There are few things more painful than knowing new One Direction music is on its way and then having to actually wait to hear it.
But the fandom can rejoice, as the blessed day has finally come: 1D's first single off their upcoming album Four is here. And it's perfect.
*listens to "Steal My Girl" for the next 37 hours*
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And when going through this emotional time, there are a lot of feelings you experience.
Like when you've never been more proud to be a part of the fandom:
definition of slay: when steal my girl is number one on itunes with no promo except from the band account
Steal My Girl is #1 in 51 countries. THE POWER OF THE FANDOM AND THE BOYS #The1DFandomSLAYS
"Steal my girl is already No.1" #The1DFandomSLAYS
FOUR ISNT EVEN OUT YET AND ITS ALREADY #1 AND STEAL MY GIRL JUST CAME OUT AND ITS #1 ONE DIRECTION FANDOM EVERYONE
steal my girl got leaked a day before its released date still #1 in 51 countries
"WE JOKED ABOUT LIAM LEAKING STEAL MY GIRL" "LIAM JOKED ABOUT LEAKING THE ALBUM FOUR" #EMABiggestFans1D
*fandom after steal my girl becomes number one on iTunes in less than a day* #BuyStealMyGirlOnItunesNOW
When you've listened to the song so many times you forget that other music exists:
I can memorize Steal my Girl's lyrics after hearing it twice but I can't memorize my chemistry notes after studying for three days
THIS IS LITERALLY MY MUMS FACE WHEN SHE HEARS THE START OF STEAL MY GIRL COMING FROM MY ROOM FOR THE 100TH TIME
RT if you've listened to Steal My Girl until your ears bleed! #BuyStealMyGirlOnITunesNOW
Listening to Steal My Girl for the 38393683 time be like: #BuyStealMyGirlOnItunesNOW
When you're praying at the alter of Zayn's high notes:
Zayn's high notes in #stealmygirl got me like . I can't
this is literally me during zayn's high note in steal my girl
Zayns high note in steal my girl got me like #StealMyGirlIsPerfect #StealMyGirl #StealMyGirlOnTheRadio
When you hear the song on the radio and you're like ~this is the first day of my life~:
#StealMyGirlOnTheRadio THAT MOMENT WHEN I HEAR STEAL MY GIRL ON THE RADIO ME:
just listening to Steal My Girl like
*in the car with parents* *steal my girl comes on the radio* me: #StealMyGirlOnTheRadio #EMABiggestFans1D
Steal my girl just came on the radio and my mum shouted "YESS MY BOYS THATS IT GET IT TO #1" jesus christ she's worse than me
And then to top it all off, Liam hinted at the guys coming to America for the OTRA 2015 tour and you were just like, RIP self.
HOLD UP @onedirection IM STILL SAVING FOR @5SOS 's TOUR GIVE ME A FEW MONTHS I JUST SAW YOU 2 wEEKS AGO
Me calling my mom to tell her about the new tour:
ARE YOU SERIOUS ONE DIRECTION ARE GOING ON TOUR AGAIN IN FEBURARY!?
if it's true that one direction is coming back to the us on the OTRA tour I'm gonna cry
Liam just confirmed that they will be back next year with OTRA tour #onedirection
wait theres gunna be another one direction tour coming here again next year what do you mean ill be broke
When one direction wants to tour again but this summer alone I spent more than 600 dollars on them ok
When it's 4:30 am and you're panicking over getting tickets for the next one direction tour
IF ONE DIRECTION ANNOUNCES ANOTHER NORTH AMERICAN TOUR I WILL CRY BC I STILL HAVENT GOTTEN A JOB