Mirrors

Album: Flicker (2017)
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  • Here, Niall Horan sings about the struggles women encounter when dealing with body image issues and their own perceptions of attractiveness. Horan told 102.7's morning team Karen & Jeffrey in New York City the lyrics came from observing a girl at a café.

    "I had this idea, obviously I see a lot of stuff online and I know girls in general," he explained. "I was in Pret [a Manger] one day in town and I was looking at my phone and I had seen a girl in the corner who I thought looked a little bit upset or whatever, [was] on her own and looked a little bit lonely. And the waiter came over and made her laugh out loud and her laugh made me look over."

    Niall added: "I wrote that down on my phone and picked up the story a few months later and wrote a song about it."

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