NEW SINGLE: One Direction - One Thing

One Thing - One Direction

Firstly, I’m going to blatantly say that when I heard the preview for this song my heart sank. Not because of the lyrics – I mean you’d think that with the title and all – but no, sadly it sank because I thought it was going to be like Save You and Stole My Heart with the whole dance feel to it. I literally thought, “Oh no! I’m going to disappoint some fans because of my personal preference in music.” But! Don’t fear! My review doesn’t end here (rhyme was totally unplanned!).

So when February 10 rolled in and I eagerly downloaded the One Thing bundle from iTunes, I jumped the playlist and went straight to I Should Have Kissed You. To my relief after playing the song a few times I actually liked it! It’s got the flair and catchiness of What Makes You Beautiful, but it’s more like Everything About You where Pop meets Dance.

To be honest, there’s nothing too special about this song besides the fact that it’s a new track and it’s actually one of the first songs they recorded. Storyline wise, it’s almost from the opposite perspective of their song Taken. In Taken it’s all about telling a girl that she can’t mess with his emotions anymore, because he’s found someone that loves him back and doesn’t string him along - so she missed out. But in I Should’ve Kissed You the guy misses out. It’s about missing that moment where they could’ve had something, but the moment passed and now there’s this limbo between the guy and girl. The entire song is just asking the girl if they can go back to that moment and have it all again so he can kiss her.

If you’re like me and absolutely cannot stand House / Dance / Techno music you’ll be happy to hear that this song is more Pop than the genres I just listed. I’m not saying that because I generally like One Direction, but because it’s the truth. I mean none of their songs are really drenched with too much techno-pizzazz but there’s enough to show diversity in their voices. This song is great example of how well Liam, Harry, Zayn, Niall and Louis really blend their voices together. Dance or Techno tracks are usually highly embedded with so much white noise already that adding not one, but five voices could be a deadly mix to the track. Thankfully none of their tracks have been sent to the overload graveyard, but it is one caution I will put out there for future One Direction writers and even for the guys to consider when they write their own songs.

Overall:

It’s a great song that you can dance and sing along to. I’m sure the Directioners are already loving it; but I will say, I still prefer the slower songs by the boys. Songs like this tend to focus on three vocals and I personally would like to hear Niall and Louis a lot more. If they do more song like this, the best example of sharing the airwaves is Everything About You where they each have a section to sing.

sL Star Rating: 2.5 Stars

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