[Jack!]

Originally posted by TheSoneNavy

Their fans found SHINee

Yas.

[KatyLegendperry]

This is of course expected. When was the last time a teen heart throb had longevity? They all rise to the top for a couple years than the teenage girls discover a new and fresher sounding attractive male musician(s) and they move on. 1D is far from over, as they are still selling out stadiums (?) and their album will likely sell well, but they have peaked sales-wise and their inevitable decline has begun.

[accelgors]

i think they were just a fad. i think they realized that and tried to get more artistic credibility with the midnight memories era but it doesn't seem to have worked

[Cakesy]

The dramatics, the desperation to declare a flop.

The pre-order effect wore off, as others pointed out this has happened to other artists recently with the drastic drops. Timed with the release of songs from three huge US acts and going up against the juggernaut that is Swift and Trainor right now, it explains the sudden boot from the top 5. But the song is still increasing and stable in the top 10 and is still doing well internationally. Most of their lead singles were released with a video soon after if not at the same time so they aren't benefiting from a video effect here at all either.

[Chemical X.]

This will be their last era, bookmark me. This whole thing is serving Jonas Brothers/Bieber and Bieber/1D teas. Someone bigger and more
marketable, possibly 5SOS, will become the "it" boyband. It's inevitable

[izzy™]

I mean I don't think they were ever huge single sellers but their album will definitely sell well

[Harmonic Dreamer]

They're ~flopping because the song ****ing SUCKS.
A mess. That song is atrocious.

[Afferty]

Originally posted by Mike91

Because only appealing to teenage girls is not enough for a long and sustainable career.

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[eduardolevit]

Originally posted by NaughtyDog

honestly because aside from Zayn all of them have gotten really ugly and even fat, they look like they dont bathe anymore

FAT?

[Slayley]

1D's singles never do that amazing except for WMYB and SOML to an extent

[Blues]

The song is terrible. Their album will still open with 500k+

[MissedTheTrain]

Originally posted by fridayteenage

Metacritic:
64 Up All Night
59 Midnight Memories

What does that have to do with anything? Their sound has evolved and matured, the meteoritic scores have nothing to do with that.

[Prometheus.]

Mess at everyone bandwagoning the "All their music sounds the same"

Or better yet when the Monsters say "the fad is over. They suck".

All music, all genres, all musicians are considered fads. Everyone fades. I applaud 1D for lasting so long as a boyband, tbh. The last successful boy bands *Nysnc and The Backstreet Boys.

Anyway, their 300M grossing tour disproves the "flopping" y'all think y'all see.

[yuiki]

Cause the song sucks 8]

[NaughtyDog]

it continues to get red updates

[Grumpy Gills]

Nature of the beast JB's were replaced by JB, JB was replaced by 1D and now 1D is being replaced by 5SOS.

[Starstruck.]

If 5SOS didn't explode with their debut they won't explode with their sophomore

1D are losing fans obviously but they are still going strong.

[TrieLz]

I'm 1D fans, but IMO the song are boring and have a different sound to WMYB/LWWY/BSE.

Anyway, 5SOS not stealing 1D's career. At least not yet.
SMG do a similar perform with 5OS preorder single on iTunes.

[Misanthrope]

Its really odd to me that certain people are claiming they're music has dipped in quality when its exactly the same as it ever was. To be honest, its always seemed as if they were completely forced on people rather than them ever actually being that popular. So I would never have even noticed they werent doing well because from my perspective they've only ever been around on the sidelines. They've had like 2 songs that actually could be considered inarguable "hits" I guess and they're both pretty old at this point. I don't have an issue with them or anything, im not saying this as a hater. I don't really care, but yeah, I wouldn't have ever even noticed they were "flopping" they've never seemed that genuinely prevalent to begin with.

[Lord Blackout]

Originally posted by fridayteenage

Five Seconds of Summer.

This. The girls are moving on to the new boys.