One Direction was one of the best boy bands to happen to my generation, don't fight me on this. I was the definition of a ‘Directioner,' there should have been a picture of me that came up when your parents Googled what the heck that term meant. For no reason at all, I just wanted to take the time to look back on some of the best moments from their earlier days, that we have not (for some unknown reason) talked about in years.
1. The Video Diaries
These were our first look into the lives of the boys throughout ‘The X Factor,' and boy they did not disappoint. I remember my best friend and I being able to quote these word for word (sorry not sorry to everyone we went to middle school with). These videos were where we first learned how quirky and awkward all of them could be in any situation.
2. The Adventurous Adventures of One Direction
If you did not watch these animated YouTube videos, you haven't really lived. These classic animations were created by YouTuber Mark Parsons, who took relevant things going on at that time and made them into jokes using the wonderful guys of One Direction. He did all the animation and the voices for them, which was absolutely hilarious.
3. When Simon Cowell made them into a band (thank you, Simon)
Literally one of the best things to ever happen to me. Although the time this actually happened I had not heard of the boys of The X Factor for that matter. Once their first hit single, ‘What Makes You Beautiful' hit the states I was hooked for years. So thank you, Simon Cowell for doing possibly the best thing you have ever done, and giving me, and everyone else, One Direction.
4. The music videos, literally all of them
They were always so HYPE. I remember running in my house when I got home from school on days they came out to watch the videos ASAP! I also watched them several times so I could focus on a different boy each time because it mattered that much.
5. Niall with and without his braces
He was our precious little baby with them, and he was still a precious little baby with straighter teeth without them. Either way, everything about Niall made you love him (don't get me wrong though, Harry Styles was and still is my man).
6. 1D Day!!!
A seven-hour live stream leading up to the release of their third album, Midnight Memories, full of shenanigans. What else would you have expected from them? From meeting fans to wrestling the boys did everything and more in these seven hours of nonsense, that we all loved.
7. Them singing ‘The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air' theme song
I literally watched this video a thousand times when I first found it, then I also set it as my ringtone at the time, because I thought it was PURE GOLD. When Zayn hits the "and you're moving with your auntie and uncle in Bel-Air," I may have cried the first time. It's just so good.
Clearly, the band accomplished way bigger things than any of this, but it's always fun to reflect on the smaller things that people do sometimes. Although, I am not really sure why we stopped talking about any of these gems, so let's not do that again.
