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Niall Horan's second album <i>Heartbreak Weather</i> came out in early March 2020—as the pandemic was forcing everyone indoor. The Irish singer-songwriter's promotional tour was canceled, and he went home to regroup—the first time he'd had a chance to sit still and think since he broke through as a member of One Direction in the early 2010. “I was like, ‘All right, okay, I don't think we're going anywhere for a while, I'll sit still and take this as still time for the first time,’” he tells Apple Music's Zane Lowe. <i>The Show</i>, Horan's third album, began coming together a few months later when he walked over to the piano in his house and began playing. “The first line I wrote was ‘Life is like a board game some of the time,’” he recalled. “I remember thinking, ‘Oh, okay.’” That sweeping title track draws on Horan's experiences as one of the world's most scrutinized pop stars to offer support to people going through tough time, noting that if life was constantly easy, people wouldn't be able to appreciate the sunnier moment. When he'd finished it, he knew he was ready to embark on his next chapter. “I felt like, 'Right, we're away, we're out the gate,’” he say. .

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