One Direction surprised fans by releasing a new single overnight!
"Drag Me Down" is the first song that the fuor remaining boy band members—Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson—have released since Zayn Malik abruptly quit pop quintet in March. Julian Bunetta, John Ryan and Jamie Scott wrote the song; Ryan and Bunetta produced the track.
The single is available to buy on iTunes and to stream on Spotify.
The release of "Drag Me Down" comes days after Malik signed a solo contract.
The band dished on its new single via Twitter:
One Direction is currently on tour in the United States, and the multiplatinum pop group will return to the U.K. in September. The X Factor U.K.-created band's fifth studio album will be released in November.
The lyrics to "Drag Me Down" are below:
[Verse 1]
I've got fire for a heart, I'm not scared of the dark
You've never seen it look so easy
I got a river for a soul and baby you're a boat
Baby, you're my only reason
[Verse 2]
If I didn't have you there would be nothing left
A shell of a man that could never be his best
If I didn't have you I'd never see the sun
You taught me how to be someone, yeah
[Chorus]
All my life you stood by me when no one else was ever behind me
All these lights that can't blind me
With your love, nobody can drag me down
All my life you stood by me when no one else was ever behind me
All these lights that can't blind me
With your love, nobody can drag me down
Nobody, nobody
Can drag me down
Nobody, nobody
Can drag me down
[Verse 3]
I've got fire for a heart, I'm not scared of the dark
You've never seen it look so easy
I got a river for a soul and baby you're a bow
And baby you're my only reason
If I didn't have you there would be nothing left
A shell of a man who could never be his best
If I didn't have you I'd never see the sun
You taught me how to be someone, yeah
[Chorus]
All my life you stood by me when no one else was ever behind me
All these lights that can't blind me
With your love, nobody can drag me down
But you're love, nobody can drag me down
[Chorus 2x]