[Morpheus]

Im too old for that kind of nonesense :p

Truthfully, i was never into boybands /girlbands etc like that or the type of music. Also feel like its more about looks and youth and that kind of stuff and not the music. But thats just me. For me, when you hear more about who they are dating, what they are wearing and so on than the music they make, then theres a problem.

Just very far from what i usually like musical wise as well.

Honest question and no insult intended or anything, but do they write their own music or are they simply performers like so many others with people behind them doing the songwriting/composing/playing an instrument? You cant take for granted that "musicians" can actually play an instrument and write lyrics these days im afraid.
From what i can understand this is not much different from beyonce, rhianna, other boybands (elvis :p) etc. When it comes to that but i cant say for sure and im curious.
Personally, i think if you are living of music and as a performing artist, you should also know how to make it. Not solely rely on having talented people behind you to do so and then perform whatever someone else made that they would sell to another artist if you are not interested, but i think thats probably a rare opinion these days. Hence me being too old ;)

Also find it hard to understand the obsessive nature that surrounds certain groups/artists. Be it any genre. I am a big fan if certain musicians but never to the degree of beliebers, one direction fans etc. I mainly care about music, creativity, talents. not their personal lives which leads me back to the point of thinking its far too less about the music artists make and far too much about their personal lives which i have no interest in unless it affects the music they make.

Im probably just an old and bitter fart but i grew up when boybands were very popular and never really liked or understood it. I preferred the music my father listened to from his youth, to backstreet boys that my sister liked. Ive heard one direction and seen them in tv shows but i cant actually remember a single song of theirs and they made no impression at all. I find it hard to see what all rhe fuss is about.