{"id":910281,"date":"2026-09-29T22:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T22:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/910281\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T22:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T22:20:09","slug":"niall-horans-this-town-turns-10-singer-celebrates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/910281\/","title":{"rendered":"Niall Horan’s ‘This Town’ Turns 10: Singer Celebrates"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tA decade ago, Niall Horan<\/a> introduced a side of himself that fans didn\u2019t get to see much of during the One Direction days: a vulnerable songwriter behind an acoustic guitar, penning a song about the kind of memories that refuse to stay in the past.<\/p>\n

\n\tHoran celebrated the 10th anniversary of \u201cThis Town,\u201d his debut solo single following One Direction\u2019s 2015 hiatus, in an Instagram post<\/a> on Tuesday (Sept. 29). To mark the milestone, the singer-songwriter shared a carousel of behind-the-scenes photos and videos from the song\u2019s early days, including a glimpse of how the single\u2019s artwork was captured on a Polaroid camera.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201c\u2018This Town\u2019 was released 10 years ago today. It was the first song I released out on my own and it\u2019s so special to me for many reasons,\u201d Horan began the caption of his post.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen the track arrived in 2016, it stood apart from the maximalist pop productions dominating the charts at the time. Horan specifically reflected on that contrast in his anniversary post, remembering \u201ca lot of big pop songs with big productions\u201d surrounding the song\u2019s release. Instead, \u201cThis Town\u201d was structured simplistically, around one voice and an acoustic guitar \u2014 a relatively bare-bones introduction to Horan as a solo artist.<\/p>\n

\n\tDespite its naturalness and simplicity, it didn\u2019t stop the song from making some noise. \u201cThis Town\u201d debuted at No. 63 on the Billboard Hot 100<\/a> in October 2016, though it had only one day of sales and streaming to be actively counted in its first tracking week. It climbed to No. 25 the following week before eventually reaching its No. 20 peak in January 2017.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe song\u2019s meaning rightfully goes beyond the statistics, according to Horan. The most sentimental part about the track isn\u2019t something that can be measured on a chart. Instead, it\u2019s the sound of hearing fans sing the song back to him years later.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cTo reach over a billion streams and see you all singing it back to me all these years later, is absolutely unbelievable,\u201d he continued in his caption.<\/p>\n

\n\tHoran also teased that he has \u201ca few special things\u201d in the works to celebrate the anniversary, meaning the 10th birthday of \u201cThis Town\u201d isn\u2019t quite over yet.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt was my song and now it\u2019s ours,\u201d Horan concluded, signing off his tribute with a simple, \u201chappy 10 years of \u2018This Town.’\u201d<\/p>\n