One Direction has announced they’ll be releasing a new single off their upcoming album on October 1, 2012. The new single, “Live While We’re Young,” was written by Savan Kotecha, Rami Yacoub, and Carl Falk and comes out in advance of their second album’s release set for this November.
The British boy band featuring Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, and Louis Tomlinson came together on the 2010 The X Factor and took the top spot on the charts with the single “What Makes You Beautiful” in September 2011. Since their debut album Up All Night‘s release in November 2011, One Direction has sold over 12 million records.
Up All Night made it to #1 in 17 countries and earned the group the honor of being the first UK band to debut in first place on the Billboard album chart with their first album.
One Direction will set out on a sold-out world tour next spring, beginning with nine shows at London’s O2 Arena.
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