Niall Horan shares ‘Little More Time’, his favourite track from forthcoming album ‘Dinner Party’, out June 5 via Capitol Records
Niall Horan has always written from where he actually lives, and right now, he lives somewhere settled. On Thursday, the Irish singer-songwriter shared ‘Little More Time‘, the second single from his forthcoming fourth studio album ‘Dinner Party’, due June 5 via Capitol Records. He is not shy about what the track means to him: he has called it his “favourite song” on the album. The song does not reach for grandeur. It is quiet and direct, built around the specific ache of wanting ordinary moments to stretch just a little further. GQ captured the mood succinctly, noting that the track reads like an anthem for any 30-something looking down the barrel of midlife. That is the emotional territory Horan is working in now, and he is working it well.
A Song Rooted in a Life He’s Finally Chosen
Speaking about the track, Horan said: “‘Little More Time’ is a song about wanting time to stand still. If you could just press pause and the world would stop yet you could still live within the world like no one was watching. I spend a lot of time away from home. So having found roots and wanting to be at home more, I felt compelled to write a song about the smaller moments and wishing that you could just stay in them.” That sentiment runs through ‘Dinner Party‘ as a whole. The album, executive produced by longtime collaborators Julian Bunetta and John Ryan, was described by Horan in a Capital Breakfast interview as growing out of the night he met his long-time girlfriend at a dinner party. “I realized that that dinner party became a bigger thing than just sitting around, getting drunk, and having a bit of food,” he said. “It’s become the next six years of my life and hopefully the rest of it.” The album’s 12-track listing includes co-writers Afterhrs, Amy Allen, Ian Franzino, Andrew Haas, Steph Jones, Rocky Block and Joel Little. ‘Little More Time’ sits at track six, following the lush title track shared in April, which Clash described as carrying the feel of a lost Crowded House record.
Tour, Television, and Stadium Shows Ahead
The release arrives as Horan prepares for one of the bigger live runs of his solo career. He will open at New York City’s Rockefeller Center on June 12 as part of the Citi Concert Series on TODAY, before co-headlining stadium shows with Thomas Rhett at GEODIS Park in Nashville on July 9 and Hersheypark Stadium in Hershey, PA on July 18. The UK and European leg of ‘Dinner Party Live On Tour’ follows, kicking off at Utilita Arena Birmingham on September 22.
The commercial footing is solid. Horan’s previous album ‘The Show’ topped both Billboard’s Top Album Sales Chart and the UK’s Official Albums Chart, and he has sold over 90 million records worldwide across his solo career. ‘Dinner Party’ arrives ten years into that solo run, and on the evidence of ‘Little More Time’, it is shaping up to be his most personal record yet.
