Yes. You read that headline right. I’m attacking the most controversial, the most requested, and the most touchy topic that has ever been covered in the short span of my column’s life.

One. Direction.

In case you’ve been blocking tumblr for the past few months to focus on the ACT/SAT tests (something I truly should consider doing), One Direction is a British-Irish boy band which consists of five guys aged 18-20 — Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson. After they competed on the British version of “The X Factor” and finished in third place, they debuted their single “What Makes You Beautiful” in September of last year. From there, they exploded internationally into the hearts and minds of fangirls, fanboys, and creepy perverts.

I should also mention that they have British accents. And are well dressed. And like to excessively point at things while they sing.  Which is pretty much the perfect recipe for a successful boy band.

I’m not going to lie, I’ve been avoiding this topic for quite awhile now. Writing about music is something I donít really like to do, and with a band like One Direction, people either love them to pieces or hate them so much that they want to crush them into pieces.

But then there was the thought, “Hey. This is probably going to be your last column … so instead of writing about something stupid, you should actually make it something worthwhile.”

So naturally, I chose One Direction.

I started to do my research. First came Wikipedia, then music videos, and then a few interviews. Although I still wasn’t a fully confirmed fan, I slowly started to understand why they have such a huge fan base. Besides the obvious reasons, like their British accents and their fancy clothes, they’re also generally a likeable group of guys, something that is seemingly scarce in today’s society.

Who cares if no one actually will remember their names in two years? Who cares if they’re really just another bland top 40 artist? Who cares if they excessively point so much that the act of pointing has turned offensive? All that matters is that their appeal as nice guys is a welcome change in our drama-obsessed world of today. As long as they donít do anything that people personally find irritating, people should just let them be.

After all, a little more cuteness in this world canít hurt either, right?