The final black and white clip we see is of their last performance as a band and their final group hug, accompanied by the lyric 'we can live forever,' this. The music video ended pretty perfectly, all context considered. Other stuff about beating the Beatles, and Harry then tells his other bandmates to "not let it go" and achieve their lifelong dreams. The music video for History was released January 26th 2016, 5 months after One Direction announced their indefinite hiatus. Louis then says that without you (the band) here nothing he've been through actually matters because they've helped each other into fame. Repetition, saying they could beat the Beatles and bleh bleh. The second verse has Liam talking about the rumours that surrounded them as a band. Then they proceed to say they have a hell "lot of history" and they could "be the best team, the the world has ever seen!", surpassing the likes of Queen, The Beatles, and other legends. They thought they were going good all along but lately the band comes doubtful. Zayn broke his heart by leaving and he doesn't "know what to do". He then says they don't teach turning on your friends' back at school.
Niall disapproves about Zayn leaving with the group. The first verse is about Harry trying hard to keep the group together, and thinking that Zayn is gonna "leave it all behind" and he was right. That without you here, life is just a lie So don't let it go, we could make some moreīut we always find a way to make it out aliveĪnd the good champaige and private planes You and me, got a whole lot of history (ohhh) We could be the greatest Now my heart’s breaking and I don't know what to do Zayn Malik's debut single is due out this Friday.Keep getting the feeling you wanna leave this all behind So don't let it go, we can make some more, we can live forever We could be the greatest team that the world has ever seen The chorus of this song, let's all remember, is an explicit promise that One Direction will remain a band forever: If someone wanted to make me a scrapbook, that would be fine. Those were the days.Īll of the hugs, but especially this hug. Do not romanticize your loved ones.Ī brief glimpse of Zayn in his "Yeah, I'm in a boy band. I will remember him as he is, and no different. Liam Payne is wearing a horribly unflattering wide brimmed hat, as is his way. My top five moments (if you can handle it): Is it the greatest story ever told? Probably! There is plenty of Zayn, minimal Simon Cowell, and naturally, oodles of screaming fans.
It tells the history (what else!) of the band, starting with their fateful individual X Factor auditions in 2010 and ending with a big old group hug at the last stop on their 2015 world tour. The music video, released on this, the 44th day of One Direction's first extended break in five years, is clearly meant as a life raft for fans. You are the greatest team mates we have ever known. It has also been interpreted as a sort of post mortem for the band's relationship with former member Zayn Malik, who left One Direction last March to pursue a solo career and build a fort. Some fans even provided backing vocals for the track. "History," the third single off of the UK band's fifth album, Made in the AM, was recorded explicitly in tribute to their expansive fandom. If you don't know the history of One Direction already, consider this your first day at " 1D 101."