Niall Horan Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions

Hi, I'm Niall Horan,

and this is a WIRED Autocomplete Interview.

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Are these actually the first questions that come up?

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Is Niall Horan a tenor?

I am.

I don't think I'm out of puberty yet,

so I've got quite the range.

Is Niall Horan colorblind?

Niall Horan is colorblind.

Not many people know this one.

I struggle sometimes with shades of green and yellow

that are close to each other.

I've been called out on it a few times

where people have gone Are you colorblind?

Yeah.

Didn't know I was.

Won't be able to fly a plane apparently.

Is Niall Horan left handed?

Niall Horan is left handed.

Niall Horan writes with his left hand,

but I play golf right handed,

I play guitar right handed.

I'm left footed as well when I play soccer.

Is Niall Horan related to Ellen?

[laughs]

We've been getting this for years,

myself and Mrs. DeGeneres.

We're not related, and I wish.

Is Niall Horan a country singer?

I am not a country singer,

but I have one country sounding song that my friend

Maren Morris sings with me called Seeing Blind.

Is Niall Horan in Smallfoot?

What are you trying to say?

I'm not, but I did write a song

that was the soundtrack to the movie Smallfoot.

Last one on this one.

Is Niall Horan a natural brunette?

Niall Horan is a natural brunette.

I started dying my hair blonde highlights,

I was about 12 or 13.

I realized that when you get to a certain age,

you probably shouldn't have highlights anyway

because that makes you look like you're

clinging on to your youth.

On to the next one.

Thank you.

All right.

How to meet Niall Horan?

Is that a question?

Passing on the streets.

In a pub, although you won't see me in a pub

for October as I've taken the month of October off alcohol.

Gigs, meet and greets, all the great places.

Was Niall Horan part of One Direction?

Niall Horan was part of One Direction.

He looked a bit more blonde, bit smaller.

What color are Niall Horan's eyes?

I think they're like blue with tinges of yellow-y green.

Where Is Niall Horan from?

Niall Horan is from Mullingar,

a small little town about an hour West of Dublin in Ireland.

Where does Niall Horan live google maps?

Generally London and Los Angeles.

When was Niall Horan born time?

I actually didn't know this until

weirdly one day I was sitting on Twitter

and it was my birthday, and I was looking at tweets

and basically someone had my birth cer, kind of.

It was like 'Niall Horan was born at 8:35

on a Monday morning, September the 13th.'

I remember I was like 'what?'

And I asked my mum and they were right.

When is Niall Horan releasing new music?

Niall Horan has a brand new single out right now.

It's called Nice To Meet You,

because it is nice to meet you.

Got an album next year as well for those listening.

On to the next one.

What is Niall Horan's blood type?

No idea.

What is Niall Horan's nickname?

One of my mates calls me Lodge

for a reason I can't tell you.

Nialler, just kind of my name with er on the end of it

is what a lot of people call me really.

I've always been sad I never really had a strong nickname.

I would like that.

Could have been my stage name.

What does Niall Horan smell like?

Right now it's chicken because I've just eaten.

I've heard a lot of people say that I smell great.

Lewis Capaldi said recently my hair smells good,

because he spends a lot of time smelling my head

when I see him,

which is really strange.

What is Niall Horan's Slow Hands song about?

Quite sexy stuff.

Getting it on.

That's pretty much it.

What was Niall Horan's imaginary friend called?

I don't think I had one.

How is Niall Horan right now?

Niall Horan's great.

Niall Horan is doing an interview,

he's having a great time answering some questions

in New York for the first time in a while.

Got a new song out, rearing to go.

Thanks for asking, appreciate it.

How to get Niall Horan to notice you on twitter?

Ask a question like the above, an everyday question.

I'm a normal guy with an abnormal job.

How did Niall Horan become famous?

Niall Horan auditioned for a TV show called The X Factor

in the UK, failed, and then got put into a band

with four others that failed, and we ended up

in a band called One Direction.

How to draw Niall Horan step by step?

There's enough talented people out there

that know how to draw,

and I'm just gonna leave you to do that yourselves.

How many siblings does Niall Horan have?

One.

Older brother, 32, Greg is his name.

Next one.

What is Niall Horan's favorite animal?

I like lions.

I did a safari a few years ago

and watching a lion walking around in the wild

and doing it's job is really impressive.

What does Niall Horan order at Nandos?

How long have we got?

[laughs]

We could be here a while.

I do a double breasted chicken wrap, medium,

with some halloumi cheese in it.

Peri peri fries with perinaise.

What is Niall Horan's middle name?

Niall James Horan.

Derived from my granddad's name which was Shamus.

What hospital was Niall Horan born in?

Niall Horan was born in the Mullingar General Hospital

in my hometown of Mullingar.

What is Niall Horan's favorite drink?

I absolutely love Guinness.

Yes, we are Irish and we live up to every single stereotype.

Guinness is my favorite.

Sweet nectar.

I don't even wanna talk about it, it gets me emotional.

What guitar does Niall Horan play?

I just got myself a new Fender Telecaster from 1964

and it looks kind of Springsteen-esque.

Who is Niall Horan's best friend?

His name is Sean Mulholland, otherwise known as Mully.

We went to school together since we were kids.

He now moved to LA and lives with me.

For his own job, he's not following me around the world

like some hangeron.

Who does Niall Horan support?

I support a team called Derby County.

It's painful and I'll start to tear up after a while.

We haven't been in the Primary League in years,

and it it's getting a little bit sad.

Otherwise I support Chelsea.

Who does Niall Horan look like?

When I was younger people used to say I looked like the kid

from Stewart Little with the glasses.

Stewart!

Now I get Allen Leech, who is an Irish guy,

and he's in Downton Abby.

I have to say we do actually really look like each other.

I mean he's another handsome Irishman.

Note the use of another.

Who did Niall Horan write This Town about?

Based on my hometown/young love from that time.

First girlfriend or what I thought was a girlfriend

and every time I pass that girl in the pub

and she's moved on with her life,

makes you reflect and be nostalgic.

So that's what that one's about.

Here we go.

Another one, in the great words of DJ Khaled.

Does Niall Horan speak Spanish?

Niall Horan does not speak Spanish.

Does Niall Horan like Harry Potter?

I'm not gonna lie, I wasn't for a long time,

and then Warner Brothers opened up the sets to the public

in London, and I live nearby and I went to the set.

After I'd seen the set I went home and watched

all the movies back to back.

What house would I be in?

Gryffindor all day long.

I'd say me and Ron would have went for a few beers together.

We would have sneaked out over the wall of the school.

I'd say me and Ron would have been

good friends in Gryffindor.

Does Niall Horan wear contacts?

No I don't wear contacts.

I kind of used to do this thing for style

where I used to wear clear lens glasses,

and that obviously caught up with me because

I was wondering why I couldn't really see the score

of the football match on the TV,

or see you were the camera is.

But then I went and got an eye test and apparently

I've got one eye weaker than the other,

and I wear them for driving and watching TV

like a 50 year old man.

Does Niall Horan have asthma?

I did when I was a kid.

Just a little bit, nothing to crazy.

I don't now.

Does Niall Horan have a tattoo?

Niall Horan has 0 tattoos.

I'm not craving it.

There's other things I would like to do

with my money and my time.

On to the final board.

Here we go.

Is Niall Horan going on tour?

Niall Horan will be going on tour.

I've noticed that for the last 20 minutes

I've been speaking in the third person,

like he's not here.

Yeah, I am going on tour.

Back to me.

More about him, more about me.

Is Niall Horan a soccer player?

Part time.

We call it football, America, like the rest of the world.

Follow us, please.

Don't be that ignorant.

You're the only ones that say soccer, okay?

Get with it.

Did Niall Horan have braces?

I had braces for two years, and took them off,

and you're meant to wear the retainer for a while,

and I didn't so these are gone, my bottom half are

gone a little bit funky, so I've recently just got

Invisiline to help me, but yes I did have braces

and they looked horrendous.

Where did Niall Horan record Flicker?

I recorded Flicker at a studio in LA,

and it was an unbelievable experience,

full live band in a famous studio.

Watching my songs come to life was pretty cool.

We had to replicate the sadness when it came to recording,

so we were very delicate and gentle

and there was lovely strings and Shania Twain was there.

Yes.

I love that one.

Will Niall Horan fall for you?

Can we have a conversation first, maybe?

I'll probably fall really easily anyway.

So yeah, there's the answer to that.

I've learned today that people really do like to dig in

and learn stuff about you.

It's the simple stuff, the everyday stuff

that you would ask.

Do you wear contacts?

That's what their-- they have to Google to find out

that stuff about me.

We're very nosy.

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