On 27 April 2014, it was confirmed that One Direction were working on their fourth studio album.[2] Good Charlotte was reported to have collaborated with band members Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson for writing songs.[3] McFly members Tom Fletcher, Danny Jones and Dougie Poynter also teamed up with Niall Horan to write for the album. Rock band Kodaline wrote an unrequited love song with Harry Styles. Rock band The 1975 were also chosen by One Direction to work on the album. Other people involved in the album include singers John Legend and Emeli Sandé and producer Naughty Boy.[4] Payne claimed that the album would be edgier and that the group have written most of the songs for it.[5] The name and cover of the album were announced on 8 September on One Directions official website, along with a free download of a song called Fireproof, which was available for 24 hours.[6] Horan stated that the reason for the free download was because you have supported us so much, we wanted to give a little something back.[1] Fireproof was written by Payne and Tomlinson along with John Ryan, Jamie Scott and Julian Bunetta, who also wrote their single Story of My Life.[7] In the 24-hour span, 1.1 million downloads were generated.[8] The song was put on the bands Vevo on 22 September.[9] In an interview with Simon Cowell, it was revealed that one of the songs for the album will be titled 18. The song was written by Ed Sheeran, who also wrote Little Things and Moments for the group.[10][11]
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