One Direction was put together on The X-Factor back in 2010. So, letвЂ™s run through their bio really quickly.

TheyвЂ™ve evolved so much in just four years, both musically and as people, and deserve to be seen for the music theyвЂ™re making currently, rather than the music they used to make. But theyвЂ™ve come a long way since вЂњWhat Makes You BeautifulвЂќ and their little blazers and suspenders and striped shirts, and as an adult One Direction fan with an entertainment blog, IвЂ™m going to detail just how far theyвЂ™ve come. As I grew up and out of the key demographic for boy bands, a funny thing happened: One Direction stopped being a boy band.ДЇor people unfamiliar with One Direction beyond вЂњWhat Makes You BeautifulвЂќ and maybe a few other of their singles theyвЂ™ve heard on the radio, that might come as a surprise. Over the last three years, IвЂ™ve been there for every new One Direction album, every single, every video.

Back then, I was nineteen and finishing up my freshman year of college вЂ“ maybe at the far end of the boy band demographic, but still represented. I became a One Direction fan three years ago, a few months after вЂњWhat Makes You BeautifulвЂќ was released. On the flip side of this: I love One Direction. The sad truth is, as a twenty-two-year-old, I am officially too old for boy bands, if marketing and capitalism have anything to say about it. In fact, record labels and PR firms might not even count on me becoming a fan at all. But were such a group to come along, the sad truth is, young as I still am, the upcoming careers of those fresh-faced harmonizers wouldnвЂ™t be launched on the promise of my loyalty. Mostly, my life isnвЂ™t too affected by this itвЂ™s not like IвЂ™m constantly seeking out a source of lighthearted pop music, soulfully crooned by a group of messy-haired rapscallions. At this point in my life, IвЂ™m just a little too old to be within a boy bandвЂ™s target demographic.

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