Niall Horan releases debut solo single 'This Town'

Mullingar lad Niall Horan has released his first solo single and it's guaranteed to win hearts across the globe.

The acoustic ballad 'This Town' reached number one on the real-time Billboard and Twitter Trending 140, which measures the real time acceleration of conversation around artists and their music on Twitter, and stayed there for six hours.

In a stripped back, Ed Sheeran-type vibe, the video was shot in Capitol Studios in Hollywood and was filmed in one take.

Niall signed with Universal Records earlier this month and he penned the song along with three others, sharing via his social media page with this message:

"Been working in the studio, wanted to share this song I just wrote with u guys. Thank you for always being there".