“I think for this generation, obviously the band that we all look up to is One Direction,” Michael said. “They were the biggest. They were known globally and they sold so many records and I think that their impact on this generation is something that we admire and we want to emulate with our music.”
“Not to mention the fact that they also came from reality TV,” Chance chimed in. “So we have a lot in common.”
“I feel like we are trying to be ourselves,” Brady clarified. “We’re not really trying to be like One Direction per se. But they are a very successful boy band. They make great music and they’re all really just nice guys in general. So I think that just them as people would be something to model after.”
“Incredible night – we just debuted our first ever music video in Times Square. Thank you to our #Lifelines for making this possible!!” the band wrote on their Instagram.
Earlier in the day, the group hit up Planet Hollywood, where they performed their new single, met with over 200 lucky fans and had their very own handprint ceremony.
The guys hosted a cool fan meet up at Planet Hollywood for the official premiere.
“We spent all day filming and it’s gonna be really amazing,” Chance boasted of the visual with Idolator.
“One of the things that we can tell you about it is that there’s a rooftop scene where we’re up there with some lights and skyscrapers, so you can look forward to that in the music video.”
Their first single is called “Eyes Closed”, which they performed on the finale of the show. It was written by Justin Tranter, Brandon Skeie, Jussi Karvinen and Wes Period, and produced by JUSSIFER.
Check out their performance of the track below and get it now on iTunes!