One Direction's Niall Horan has as much energy on the phone as he does when he's leaping on stage. From getting us with a bubbly ''Good to hear from you!'' to 歌う the melody of his ギター part on ''Live While We're Young,'' his excitement for 1D's new album Take Me Home radiated through the phone line!

J-14: Why did あなた guys decide to do a 秒 One Direction album this year?

Niall Horan: We wanted to keep the ファン interested. They don't want to be listening to the same thing for two または three years. あなた want to keep giving them fresh, new music. If あなた look at the likes of Rihanna, she's...