Niall Horan's 'This Town' Songwriter Reveals How Long It Took to Write the Song!

One of the songwriters for Niall Horan‘s “This Town” is opening up about writing music!

Jamie Scott, the gentleman who wrote Niall‘s hit “This Town,” as well as several songs for One Direction, gave an interview with Billboard discussing their time together.

“I remember when we did ‘Drag Me Down’ for the boys, we had a really good feeling about it in terms of it being a cool place for them to go. We wanted to shake it up a bit and cross these guys over. It was a bit risky, but the label heard it and loved it and the boys loved it and we went with it,” Jamie said.

“This Town,” a collaboration between Niall, Jamie, Mike Needle and Daniel Byer, only took an hour to write!

“I’d obviously known Niall for years and I remember that particular session being just honest,” he added.

Also pictured inside: Niall stepping out to do some shopping with a friend on Monday (December 5) in Beverly Hills, Calif.