Niall Horan gets recruited backstage at Capital’s Summertime Ball!
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It's Niall Horan!
What's this you're wearing?
Well, I've just seen all the producers that I know and love so well
from your building wearing all of these, the PE shirts, so I thought I'd get involved.
So we were so busy trying to run here to speak to Niall from stage
that they've basically recruited him now.
Yeah, yeah, he's one of them.
I go into capital that often, they've actually given me a job.
I'm a radio producer now.
Hey, congrats on that, I think you'd be pretty good actually.
Thanks very much.
I think you'd be very good, it is.
Does it feel good to be back at the pole?
It's always good.
This is, I think this is my third or fourth, if I'm not correct, I don't know.
Too many, if anything.
No, I do love it.
I mean, do you know what I love about it?
It's lashing rain down there, no one cares.
We're so like that, aren't we, over this neck of the woods?
Everyone's just having a great time out there.
I was just watching it on TV in the dressing room, so hopefully it stops lashing down
and I can get out there and have a bit of fun in the sunshine.
Well, I agree with you because I think, weirdly, if it's too hot, we deal with it worse.
It feels to me that everyone's actually going for it more in this weather.
It's like we prove a point and go, this won't stop me.
Oh, no.
If anything, it encourages me.
It's the biggest summer party, this.
You're going to be turning it into the biggest dinner party, am I right?
That's it.
They can always count on you, Starkey.
What's on the menu?
A lot of songs, a lot of great songs.
That's what my plan is.
I'm really looking forward to playing it and obviously Miles is here, so we'll have to maybe.
Is something going to happen there?
You never know, do you?
So would it be, obviously, we can't give it away,
but will it be Miles on Niles or Niles on Miles?
And I have to think about that for a second.
It's going to be Miles on Niles.
Miles on Niles set.
Right.
I'm very, very good about it too.
Is there anyone else you're going to stick around for, you're hoping to see?
I haven't seen Ray live in years, so I'm looking forward to seeing her.
This is her.
She's her and her element out here at Wembley Stadium.
It's going to be unbelievable, so I'm really looking forward to seeing that.
Yeah, it's going to be class and Miles, of course.
Is it quite nice that in some ways, like just getting,
you've just literally released an album to get to actually like
sing some of those songs live to 80,000 people?
Yeah, I mean, it's scary, of course.
Playing some of these songs for the first time ever is very scary.
But I mean, the reaction so far to the album, even though as of today,
it's only been a day since some of them have come out.
So it's been amazing so far.
Hopefully they know the words.
Some of them know the words.
I'm not just singing to myself.
You've seen your polo top.
Show us your shoes there.
Lift them up.
What's he got?
Just lift them up.
Oh, by the way, I know what you're thinking.
I'm worried.
You have no chance out there.
These things.
There's no grip on that.
But I am wearing a different boot.
I'm changing boot and I'm not sure about them either.
So I think I might just stand still.
Thank God I'm playing guitar all the time.
There's a few members of the crew that you can probably nick some trainers off.
We'll just see if we can.
Yeah, well, I can go full outfit then.
Whilst we've got you, do you mind having a go at our honesty box?
It's an evil little box.
It looks it.
Nothing to do with us.
There's questions in there.
They're a bit spicy that we wouldn't usually ask.
So go on.
Are we making the noise?
OK, let me see what's written on these things.
In your song, Cross Your Mind, you sing,
It's your world I want to swim in, but you can't swim.
Admit one thing you can't do that you like to do.
Swim.
I do not swim.
Not really, no.
Most things I've taught myself how to do in my life.
But I just was kind of threw myself into a pool and hope for the best.
I kind of do a lot of panicking.
I panic straight away.
Not a very good swimmer.
Can't swim.
Oh, that's a bit icky, isn't it?
We might have finally found his weakness.
There it is.
Look at me.
And this wasn't it.
It's him trying to swim.
Terrible, yeah.
Shall we do another one?
Yeah, we've got time for another.
Who's the most famous person you've had a dinner party with?
Oh.
I mean, it's got to be this guy, isn't it?
Jordan North, isn't it?
And to be fair, we just got pizza.
Let me have a think about this for a second.
Oh, my God, my brain has gone so blank.
Ed Sheeran?
Yeah, that's pretty good.
Is he a good host or is it more takeaway?
It's good.
Yeah, he's got into the old cooking.
Now, when I think of Ed Sheeran, I'm getting the word fussy eater.
I'm getting the word allergies.
Is he a fussy eater?
Sorry, do we have any allergies here?
Yeah, I do, yeah.
Go on, do one more.
One more.
All right, do one more.
One more.
I don't know if he's a fussy eater.
He seems to be like, he's big into his food and wine and stuff, isn't he?
So I'd imagine the palate's grown over the years with all this travel, you know?
You called Slow Hands the filthiest song you've ever written.
Is there an even filthier song in your locker that hasn't seen the light of day?
Actually, no, no.
Let me answer.
He's a very wholesome boy.
Has Jordan cooked for you?
And if so, rate the food out of 10.
No, he hasn't.
We'll do one more until we get one.
We've all had food poisoning.
I gave him all the squits from my last dinner party.
Great, cheers.
If you didn't have to hear one of 1D's songs ever again, which one would it be?
Jeez, that's a good question.
There's a few on the first album that were...
There was a song called I Want, and that wasn't my favourite of all time.
Okay.
Yeah, no offence to anyone that was involved in the writing of it.
Some it's just that your part's harder to sing, you know what I mean?
The music got better progressively, you know what I mean?
Niall, thanks so much for popping in.
Thanks, folks.
I can't wait.
It's gonna be great fun out there.
You are more than welcome to come back to any Summertime Ball.
You know that, don't you?
Give it up for the wonderful Niall Horan!

