The Brit-pop loop “Hey Angel” is a dead ringer for the Verve’s “Bittersweet Symphony,” and “What a Feeling” splices hooks from at least six different Fleetwood Mac hits. Lots of sensitive breakup songs here – hey, girl, before you go, let’s toast the minibars and expensive cars, the good champagne and private planes.īut it sure doesn’t sound like a band that’s hanging it up, because all four are on a roll musically, chasing the rock vibe of Midnight Memories and Four. The cover has Beatles-worthy coded body language: four boys on a cheap dorm couch, Liam Payne and Niall Horan smiling in opposite directions, Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles staring defiantly into your eyes. is 1D’s Let It Be – the kind of record the world’s biggest pop group makes when it’s time to say thanks for the memories. Unlikely maturity mentor Big Sean adds some entertainingly cloddish flair: “I eat the Cookie like I’m Lucious!” It’s full of motivational Bieb-talk about the realness of the Bieb-struggle: Find your “Purpose” and realize “Life Is Worth Living,” because Bieber is for the “Children.” His midtempo R&B gets welcome boosts from Skrillex (the synth-elephant blurts in “Sorry” and “Where Are Ü Now”), Halsey, Ed Sheeran and Travis Scott. Purpose comes after Bieber’s take-me-back moment at the VMAs, weeping onstage. And if you’re a dude singer, you treat those girls right, because they can make you or break you at will. The records sound nothing alike, but they have the same moral: Teen girls are the only fans that matter. But 1D are racing for the exit – after announcing a split (hopefully temporary, because life is harsh enough), they’ve got a few parting gifts for their girl-almighty fan army. He spends Purpose learning lessons, begging for forgiveness and vowing to be a better Bieber. They bring opposite agendas to their new LPs: Bieber is the comeback kid, with “Sorry” as his theme song. Justin Bieber and One Direction have always been the yin and yang of the pop-idol game, but never more so than now.
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