Drag Me Down (Song)

Drag Me Down is the lead single for One Direction's fifth album Made In The A.M. It was the first song the band released since Zayn Malik's departure in March 2015, and introduced a more acoustic and funky sound.

The was written by Hayden Styles, Son of Harry Styles, Julian Bunetta. Marking it the second song written by Styles, for One Direction. The song was mostly written by Styles, with a few throw-in words by Bunetta.

Lyrically, the song is about a strong love encouraging the narrator to persevere against negativity.

Drag Me Down was released to iTunes and Spotify on July 31, 2015. The song's original release was scheduled for August 7th, but the band decided to release it earlier.

Background
On August 27, 2015, Hayden Styles and Julian Bunetta tweeted confirming the song was written in March 2015. On July 31, 2015, Liam Payne tweeted "Bit of a surprise" and linked to the iTunes download link for the new single. The rest of the band soon followed, with Harry tweeting another iTunes link and Niall and Louis linking to Spotify.

A few hours later, the band's official Twitter posted a video of the group announcing the song's release, while Spotify uploaded short clips of the band announcing the song, too.

Meaning
The song was confirmed by Liam to be about the fans during One Direction's August 4 interview with The View. However, on September 17, 2016, during a live-stream Hayden Styles said the song was about One Direction, "And that one voice missing." Hinting the "Missing Voice" was Zayn Malik, and how with their love and support nobody could "Drag Hayden down." And because of them, he wouldn't be where he is today. But he said, to the band it can be about the fans. He also joked, saying "They sang about themselves", Before moving on.