>> James: OUR NEXT GUESTS ARE HERE TO PERFORM
THEIR BRILLIANT SONG MORAL OF THE STORY, PLEASE WELCOME THE
DELIGHTFUL, THE WONDEROUS, ASHE AND NIALL HORAN, EVERYBODY.
THERE THEY ARE, LOOK AT YOU TWO.
NOW I HAVE GOT TO TELL YOU, YOUR VOICES HAVE BEEN PLAYED AROUND
MY HOUSE 24 HOURS A DAY FOR LIKE THE LAST MONTH.
THE SONG IS A HUGE SUCCESS.
SO CONGRATULATIONS, ASHE.
AND CONGRATULATIONS, NIALL.
WHAT YOU HAVE BOTH DONE ON THIS TRACK IS AMAZING.
BUT I KNOW YOU RECORDED THE SONG SEPARATELY.
NOW THAT YOU ARE TOGETHER, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU HAVE MET,
RIGHT, VUS A FEW DAYS AGO?
>> YEAH, WE LITERALLY MET JUST A FEW DAYS AGO FOR THE FIRST TIME.
WE HAVE HAD A SONG TOGETHER SINCE APRIL.
>> YEAH, ISN'T THAT WEIRD.
>> AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE MET.
>> James: WHAT WAS THAT FIRST MEETING LIKE?
>> YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE WE WERE LIKE IMMEDIATE, WE WERE LIKE
CURSING EACH OTHER WITHIN THE FIRST FIVE MINUTES.
>> IT WAS JUST A GOOD LAUGH BECAUSE WE SPENT SO MUCH TIME
CHATTING OVER ZOOM AND FACETIME ABOUT THE RECORD AND JUST
GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER.
AND THEN HERE WE ARE.
>> James: AND HERE YOU ARE.
>> I FEEL LIKE I'M ON LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.
>> James: I FEEL LIKE I'M ASKING ABOUT BLIND DATES AND THE
DATE YOU WENT ON.
BUT NIALL, IT IS SO NICE TO SEE YOU.
YOU WERE HERE YOU WERE IN THIS STUDIO DAYS, THE DAY OF LOCKDOWN
BASICALLY.
WE WERE CELEBRATING NIALL HORAN WEEK ON THE SHOW, WE HAD SO MANY
MASSIVE THINGS WE DID THAT WEEK.
WERE YOU ABOUT TO GO OFF ON THIS HUGE WORLD TOUR, THE ALBUM WAS
OUT ON THE FRIDAY.
AND IT WAS SUCH A STRANGE TIME FOR BOTH OF US. I CAN REMEMBER
YOU STANDING IN MY OFFICE AND WE WERE BOTH GOING WELL, I DON'T
KNOW WHAT WE DO, I DON'T KNOW WHEN I WILL COME BACK TO WORK.
AND YOU GOING I THINK I WILL HAVE TO CANCEL MY TOUR, WHAT HAS
THIS TIME BEEN LIKE FOR SNU.
>> I WAS NUTS THAT WEEK. I REMEMBER OBVIOUSLY WE DID SOO
MANY COOL THINGS AND IT WAS VERY EXCITING.
AND THEN WE JUST TURN ON THE NEWS AND IT IS ALL TAKING OFF
AND WITHIN 48 HOURS I WAS BACK IN THE U.K
AND IT WAS A NUTS TIME, BUT IT IS GOOD.
IN A WEIRD WAY LIKE IT HAS BEEN NICE, I HAPPEN TO HAVEN'T HAD
THIS MUCH TIME OFF IN TEN YEARS AS YOU VERY WELL KNOW.
AND IT HAS BEEN KIND OF NICE TO BE IN ONE PLACE FOR A LONG TIME
AND NOT HAVE TO PACK A SUITCASE ALL THE TIME AND GET ON BOARD
AND THINGS LIKE THIS.
BUT ASH, IT HAS BEEN A COOL YEAR.
>> I MEAN YOU DIDN'T, YOU HAVE MANAGED TO DO SOMETHING, WHICH I
THINK IS EXTRAORDINARY ON SATURDAY THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL.
FOR ANYONE WHO DOESN'T KNOW, TELL THEM WHAT YOU DID.
AND WHY YOU HELD THIS EVENT.
>> I WANTED TO DO A VIRTUAL GIG, AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO DO ONE
WITH A BIT OF A DIFFERENCE AND BASICALLY ALL THE AM UNTHAT WAS
RAISED WITH ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WATCHED, WE GAVE EVERY SINGLE
PENNY TO OUR VIEW MEMBERS.
MEI CREW, THAT WE NEVER TOURED AND JUST CREW IN GENERAL.
A FUND WAS SET UP HERE IN THE U.K. CALLED WE NEED CREW FOR ALL
THE CREW MEMBERS WHO HAVE NOT MADE ANY MONEY THIS YEAR BECAUSE
IF WE DON'T TOUR, THEY DON'T MAKE MONEY.
THEY ARE THE UNSUNG HEROES OF OUR INDUSTRY REALLY.
>> IT IS AN ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT THING THAT YOU DID.
A FANTASTIC THING.
AND ASHE, THE SONG MORAL OF THE STORY IS SUCH A HUGE SMASH HIT
THAT YOU RELEASED THE SONG IN 2019.
WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO MAKE THIS NEW VERSION WITH NIALL?
>> WELL, I HAVE BEEN A FAN OF HIS FOREVER.
BUT THE SONG, IT KIND OF ENDED UP STARTING TO TAKE OFF A YEAR
AFTER IT CAME OUT.
SO I WAS LIKE WELL, IT IS SUCH A COOL MOMENT.
I WANT ENDED UP REACHING OUT TO HIS TEAM AND HE HAD HEARD THE
SONG AND LUKED IT.
SO JUMPED ON AND YEAH.
I DON'T KNOW.
I'M NERVOUS.
BUT YEAH, HE JUMPED ON AND IT WAS SO GOOD.
AND YEAH, IT WAS KIND OF LIKE THE DAY I WROTE IT, THE SONG IS
SO MUCH BETTER.
>> I KNOW THAT YOU ARE A BIG FAN OF NIALL AND PARTICULARLY HIS
BRILLIANT FIRST SOLO ALBUM.
WAS IT ODD TO YOU IN THAT MOMENT REACHING OUT TO HIM AND ASKING
TO DO THE SONG?
HOW DO THESE THINGS WORK?
>> IT WAS SO WEIRD.
I WAS LIKE WELL, HE'S SO FAMOUS.
THIS WAS VERY STRANGE.
BUT THEN IT WAS SORT OF LIKE AS SOON AS WE WERE ON FACE TIME
TOGETHER.
IT WAS LIKE OH, LIKE EVEN WHEN HE IS HANGING OUT MAKING A SONG
TOGETHER.
>> WELL, I'M STILL NERVOUS ABOUT IT.
>> WELL, YOU HAVE.
>> LET ME TELL YOU YOU HAVE NOTHING TO BE NERVOUS ABOUT.
THE SONG IS AN ABSOLUTE SMASH.
YOU BOTH SOUND SO BRILLIANT ON THIS RECORD TOGETHER.
WE'RE SO HAPPY THAT YOU ARE GOING TO PERFORM IT RIGHT HERE
ON THE "LATE, LATE SHOW."
STICK AROUND, ASHE AND NIALL WILL PERFORM HERE WHEN WE COME
BACK.