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NIALL HORAN‘Too Much To Ask’ (Single Review)

“Waiting here for someone, only yesterday we were on the run. You smile back at me and your face lit up the sun, now I’m waiting here for someone. And oh, love, do you feel this rough? Why’s it only you I’m thinking of?”

 

Niall Horan

Photo Credit – Gwendolyn Lee Photography (2017)

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Too Much To Ask is the new single from Irish singer songwriter Niall Horan. The song is the third single taken from Niall’s highly anticipated debut solo album, Flicker. Within the 24 hours fans received the news that Flicker’s official release date was October 20, fans received the new single. Within 48 hours, the official audio on YouTube has been viewed over one and a half million times, trending at number 36 and climbing! The views currently sit at a nice two and a half million hits, debuting at numero uno on the Aussie and US iTunes charts.

The near four-minute piano led acoustic style ballad is every bit the soul crushing, heart aching love song the song title depicts. I bet I’m not the only one who thinks of their special someone when listening to this hit! Too Much To Ask will give you all of the feels and more!

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“My shadow’s dancing without you for the first time. My heart is hoping you’ll walk right in tonight. You tell me there are things that you regret, ‘cause if I’m being honest I ain’t over you yet. It’s all I’m asking, is it too much to ask?”

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Niall Horan

Photo Credit – Gwendolyn Lee Photography (2017)

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The opening verse starts with an elegant piano chord melody with the accompaniment of the smooth vocals from Niall Horan and his heartache-filled lyrics. Before you know it, you are invited and invested into a journey filled with layers of an acoustic guitar and a soft backline that all blends effortlessly behind the longing notes of Niall’s sweet vocals throughout the song.

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“And oh, love, watch the sun coming up. Don’t it feel fucked up we’re not in love?”

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Niall Horan

Photo Credit – Gwendolyn Lee Photography (2017)

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I’ve had this song on repeat since its release and I am so not sorry for that! Usually I’m one to smash a song over and over when it’s upbeat and serious dance material for long drives, but this track is so incredibly different in its smooth instrumental accompaniment, the relevant, gut wrenching lyrics and the sound of Niall Horan serenading you. I didn’t expect Too Much To Ask to be the next single for Niall Horan but I am seriously glad it is!! What a hit!

This Town, Slow Hands and Too Much To Ask – three incredible singles all entirely different in their own ways but tied together through Niall’s debut album, Flicker. For the first time, we have been invited into the world and mind of Niall Horan – away from One Direction, away from the fame and away from the madness. A boy no longer, now a man with thoughts and feelings heavily intensified in his music and songwriting. I cannot wait for the release of Flicker, I cannot wait to be taken on the musical and personal journey of Niall Horan as a solo artist. Bring it on.

Too Much To Ask, Niall Horan. Go check it out!

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Check out Gwendolyn Lee’s gallery of the Sydney show – HERE

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