One Direction’s newest and hotly-anticipated album, “Midnight Memories,” was leaked on November 18 – a whole week ahead of its scheduled release date. While some fans were thrilled, the boys were less than enthused, calling the fiasco “irritating” and “annoying.”
“It is annoying because there’s this big build-up and it affects sales,” Liam Payne told Digital Spy at a signing for their new book Where We Are. “We really want a number one, so we’re just kind of hoping for the best now. Hopefully people go out and buy it.”
Louis Tomlinson continued: “It’s just frustrating when you work so hard on an album and you kind of want everyone to hear it at the same time.Some select fans won’t listen to it until it’s out, which is great. But there are others who obviously can’t help themselves.”
Harry Styles took a more laid-back approach: “It’s just nice to have an impact. If there was an album I liked and I could listen to it a week before, I probably would. But it’s just nice to have that moment where it builds up to, ‘Now it’s out and everyone can listen to it’.”
Payne concluded: “It happens these days all the time. There are some very clever people out there. You’re buggers!”
Meanwhile, 1D released the single ‘Diana’ on Monday, which quickly shot to No. 1 on the iTunes singles chart.
If you’re one of the few who waited to hear the album, you don’t have much longer to go! It will be officially released on November 25!