One Direction are a little less crazy, crazy, crazy on new song “Little Things,” and a lot more slowed down — not to mention observant of the flaws their objects of desire possess. It’s the first time American radio is being served a ballad from the UK boy band. Will audiences hear lap it up like they did with more upbeat offerings “What Makes You Beautiful” and “Live While We’re Young”? And what did the critics have to say about this, the second single from upcoming LP Take Me Home (out November 13). Head below for a roundup of reviews.
:: Entertainment Weekly thinks the lads come off sounding disingenuous: “One Direction doesn’t — they simply can’t — love each of their fans as much as they say they do. Not in the way an insecure person needs to be loved to escape that awful cycle of self-reflection. They’re an international phenomenon touring the globe and clinking glasses with the rich and beautiful, not psychiatric counselors. Their therapy by way of crooning is simply undercooked.”
:: HitFix goes on the defensive: “Yeah, it’s sweet, but, you know what, dude? We don’t need for you to point out that it’s those things that make you love us. We just want you to pretend they don’t exist and that you don’t see them. Now all you’ve done is make us more self-conscious. Just like how your bald spot and your hairy back are two of the little things that make you all the more lovable to us.”
:: Celebuzz offers some backhanded shade when referring to songwriter Ed Sheeran: “…the acoustic song sounds more like a B-side off Sheeran’s debut album than a 1D track.”
:: OK Magazine is a bit more easily impressed: “If there’s one way to start a Monday morning it’s this way. One Direction have unveiled their brand new single, ‘Little Things’ — and it’s the best thing we’ve heard all day (despite it only being 10am).”
:: The Mirror had this to say: “One Direction unveiled their new single “Little Things” and by all accounts, it might make you cry into your porridge — so be careful.”
:: Sugarscape offered up this poetry: “One Direction’s new single ‘Little Things’ got its first play this morning and reduced the nation to a pile of quivering wrecks, shaking like a dog having a poo, covered in an endless stream of tears.”
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I think this article was written by a 40 or 50 yr old who has forgotten what its like to be insecure about the way you look! Its good to hear that the little things that seem to make you unattractive are the very things that are perfect to the one your with.
One Direction’s targe audience is teenage girls, and this song especially is one that can only really be understood by them.
Many of the insecurities mentioned on the track are probably ones which most girls think about everyday, so pointing them out is by no means making them any more insecure. It just means that everyday when they think about these things, which they see as imperfections, they can begin to see the beauty in themselves…and all these little things. You cannot really be commenting about how this song makes a girl feel unless you are one :)
I’m sorry, but are these daft?
This song speaks to every girl out there that feels insecure! They are not pointing out their flaws. They are pointing out that even with flaws, they’ll still love you because if you are in love it doesn’t matter! This doesn’t make girls feel bad about themselves. This song lets them know that their idols and inspirations think they are beautiful no matter what!
Ed Sheeran wrote this song! It’s a brilliant song, and it speaks to every girl out there that has or still is insecure!