Niall Horan is brooding and downbeat in the new video for Too Much to Ask, the new single from his debut solo album Flicker.
The video, which was directed by Malia James, opens as the singer-songwriter is sitting alone at the end of a bed in a dimly lit room, as he sings: "Waiting here for someone, only yesterday we were on the run."
The lovelorn singer then takes to the streets, but is tormented by a loved-up couple kissing on the tube. He meets a group of mates in the pub for a few pints of Guinnes but looks withdrawn and uncommunicative, before eventually relaxing into their playful banter.
However, there's no happy reunion on the cards for Horan as the video ends with him wandering the streets of London alone.
Too Much To Ask (Official Video, Explicit) by Niall Horan on VEVO.
Too Much to Ask follows Horan's previously released singles Slow Hands and This Town. The One Direction star co-wrote the song with longtime collaborator Jamie Scott.
Niall Horan's debut solo album Flicker will be released on October 20.
The Mullingar-born star is in the middle of his Flicker Sessions tour, which he kicked off in Dublin's Olympia Theatre. Read Harry Guerin's review of the gig here.
