking career of one of the most successful boy bands in history, helped by the memories of the die-hard fans who were there for it all.stint perfecting its harmony as a group, while also building and connecting with a loyal fan base that would be ready and willing to support them when their on-screen journey came to an end.
By then, the update accounts who kept constant tabs on them were struggling to weather the intensity of the fandom. “We wouldn’t release locations [of the group’s members] if we knew they were still there. We didn’t want to cause a mob,” says Caty Dwyer, 27, who ran an account with four other fans. “One time we got a DM that said, ‘I hacked Louis’ British Airways rewards number and I can track his flight now.’ And we were like, what? That’s creepy.
Fans were generally stanning in unison with each other, though. When the music video for “Best Song Ever” was released, launching the album era, fans streamed it nonstop on multiple devices to break the Vevo record for most views in 24 hours with 12.3 million views. That era also came with One Direction hosting 1D Day -- a live stream that had fans glued to their screens all day, no questions asked.
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