My best friend recently gifted me a floor seat to see One Direction. My first reaction was "Uhm, no thanks." After some pestering on her end, I decided that all of the worst case scenarios playing in my head were unlikely.
Although the only thing I really knew about them was that they were a boy band that prances around the beach in preppy stripes, I decided to attend the One Direction concert.
Originally, I secretly wanted to write an article about how terrible the experience was. I was even prepared to take mental notes of any small thing that annoyed me. That was my plan.
What actually happened? 25 songs later, I was running out of Soldier Field trying to find the setlist on Spotify, and cursing myself for even considering not going. Oops.
Hi, here are 7 reasons you need to pop your over-inflated ego and listen to One Direction: