One Direction's Niall Horan has as much energy on the phone as he does when he's leaping on stage. From getting us with a bubbly ''Good to hear from you!'' to pag-awit the melody of his gitara part on ''Live While We're Young,'' his excitement for 1D's new album Take Me Home radiated through the phone line!

J-14: Why did you guys decide to do a segundo One Direction album this year?

Niall Horan: We wanted to keep the fans interested. They don't want to be listening to the same thing for two or three years. You want to keep giving them fresh, new music. If you look at the likes of Rihanna, she's...