♪ Do you ever feel like a plastic bag ♪ ♪ Drifting through the wind ♪ ♪ Wanting to start again? ♪ ♪ Baby you're a ♪ (chuckles) - Hi, it's Niall Horan, and today I'm gonna play
Song Association with "Elle." I've watched a lot of these. I've been excited to do it. I'm gonna try my best,
that's all I can do, but I'm not sure how well I'm gonna do. I'm not gonna like big it up
and then fail really badly. ♪ La la la la la la la la la ♪ (trills lips) Hand. (clock ticking) ♪ Slow hands ♪
(bell dings) ♪ like sweat dripping
down our dirty laundry ♪ That was easy. Heaven. (clock ticking) ♪ God only knows where this could go ♪ ♪ Heaven won't be the same ♪
(bell dings) Of all the music I've released, what's the most special to me? I would say the one that kicked off my solo
career was "This Town." It's one of those songs that
I still love singing now. ♪ If the whole world was watching,
I'd still dance with you ♪ ♪ Drive highways and byways
to be there with you ♪ Away. (clock ticking) Oh my God, it's more
difficult than I thought. I've got one on my own, but
I can't keep doing that. ♪ Fire away ♪
(bell dings) ♪ Fire away ♪ This is terrible, I can't
keep doing my own ones. Down. Oh my god.
(clock ticking) ♪ Down like she's supposed to be ♪ (laughs) ♪ Down like she's supposed to be ♪ ♪ She get down low for me ♪ ♪ Down like her temperature
'cause to me she zero degrees ♪ ♪ She cold ♪ Lil Weezy. (laughs) ♪ Baby are you down, down, down, down. ♪ That's a banger. Slip. (clock ticking) I can hear everyone thinking about it. Slip. ♪ Slip inside the eye of your mind ♪ Yes. Nailed it. What musician inspired me growing up? I think I went to my first
Eagles concert when I was four so I would probably say, ♪ Desperado, why don't
you come to your senses? ♪ ♪ You been out riding fences so long now ♪ That one. Heart. Oh, there's too many options.
(clock ticking) (sighs) Heart. ♪ Don't go breaking my heart ♪
(bell dings) ♪ Don't go breaking my heart ♪ Yeah, Elton. I think the early song
associations were relatively easy and I felt like they've got more difficult as the seasons have gone on. So yeah, it is difficult. Plastic. (clock ticking) Plastic. Oh, I've got a Katy Perry
song on the tip of my tongue. ♪ Do you ever feel like a plastic bag ♪ (bell dings)
♪ Drifting through the wind ♪ ♪ Wanting to start again ♪ ♪ Baby you're a ♪ (chuckles) Done. (clock ticking) Done. ♪ When you feel like you're done ♪ ♪ And the darkness has won ♪
(bell dings) ♪ Babe you're not lost ♪ Michael Buble. Meltdown. I can only think of my own.
(clock ticking) ♪ When it all melts down ♪
(bell dings) ♪ I'll be there. ♪ My song, "Meltdown," and
you can get it right now and pre-order my album
while you're doing it. What inspired my new album, "The Show"? Basically a lot of time sat around doing nothing during the lockdown. Usually I'm on the move all the time and this was a good period
where I actually sat down and reflected on
everything that's happened in the last 14 years for the first time. And it provoked a lot of big thoughts that I'd never really had before. So I guess that's where
the inspiration came from. Near. (clock ticking)
Oh... It's the only one I can think of now. ♪ Near, far, ♪
(bell dings) ♪ Wherever you are ♪ By Celine Dion. Gone. (clock ticking) God, gone is tough. (clock ticking) Can I skip it? Yeah.
(buzzer sounds) Ghost. Oh.
(clock ticking) There's a Bieber song. ♪ If I can't be close to you ♪ ♪ I'll settle for the ghost of you ♪ (bell dings)
Yes. Great tune. Meet. (clock ticking) Meet, meet, meet. ♪ Baby, why don't you just
meet me in the middle? ♪ (bell dings)
Maren Morris, my good friend. Sick. (clock ticking) Wow. Oh yeah. ♪ So sick of love songs ♪ ♪ So tired of tears ♪ I did a butchered version of that for my "X Factor" audition. You can find it here on YouTube. Oh, I've seen it. People fire it at me
in interviews sometimes and it makes me wanna vomit. Literally, sick. Pointless. (clock ticking) ♪ Everything is pointless ♪ ♪ Without you ♪
(bell dings) Lewis Capaldi. Yeah, I love that song, great song, by the one, the only, Lewis Capaldi. Apart from using my
own songs all the time, I think I did completely mediocrely. Yeah, little bit embarrassed. Thank you, "Elle," for
hanging out with me. Make sure you check out my
brand new album, "The Show" which is out on June 9th, and go and get tickets and
come see me live on tour. (ambient music)
