Niall Horan Recalls Electric Connection on Single ‘Dinner Party’

Niall Horan shared “Dinner Party,” the first single from his forthcoming album of the same name. The former One Direction member wrote the track with John Ryan, Jamie Scott, Afterhrs, and Julian Bunetta. The intimate, acoustic number recounts a meeting at a dinner party that sparks a once-in-a-lifetime feeling of connection. “Knives, forks/ And things I’ve never felt before,” Horan sings.

“Crashing lights/ When you first saw me/ Yeah, I met you at a dinner party/ Chandeliers, 2 a.m. coffee/ Yeah, I met you at a dinner party.” “Dinner Party is a thank you to the past and a hello to the present, covering the big life events and the small, sometimes messy, in-between moments that actually make them up,” Horan shared in a statement.

“Much of the album explores that tug of war between falling in love while being terrified of losing them and how that risk is actually the best part. There’s love, intimacy, fear, loss, hope, dreams—all wrapped together across it.” In a recent interview with Capital Breakfast , Horan revealed that he wrote “Dinner Party” after...