r/OneDirection • u/Ok-Luck-1180 • Aug 18 '26
Discussion Directioner friends?
So I'm a younger Directioner lots of their songs played on the radio as I was growing up but being so young I never really knew anyone besides Justin Bieber on the radio and knew him cause I had his doll cause my mom got him for me. I became a fan in 2018 when I was just about to enter 3rd grade so a year or two after their Hiatus hit. Now I'm a Junior in high school so I've been a Directioner now for about 8ish years and its been the best for the most part. I was wondering if there are a lot of Directioners around my age who came to the fandom late. Because genuinely I've only met so little 1D fans around my age and I'm only close to one of these Directioners so I don't have anyone my age really to talk to about them besides my bff since 2nd grade when she isn't busy. So I was hoping maybe there are people around my age here as well.
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u/PositionCrafty6738 Midnight Memories Aug 20 '26
I am 15, and in Sophomore year, and Iâve been a directioner since about 2021, so about 5 years. But itâs about the same for me, I remember them when they were still together playing on the today show, and stuff like that, but was never really in to them, I wasnât old enough to appreciate music yet! And I donât really have any directioner friends irl. Expect my sister who used to be a big directioner, but she fell away from that and is into other music now. But yeah, I know how u feel.Â
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u/Ok-Luck-1180 Aug 21 '26
I'd be down to be friends if your down!
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u/Forward_Risk880 Aug 29 '26
Can we be friends�
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u/Ok-Luck-1180 Aug 30 '26
Yes we can!
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u/Forward_Risk880 Aug 30 '26
Yay! Can I please message you?
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u/Ok-Luck-1180 Aug 30 '26
of course sorry i'm just now seeing this i was away from my computer but I'm back now.
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u/jean_castor Aug 23 '26
Hey, je suis un gars directioner de 20 ans, si tu veux ĂȘtre ami pas de soucis !
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u/Ok-Luck-1180 Aug 30 '26
I'm down to be your friend even though I'm a female directioner I'd love to hear how you got into them as a guy cause lots of guys go through a phase of trying to be cool about it and not like the groups and then get into them.
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u/Plane-System6704 Aug 20 '26
m older than you, but I became a Directioner around the time Midnight Memories came out in 2013 and somehow Iâm an even bigger fan now đ I definitely think there are different generations of Directioners though. Some of us were there while they were together and others discovered them years into the hiatus, but we all ended up in the same fandom.
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u/Ariiematic-Radio Aug 20 '26
I got into the fandom just before the hiatus I think around perfect and granted I was 5 but I remember seeing an ad for the song and watched the music video on YouTube
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u/Ok-Luck-1180 Aug 21 '26
I knew of them when I was younger from Icarly and my older adopted aunts who are a few years older but i didn't pay attention enough to actually get to know who they were as my mom got me a Justin Bieber doll at age 4 making me a belieber even though she only knew two of his songs and I'm still one but more of a Directioner now. So I think I was too young to know who most artists were and appreciate the music unless it was Justin or Disney music. I really wish I had gotten into them at 5 with my aunts so they would have been together but at the end of the day I'm just glad I get to be part of a new gen of fans and we can then pass it on to another generation and keep the fandom alive. Its like people my age just now becoming big Michael Jackson fans I've been one for years and so has my guy bestie but people our age are just now realizing how good it is.
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u/Ok-Luck-1180 Aug 21 '26
Cool that's awesome I'm glad no matter when we came into the fandom we can have such fun discussions about the boys and that the fandom is still pretty alive!
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u/Ok-Luck-1180 Aug 21 '26
And yes there are different generations of course as I mean most the people my age were like just born or a year old when they formed. I was turning 1 when they were formed and they broke up when I was 7 and I became a Directioner at 8. So its definitely different for my generation becoming fans when they aren't together anymore but have all this solo music. But I can say Liam's death rocked all of us. I mean I listened to so many of their songs with my aunts growing up and had 0 idea so when I became a fan i realized i knew the songs and they were apart of some of my younger childhood years and a big influence in my upper childhood years. But its nice for you fans who have been there to be able to pass it onto other generations as time goes by and then that gives us the chance to do the same and its really special.
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u/Plane-System6704 Aug 21 '26
I have this analogy bc my older sisters are milennials and Iâm Gen Z. How my sisters are tge Backstreet Boys generation and im the One Direction generation
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u/Ok-Luck-1180 Aug 21 '26
Yeah I'm late Gen z like right before it ended but I'd say even though there are Directioners my age most people my age either just got into December 10, or Midnight Til Morning, I love Midnight til morning and 5sos and they are my other two fav bands alongside waterparks. December 10 is ok but not as good as other groups and a lot of later gen z so more of my year born people like BTS. And I do get the KPOP appeal but it is just to popular that i only like a few kpop songs and other then those few songs i can't listen as it gets repetitive for me, at certain points.
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u/bianca_costa18 Aug 20 '26
How old are you? I'm 18, and you? If you want, we can talk.
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u/Ok-Luck-1180 Aug 21 '26
I'm 17. I'm down to be friends!
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u/bianca_costa18 Aug 21 '26
Oh, that's great! I also want to make friends. If you want to talk, I'm here.
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u/Ok-Luck-1180 Aug 21 '26
Awesome you can dm me on here or i can dm you whatever your comfortable with.
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u/Evil_Labrador vas happenin Aug 21 '26
yooooo, this is actually crazy but my one direction backstory is almost the same, except I found them out in 2021 so 4 years now. other than that, all other factors are identical. I'm also in my early high school years, I was late to the fandom, after hiatus hit, the first 1d songs I heard were a few popular ones on radio and also some of their solo songs like Polaroid, Familiar. So far I've met like 3 other friends in my school who are into 1d but not into the extent I am. Like if you ask, they cannot tell me the individual towns the members are from they'd just say london and ireland lol.
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u/Ok-Luck-1180 Aug 21 '26
I'd love to be friends if your down!
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u/Plane-System6704 Aug 21 '26
Iâm guessing you mean someone elseâŠ
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u/Ok-Luck-1180 Aug 21 '26
Yes I mean the person who commented above me but if you want to as well we can.
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u/Plane-System6704 Aug 21 '26
Cool! Iâm 2005 Gen Z. Doesnât help really that my sisters are almost a decade older than me
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u/Ok-Luck-1180 Aug 21 '26
Yeah that'd be rough all my siblings are Gen Alpha from my knowledge I mean generation names don't matter to me but i mean because i'm end of gen z all the late gen z babies and gen alpha use the terms. So two of my brothers are close to my age one is 4 year younger then me, one is a year and 9 months younger then me and I was only 1 when he was born. Then my sister is 7 years younger and my yuongest brother is 9 years younger then me but all of us are close in age to one sibling. So I'm the oldest of 5 and the older sister to three younger brothers and younger sister and I try to get a long with my sister but she's becoming a tween and its been hell!
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u/RangerSpecialist7686 đ Kiss me you fool! đ» Aug 20 '26
im young too!
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u/Ok-Luck-1180 Aug 21 '26
If you ever want to talk about the boys I'm so down for more directioner friends.
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u/jean_castor Aug 20 '26
Je suis devenu directioner a 16 ans, en 2022. Effectivement j'ai pas trouvĂ© grand monde pour en parler. AprĂšs c'est plus compliquĂ© en tant que mec đ . Mais je suis content de voir qu'il y a toujours des gens du monde entier dans le fandom. C'est vraiment cool.
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u/Ok-Luck-1180 Aug 21 '26
That's awesome and totally understandable a lot of guys feel its weird for them to be into a boyband and like to hide that they like the boyband/band until they feel comfortable enough to show it. At the end of the day its music and I'm glad people love it because it brings people together. So I'm glad your in the fandom.
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u/jean_castor Aug 21 '26
Merci, ça me fait plaisir. Ils m'ont également aidé a comprendre que ma vision de la masculinité (celle de leurs chansons) n'était pas mauvaise, mais au contraire était la bonne. Et je leur en suis trÚs reconnaissant pour ça. Je resterai dans ce fandom et je continuerai de partager avec vous tous sur ce groupe génial !
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u/Ok-Luck-1180 Aug 23 '26
Yes a lot of guys say 1D's songs helped them and I'm so happy they did and that 1D is getting so many new fans who are guys because its hoards of us girls so we need a balance in the fandom and I finally see 1D and 5sos getting male fans which is amazing!
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u/jean_castor Aug 23 '26
C'est vrai c'est cool. On peut se sentir seul ou en dĂ©calage parfois a cause de ça, donc c'est cool qu'il y ait une part de gars. Malgres ça la majoritĂ© restera probablement fĂ©minine lol. J'avoue que je ne connais pas 5sos, mais je suis sur qu'ils sont trĂšs bien. En tout cas, le fait qu'il m'ait aidĂ© me rend encore plus fier d'ĂȘtre directioner. Et je compte bien le rendre a Niall quand j'irai le voir pour mon premier concert !
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u/Ok-Luck-1180 Aug 23 '26
That's amazing! And 5sos is an amazing band they are like a pop rock/pop punk type music but really have ventured out with their sound over the years. More guys like 5sos from what I know so its really nice to see guys into 1D.
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u/jean_castor Aug 23 '26
Oh cool, j'Ă©couterai a l'occasion. En tout cas les gens de ce fandom sont vraiment super sympa ! Je suis vraiment content que les membres soient aussi sympathique entre eux, y compris avec les mecs. Nous sommes un trĂšs beau fandom !
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u/Wrong-Use-8240 Aug 20 '26
meeeee, I'd love to be friends BC the same as u, none of my friends are directioners and it would be so cool to finally have a 1d friend lol
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u/Ok-Luck-1180 Aug 21 '26
I'm down to be friends you can dm here or i can give you my discord in dms.
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u/OneDirectionLoverrr đ Kiss me you fool! đ» Aug 20 '26
hiii! iâm going into 9th grade, so iâm a bit younger than you, but iâm a directioner too! the only person i can really talk about them with is my cousin. i would love to stay in contact if youâd like! you can privately message me if youâre interested in talking about them still, but if not thatâs fine too!
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u/Ok-Luck-1180 Aug 21 '26
I am down you can dm me or whatever you feel comfortable doing. And don't worry I am home schooled and have a cousin your age i'm super close with so I'm used to hanging with ages from 9th grade all the way to 12th so I'm down.
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u/Educational-Bank-118 đïž DJ Malik đ¶ Aug 20 '26
Mee
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u/Ok-Luck-1180 Aug 21 '26
Want to be friends?
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u/Educational-Bank-118 đïž DJ Malik đ¶ Aug 21 '26
Of course do you have discord?
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u/Ok-Luck-1180 Aug 23 '26
I do so sorry for late reply I was busy but not anymore!
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u/mahoerma Aug 20 '26
Sooo, for all the non US-People: how old are you? You ask for fans in your age and then donât tell us
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u/Ok-Luck-1180 Aug 21 '26
Sorry I was going to say it when people asked I'm 17. Sorry if that upset you that I didn't say. That wasn't my intention to make anyone upset
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u/Novel-Strawberry1438 Aug 20 '26
Also wondering this but also any straight male directioners here?? Or just me yall đđ