British boyband One Direction have recently completed "Take Me Home" and band member Niall Horan claims it has a "harder" sound to debut, 'Up All Night'.

Horan told The Sun newspaper: “It’s a million miles away from our old album.

“It’s a bit more of a live-sounding album. The drums are a bit harder.

“When you make a second album, I think the thing to do is outdo your first one and personally I think we’ve done that. It’s way better.”

The album will be preceded by a single, ‘Live While We’re Young’, which is set for release next month.

The group – which also includes Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik – were formed into a group by the judging panel on UK TV show ‘The X Factor’ after all entering the show as individual singers. Since competing on the show in 2010, they have enjoyed number one records around the world, and are reported to have made £100 million.

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