Niall Horan is gearing up for his next album. The former One Direction member and solo star revealed in an X post on Tuesday (Feb. 24) that his as-yet-untitled fourth solo “Album is DONE.” While the singer did not give any additional information about the tracklist or release date, the post featured a pair of candid snaps of the 32-year-old star, as well as two brief instrumental snippets of what appear to be new songs.
In the first, he offered up a four-second sample of a midtempo acoustic guitar track cued up by a producer in the studio, while the second consisted of Horan briefly playing a haunting melody on a piano.
In an earlier post from late January, Horan confirmed that he’s in the studio working on the new album, the follow-up to 2023’s The Show. Then, on Valentine’s Day, Horan provided yet another peek into the process in a five-second clip from the studio featuring a shot of someone playing an acoustic guitar and the singer at the mic recording vocals. In an overlay, he reposted the fan question, “So… when the album?,” seemingly answering the query in the post’s caption, “Just a little more time.”
Horan recently released the single “Drive Safe” with rising U.K. star Myles Smith after scoring his latest win as a coach on The Voice in December when his team member Aiden Ross won season 28, making Horan the show’s first coach to win their first three seasons in The Voice‘s history and just the second coach (after Blake Shelton) to win three in a row.
To date, Horan has scored a number of hits on the Billboard Hot 100, including his 2017 single “Slow Hands” (No. 11), as well as 2016’s “This Town” (No. 20) and 2023’s “Heaven” (No. 62). Horan’s solo debut album, Flicker, spent one week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in 2017, while his follow-up, 2020’s Heartbreak Weather, ran up to No. 4 on the chart and The Show peaked at No. 2.
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