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Midnight Memories
Midnight Memories is the third studio album by English-Irish boy band One Direction. It is to be officially released on 25 November 2013, via Columbia Records, Syco Music and Sony Music, however on 18 November 2013, iTunes accidentally made the album available to multiple customers who had pre-ordered it, resulting in the album leaking. The album was described by the band as edgier, and as having a "slightly rockier tone" than their previous efforts. It has become the fastest-selling album in Amazon UK's fifteen-year history, breaking the record set by their previous release, Take Me Home (2012). The album was preceded by the release of the singles "Best Song Ever" and "Story of My Life".
One Direction began working on their third studio album whilst embarking on their second international tour, the Take Me Home Tour. The album was announced simultaneously with the news of the band's third world tour, the Where We Are Tour, which subsequently led fans to wrongly assume that the album title would be named Where We Are. Member Louis Tomlinson proclaimed that the album would have a more "rockier" sound to it than the band's previous releases. The official title of the album was announced on September 6, 2013, starting with Zayn Malik tweeting a teaser video of Harry Styles spelling out the word "Mid" out of a pile of alphabet cards on the floor, followed by a full video posted on the band's Instagram account later on, revealing the title, Midnight Memories.
The track listing was supposedly leaked on July 2, 2013, revealing a vocal collaboration with frequent collaborator Ed Sheeran, who previously wrote "Little Things" and "Moments", for the song "All I Have for You". However, the band later confirmed that they had not done any collaboration with Sheeran. Aside from the premiere of "Best Song Ever", two other songs rumoured to appear on the album, "Can't Let Her Go" and "Diana", both co-written by the band, were leaked online within days. Although "Diana" appeared on the final track listing, "Can't Let Her Go" did not. Other tracks recorded for the album which did not make the final cut, according to ASCAP, include "Blame It All on You" and "Whatever She Wants".
The album artwork was released early exclusively by The Sun via a tweet which was then confirmed to be the official artwork through the band's official Twitter account, though the early access was only available for those who held a membership of the newspaper's online version. On October 11, the band presented the album's final track list through the "#MidnightMemoriesTrackQuiz" hashtag on Twitter by giving out a mixture of hints and blank spaces to be filled alongside the final result. The full track list for the deluxe edition was shown on iTunes.
One Direction began working on their third studio album whilst embarking on their second international tour, the Take Me Home Tour. The album was announced simultaneously with the news of the band's third world tour, the Where We Are Tour, which subsequently led fans to wrongly assume that the album title would be named Where We Are. Member Louis Tomlinson proclaimed that the album would have a more "rockier" sound to it than the band's previous releases. The official title of the album was announced on September 6, 2013, starting with Zayn Malik tweeting a teaser video of Harry Styles spelling out the word "Mid" out of a pile of alphabet cards on the floor, followed by a full video posted on the band's Instagram account later on, revealing the title, Midnight Memories.
The track listing was supposedly leaked on July 2, 2013, revealing a vocal collaboration with frequent collaborator Ed Sheeran, who previously wrote "Little Things" and "Moments", for the song "All I Have for You". However, the band later confirmed that they had not done any collaboration with Sheeran. Aside from the premiere of "Best Song Ever", two other songs rumoured to appear on the album, "Can't Let Her Go" and "Diana", both co-written by the band, were leaked online within days. Although "Diana" appeared on the final track listing, "Can't Let Her Go" did not. Other tracks recorded for the album which did not make the final cut, according to ASCAP, include "Blame It All on You" and "Whatever She Wants".
The album artwork was released early exclusively by The Sun via a tweet which was then confirmed to be the official artwork through the band's official Twitter account, though the early access was only available for those who held a membership of the newspaper's online version. On October 11, the band presented the album's final track list through the "#MidnightMemoriesTrackQuiz" hashtag on Twitter by giving out a mixture of hints and blank spaces to be filled alongside the final result. The full track list for the deluxe edition was shown on iTunes.
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