Niall Horan's first solo album, "Flicker," was released in 2017. He is best known as a member of One Direction. The lead single from the album, "This Town," was released in September 2016, and the second single, "Slow Hands," came out in March 2017. "Too Much to Ask" was released as the third single in September 2017. In August 2017, Horan performed several songs from the album during a live show at Shepherd's Bush Empire in London. He told Zane Lowe on his Beats 1 Radio show that the title track, "Flicker," meant the most to him and was a significant moment in the recording process. According to Horan, this experience changed how he recorded the rest of the album.