The new boy band didn’t win the ultimate “X-Factor” prize but it didn’t matter.
In 2021, Horan opened up about how he felt during that surreal and unexpected time in his life.
“In the UK it was kinda nuts,” he told O’Leary.
We did like Italy, Germany, France, and Holland … “I struggled with the idea of ‘Why won’t you just let us out?
We just want to go for a walk,'” he recalled.
“But, you’re able to’t get inside the brain of a fan.
Now I completely get it.
But at the time I was like, ‘You’re our age.
Just let us out.
We just want to walk down the street.'”
