“What Makes You Beautiful” is One Direction’s debut single, released from their first album Up All Night in 2011. Lyrically, the song is about a boy trying to boost his partners' self-esteem by proclaiming his love to them. According to Savan Kotecha, who helped write the song, says it was written for his wife.
A music video was released on August 19, 2011, almost a month before the song was released as a single. The track also features a B-side, “Na Na Na”, which was also included on some special editions of Up All Night.
The song was extremely successful, topping the charts in the UK, Ireland, Scotland, and Mexico. It also went top ten in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Japan, and the US.
June Yelling Edition
Pride month’s coming out with a bang:
Soon Lou’s headed back to Zach Sang,
The MP trailer drops
On Thursday—hearts will stop,
And Away From Home’s headed to Spain!
Fortune Telling Edition
Their future’s a fortune untold,
But beneath blue and green paper folds
They stay paired together—
LOML’s forever—
Like Lou’s dirty socks, two mated souls.
Today Liam mentioned that What Makes You Beautiful is close to reaching one billion stream. But did you know that it was performed at one of the very first One Direction' s charity appearances? The 2011 Children In Need.
Harry has stated on multiple occasions that this song occupies a special spot for him: WMYB
It is interesting how among the many similarities between both music videos (location, vibes, colors, aesthetic…) Watermelon sugar’s bts photo shoot gave us this exact reproduction for a WMYB music video scene. Observe the positions, the roles and the individuals taking those roles.