How did you guys become Directioners?

Would love to hear your guys’ origin stories. 🥹 I became a Directioner in 2013 thanks to a family friend.

We were 8 years old and playing Just Dance at a birthday party. She chose for us to dance on One Thing. The song was unlike anything I’d heard before and I felt so connected to it. It awakened something in my little 8 year old self— I watched the music video shortly afterwards and felt like I’d found a piece of myself I didn’t know to be missing. The boys felt so familiar to me. They felt like friends even though I’d never seen them before.

Truth be told, before discovering them, I didn’t really listen to music. They were my window to its world, which is a huge part of me today. I can’t recall how my life was without music, or One Direction, for that matter. The boys are embedded in me.

What about you guys?