Lyrics such as ‘now my heart’s breaking’ and ‘you and me got a whole lot of history’ and ‘all of the rumours, all of the fights’ can be applied to a relationship between a girl and a boy, but also to the other members of the band.It features a performance element with each of the band performing live and dancing in unison, cut with black and white footage of all 5 original members on tour and ‘behind the scenes.’ This is nostalgic and will appeal to loyal fans as it will remind them of the band’s success and younger appearances, right back to the start of their career on X Factor (featured in the opening of the video) in 2010.

The band said it marked a ‘period of closure’ for them after the departure of Zayn Malik, who has left the band to pursue a solo career.The song is about the history of the band and about moving on towards the future.Their debt to Simon Cowell is acknowledged in this video. This 2015 video self referentially covers the bands own history since their creation during 2010s X Factor.

They reflect the lyrics (looking back on their huge success) through featuring footage of X Factor, behind the scenes at tours, anecdotes and videos of all the members. The single is their last before taking a career break. By the release of this album, Zayn had left to pursue solo projects. History is their final single and is taken from album Made in the A.M. Their third album was the best selling album in the world in 2013.Īfter finishing the show, they signed a record deal with Syco Records (Simon Cowell’s record label) which is part of Sony, one of the ‘Big 3’. They were propelled to success through social media and become one of the most successful groups ever, breaking many records. One Direction are an English-Irish pop band forming during Series 7 of hit show X Factor and going on to come third.

Our first music video CSP is One Direction - History.

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