One Direction: This Is Us Page #2

Whoo!

Come on, let's do this one again.

Yes!

Nice to meet you. What's your name?

Liam.

I went on X Factor

when I was 14 the first time.

It's bad news.

Simon sent me home

because I was too young.

Why are you here today?

I'm here to be the

best artist I can be.

The first time

I saw the One Direction boys

was when they auditioned

as solo artists for

The X Factor.

I don't know if any of you have seen

my first audition, but it was horrendous.

I hope it doesn't make

any part of this movie.

Oh, it's what you do

To me...

I just murdered it.

I'd like to make a personal apology

to Plain White T's.

Hello.

So tell me a bit about you.

- Um, I work in a bakery.

- And I was asking

stupid questions

about what pies are popular.

You see these people

that audition for the show

and they come from

the same sort of background as you.

They just come from normal,

working-class families.

What's your name?

My name's Zayn.

And then audition day,

4:
00 in the morning, I don't wanna

get out of bed and go audition.

So my mum

physically pulled me

out of bed.

Imagine if I'd stayed in bed that day.

Liam.

I went back on the show

with a bit of a point to prove.

Cry me

A river

One massive

fat almighty yes.

Thank you so much.

We got down

to the last, like, 24 boys.

I thought, I'm so close to this now.

This is literally--

I'm on the cusp of making it here.

The final

contestant

who's made it through

is:

Tom Richards.

I could see my mom.

I went:

And she was going,

"Yeah, yeah, yeah."

And I'm like,

"No, this clearly means no."

I think a couple of us were crying.

We were absolutely gutted

when we got kicked off.

I just don't wanna go home.

I just don't wanna go.

And then as I was, like,

about to leave...

Zayn Malik.

Liam Payne.

they just called all five

of our names out.

Harry didn't have a clue.

I remember him saying, like:

"Yeah, you kept us back because

you wanna try and make us cry."

"We're young boys

and we're all gonna be crying."

Make a bit of good TV.

And he was proper

having a full-on strop about it.

And then I made a decision,

and I did this in about 10 minutes.

Why don't we put these five boys

into a group?

Then

the most important thing

for us at that stage

for some reason, in our minds, was:

What are we gonna wear?

So ridiculous.

We hadn't even

thought of a name. We didn't

even know if we could sing together.

Niall did say, "We all need to dress

a bit like Louis."

Niall looked at Louis' shoes.

He was quite cool.

"I like his shoes.

We should wear his shoes."

Green polo.

We like those jeans.

Let's all wear those jeans.

I look back on it now.

If we'd have dressed like that...

We first got together

at Harry's dad's place.

We did not know each other

at all.

We'd get together and sing

a few songs in the nighttime

around the campfire.

We were

meant to be rehearsing,

but we actually ended up

playing football.

Most of the time we just spent

having a laugh, really.

We were like:

"Let's just have fun."

Let's just have fun and,

like, see what happens.

It was vital that we

made friends before

we became colleagues.

The first act through

on the public votes is:

One Direction.

Love you!

Outside the studio,

they've only sang once.

There's now 200 fans.

And I thought at the time,

"This is unusual.

This just doesn't happen

after one performance."

The crowds were starting

to build outside the studio.

Harry, get a picture with me!

The fans were really hard-core

and they would just vote

loads and loads of times.

One Direction.

One Direction.

One Direction.

One Direction.

What's happening?

I've never seen a band

cause so much hysteria

so early in their career.

Leading up to the final,

I thought, "If I'm gonna bet

on any of these three

finalists, these are the ones

I'm gonna bet on."

The second act

still in the final is:

I don't think we're gonna win,

but I really, really want to win.

Just hoping for it.

Rebecca.

But they lost.

We were gutted.

Boys, how's this experience been for you?

What have been the highlights?

It's been absolutely incredible.

That could have

been the end of the road.

I think that was the thing

we were most worried about,

because we just had such

a great time on The X Factor

and being together as a band.

Zayn, what's gonna happen

to One Direction now?

We're definitely gonna stay together.

- This isn't the last of One Direction.

- Ladies and gentlemen,

give it up for One Direction.

Unbeknown to me,

once they left the show,

it was all about the fans.

Literally from the second

it finished, the fans

made it their mission

that One Direction

were gonna become

the biggest band in the world.

This is why we have

the best fans in the world.

I'm gonna prove it right now.

Proof.

They're just amazing.

They're amazing.

They can always make fans laugh.

They make me feel so happy.

When I'm sad, they're here for me.

Oh, my God!

They're just genuine guys.

We love them because

they sing our feelings.

They say what we want to hear

and no boys, no one, says to us.

Yes.

They can't be real.

Oh!

They make us believe that everything

is possible if we believe in ourselves.

I know they love me.

Even they don't know me. I know.

They have changed my life.

It may sound cheesy, but they have.

We love you, One Direction!

Whoo!

I'm right in front row! Aah!

I tried playing it cool

You sing!

But when I'm looking at you

Whoo!

I can't ever be brave

'Cause you make

My heart race

Shot me out of the sky

You're my kryptonite

You keep making me

Weak

Yeah, frozen

And can't breathe

Somethings got to give now

'Cause I'm dying

Just to make you see

That I need you

Here with me now

'Cause you've got

That one thing

Here we go, O2!

So

Get out, get out

Get out

Of my head

And fall into my arms

Instead

I don't, I don't

Don't know what it is

But I need

That one thing

And you've got

That one thing

I think our fans are dedication

at its best.

What they've done for us

in three years is just...

It's unheard of.

There was this group

of what I called superfans.

And they were like promoters.

Go on, spread the word!

So I start tweeting

and I literally made it my life.

I've sent like 16,000 tweets.

I was tweeting from Japan.

That was quite mad

watching our Twitter

just gradually, like, keep totting up.

These girls

are crazy about One Direction,

and I've got no idea why.

I'm not a neuroscientist.

As soon as Directioners listen to music

and find the music pleasurable,

what happens in the brain

is that a neurochemical

called dopamine

is released and provides

feelings of joy and happiness.

Shivers.

Goose bumps.

Strong pleasure.

The girls are not crazy.

The girls are just excited.

Oh, my God!

The One Direction boys

are causing hysteria

everywhere.

It's akin to Beatlemania.

So a small group of British girls

became a huge group

of British girls, who then

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