One Direction On Tour 2015: Boy Band Debuts ‘Drag Me Down’ Live In Indianapolis Less Than 24 Hours After Dropping It [VIDEO]
The lads of One Direction are seriously full of surprises these days!
One Direction Drops First Single As A Foursome!
Overnight between Thursday into Friday, the foursome dropped their first single "Drag Me Down" without Zayn Malik and it has gone on to set records.
Simon Jones of HJPR, who works with the 1D guys, declared on Twitter that "Drag Me Down" is the boy band's "most successful global single launch ever."
'Drag Me Down' is @onedirection's most successful global single launch ever. In total so far the song has hit No.1 in 80 countries.
— Simon Jones (@simonjonespr) July 31, 2015
He also dished that it earned "the top worldwide Twitter trend for over ten hours."
The single was also the top worldwide Twitter trend for over ten hours today, with 22k tweets per minute being sent! — Simon Jones (@simonjonespr) July 31, 2015
"Drag Me Down" is currently holding the No. 1 spot on iTunes in 82 countries or at least it was on Friday afternoon. There's a good chance it has taken that coveted spot in many other countries by now.
Update! It's actually now hit No.1 on iTunes in 82 countries #DragMeDown @onedirection
— Simon Jones (@simonjonespr) July 31, 2015
Anyway, the band's tour continued in Indianapolis Friday night and the band performed "Drag Me Down" for the very first time live. Despite the single only just releasing, the crowd was singing along flawlessly especially to the chorus. Check it out below!
The guys were thrilled to perform it for the first time at Lucas Oil Stadium.
Louis Tomlinson called the show "Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick" and really hopes the crowd enjoyed hearing "Drag Me Down" live.
Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick show tonight ! Hope you liked drag me down !!! — Louis Tomlinson (@Louis_Tomlinson) August 1, 2015
Niall Horan dished Friday was "the coolest day ever" and also regarded the show and day in general as "sick."
well if that wasn't the coolest day ever then I don't know what was, drag me down is out, we performed it in Indy ! sick day
— Niall Horan (@NiallOfficial) August 1, 2015
"Glad we got to perform Drag Me Down for you," Harry Styles tweeted after the show.
Indianapolis you were lovely tonight. Glad we got to perform Drag Me Down for you. Thanks for having us. Hope you had a good time. H — Harry Styles. (@Harry_Styles) August 1, 2015
The band's tour continues in Pittsburgh, Pa. Sunday, where we imagine they'll perform the new single again, all the way until this tour ends.
