One Direction To Work With Ed Sheeran On 'Grungier' Second Album

One Direction have revealed that they hope to work with Ed Sheeran on their second album.

The 'One Thing' boyband worked with Ed on their 2011 debut 'Up All Night' and are keen to match his huge success. Speaking about the writing sessions they enjoyed with Sheeran, Liam Payne revealed,

"Ed is such a talented guy. We spoke to him about helping again for the next album which we want to actually write with him this time."

Adding: "He gave us almost a whole album of songs to choose from last time; there were so many of his songs that we wanted to record."

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Meanwhile, Louis Tomlinson told the Daily Star that touring the UK and US has made the band think differently about their music and where to take their sound on the next album.

"We want to take the next album into a different zone - more guitars and grungier," he said. "We like the sound of a real guitar on tour, we beefed up the live show so now we want to take it onto the album."

There is no current plans for One Direction to release any new music in 2012.

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