
One Direction have released a joint statement on the passing of Liam Payne, while Louis Tomlinson pays tribute to "the kind brother I'd longed all my life for"
"We will miss him terribly. We love you Liam."
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The second single from One Direction's fifth studio album, released in 2015, 'Perfect' frames romance as a catalogue of impulsive gestures rather than a promise of permanence. Harry Styles, Jesse Shatkin and Louis Tomlinson share the writing credit. The lyric runs through a checklist of reckless intimacy, hotel rooms, midnight drives, unpronounceable destinations, before landing on the conditional hook: if you like these things, then the singer is perfect for you, at least for now.
The song acknowledges its own limits from the outset. One Direction sing that they might never be the knight in shining armour or the one you take home to mother, but they can be the one tonight. The bridge adds a wry nod to the mechanics of celebrity, inviting someone who likes cameras flashing and needs material for breakup songs. It plays as both self-aware and oddly pragmatic, a pop song about living in the moment that knows exactly how temporary moments tend to be.
The track debuted at number three in the USA and became the band's fourth UK number one. It has accumulated well over a billion streams on Spotify, a commercial reach that suggests the appeal of commitment-free romance, or at least the appeal of a very polished song about it.
"Perfect" is a single by One Direction, from the album Made In The A.M. (Deluxe Edition), released 13th November 2015. The track is 3:50 long. It's filed under Pop. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 2 articles about One Direction.
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