Niall Horan has mentioned he was “afraid” to exit after being “chased” by followers whereas touring with One Direction.

The 29-year-old, who rose to fame alongside band members Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne and Zayn Malik on the X Factor, instructed Cosmopolitan UK he “loved touring” with One Direction “but it was f***ing crazy”.

“We’d go to countries and never see a second of it – it was hotel, venue, plane, same again,” the Irish singer-songwriter mentioned.

“We couldn’t get out the (hotel) door. If you went out in the car, you’d be seen and chased (by fans).

“I perceive why it was occurring, nevertheless it gave me a factor the place, once I got here again to London, I’d be afraid to exit. There was a interval the place I really could not.”

The boy band was placed on indefinite hiatus six years after it fashioned in 2010 and have become one of many largest pop teams on the earth, with 5 albums and 4 world excursions.

Horan, who has launched a solo profession with hit songs Slow Hands and Heaven, mentioned he’s “excited” and “nervous” to be releasing his third album The Show.

“I hope I didn’t waste 18 months writing something for people not to like it… There’s no heartbreak stuff (on this album), so there needed to be a new concept,” he mentioned.

“The only good part of the pandemic for me was that I was actually happy being still. I had time to breathe; I realised it doesn’t have to be a thousand miles an hour all the time.”

‘Diamond geezer’ Lewis Capaldi and a ‘token movie star second’ with Channing Tatum

Horan, who performed for US President Joe Biden on the White House for St Patrick’s Day in March, additionally mentioned his friendship with Scottish singer Lewis Capaldi, who he known as a “diamond geezer”.

“There’s not a bad bone in his body. He’s a solid friend, and he also happens to be one of the funniest f****** you’ve ever met in your life,” he mentioned.

Horan additionally mentioned “famous people” don’t at all times know one another.

“You’re not friends with everyone in your office, are you? I remember seeing (Magic Mike actor) Channing Tatum on a plane.

“I’d by no means met the man in actual life, however he waved. We had been laughing later. He was like: ‘I felt like I needed to do the token movie star to movie star form of second’.”