Niall Horan invites us into the making of his ‘Dinner Party’

High atop New York City in the Rockstar Suite at Hard Rock Hotel New York, Niall Horan joined us this week to talk about the making of his 4th studio album, Dinner Party, now available everywhere.

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The “Tastes So Good” singer also talks about his experience mentoring artists and how he manages to maintain a private life, during our Audacy Check In hosted by Mike Adam, as Niall opens up about the challenge of balancing high-profile fame with a "normal" life.

“Making the music, promoting it, you know, touring is like one thing and then being at home, just chilling out and walking a dog and doing stuff around the house is kind of the other separate life," he admits.

Early in his career, there was "no off switch," but he has since learned to separate his professional commitments and spending time at home in London. “I've just always tried to be myself no matter what what I'm doing, I suppose, and then I guess people have latched onto that over the years in different ways, whether it be the music or the tours or ‘The Voice’ or I don't know what it is, but people are still coming and I'm forever grateful for that.”

Dinner Party is the 4th solo project from Horan, and one that found its “jumping off point” in its title track, despite it coming further into the process. “I'd written quite a few ideas up to that point, but I'd say ‘Dinner Party’ was a couple of months in,” he shares, “and then I was like, ‘alright, well now I'd write the rest of the album around that evening,’ so I didn't have to go much further than that.”

“I also felt like ‘Dinner Party’ sounded like an interesting title, as in like you don't really hear album titles called something like that. So that's where it came from, really.”

To hear more from Niall about his experience on ‘The Voice,’ his songwriting process, and touring with Thomas Rhett, check out the full conversation above. Dinner Party is now available everywhere.