Without so much as a warning, let alone promotion, One Direction just dropped their latest single "Drag Me Down".

Marking the first time they have made music since Zayn Malik left to make "real music" with Naughty Boy, "Drag Me Down" is available on iTunes. The release in fact comes a day after Malik signed on with RCA to launch his solo career.

The boys had said that following Malik's departure, the band is looking for a reinvention of their collective personality. The song is definitely sounding more mature than their older tracks.

Check out the lyrics of "Drag me Down", One Direction's new single:

I've got fire for a heart, I'm not scared of the dark
You've never seen it look so easy
I got a river for a soul and baby you're a bow
Baby, you're my only reason

If I didn't have you there would be nothing left
A shell of a man that could never be his best
If I didn't have you I'd never see the sun
You taught me how to be someone, yeah

All my life you stood by me when no one else was ever behind me
All these lights that can't blind me
With your love, nobody can drag me down
All my life you stood by me when no one else was ever behind me
All these lights that can't blind me
With your love, nobody can drag me down

Nobody, nobody
Can drag me down
Nobody, nobody
Can drag me down

I've got fire for a heart, I'm not scared of the dark
You've never seen it look so easy
I got a river for a soul and baby you're a bow
And baby you're my only reason

If I didn't have you there would be nothing left
A shell of a man who could never be his best
If I didn't have you I'd never see the sun
You taught me how to be someone, yeah

All my life you stood by me when no one else was ever behind me
All these lights that can't blind me
With your love, nobody can drag me down
But you're love, nobody can drag me down

All my life you stood by me when no one else was ever behind me
All these lights that can't blind me
With your love, nobody can drag me down
All my life you stood by me when no one else was ever behind me
All these lights that can't blind me
With your love, nobody can drag me down

All my life you stood by me when no one else was ever behind me
All these lights that can't blind me
With your love, nobody can drag me down
All my life you stood by me when no one else was ever behind me
All these lights that can't blind me
With your love, nobody can drag me down

You can donwload the song via iTunes. Use the comments section to express your love for the latest single from our favourite boys from across the pond.

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