Track is from forthcoming third studio album
On his new single “Meltdown,” Niall Horan offers up a feverish anthem that perfectly captures the frenzy of anxiety, then twists the track’s chorus into a moment of sweet reassurance for his fans (“When it all melts down, I’ll be there”). Released by Capitol Records, the song is from the chart-topping global superstar’s new album, The Show, which is due out on June 9th. He wrote the infectious track with John Ryan and Joel Little, who also produced, and Amy Allen.
With songs like “Meltdown,” Horan illuminates the driving force behind his more intentional approach to songwriting: a heartfelt desire to provide his fans with the same sense of catharsis that he unfailingly finds in music. “Whenever I’m having some kind of issue, the easiest thing is to sit at the piano and let it all out, and it’s not until I listen back that I realize, ‘Jesus, that was honest,’” he explains.
A deeply felt meditation on everything from mental health to the infinite complexity and uncertainty of love, The Show is an endlessly spellbinding statement on following your heart to its absolute truth. In this feature.
Horan, who will make his festival debut at Boston Calling on May 26th, discussed The Show as he climbed the Scoville scale during a recent visit to First We Feast’s “Hot Ones.” Following the release of “Heaven,” he appeared on The Late Late Show with James Corden, The Kelly Clarkson Show and Late Night with Seth Meyers. He gave fans a quick preview of each track in this TikTok clip while another TikTok post caught the attention of Vogue, which invited him to appear on “Beauty Secrets.”
“Heaven” bowed as the highest new entry on both the Spotify Global Chart and Spotify US Chart. It also achieved the highest-volume streaming day of Horan’s solo career thus far.
Originally from Mullingar, Ireland, Horan has sold over 80 million records and toured the globe multiple times as part of the iconic One Direction. His full-length solo debut Flicker entered the Billboard 200 at No. 1 in October 2017 and contained the 3x RIAA Platinum single “Slow Hands” and the 2x RIAA Platinum “This Town.” The album hit the top 10 in 20 countries total. With combined global streams surpassing eight billion, Flicker has gone Platinum in five countries (including the US) and Gold in additional seven countries. Heartbreak Weather followed in 2020 and topped the UK’s Official Albums chart and Billboard’s Top Album Sales tally. Horan joined NBC’s The Voice this season as a new coach.
