It’s Niall Horan‘s 21st birthday! Also known as an international holiday for Directioners across the globe. Fans will surely swarm the cute blonde with millions of tweets wishing him the “Happiest Birthday Ever, We Luv U Niall!!” But there is something we need to discuss. How is he turning 21?! Wasn’t he 17 just a minute ago? We refuse to believe he just grew up when we blinked our eyes.
1. He looked like this 5 minutes ago. Didn’t he?
2. Okay, come on, he’s always had a young, cute baby face.
3. It felt like for years, he always looked the same age.
4. But then wait, what’s happening? Is his face starting to get more mature?
5. Yes it is.
6. It was when we saw him shirtless that we all started to realize, okay maybe he is growing up.
7. The older he’s gotten, the more his chest has begun to make an appearance.
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8. He should apologize to the makers of shirt collars, because he’s abandoning them.
9. There it is again. How did we not notice him growing up so quickly?
10. His chest has started to get lonely, so now he’s brought the gun show out.
11. His arm and chest combo was there to tell us to forget about his skinny teenage years.
12. Those arms do not belong to a teenager.
13. And this is definitely the butt of a man, not a child.
14. Even his dancing is starting to grow up. See: original dance moves.
15. Now cue: Newer dance moves.
16. They’re not exactly more mature, but definitely older.
17. Okay, so not at all a sign of maturing, but still a sign of growing up.
18. His guitar playing has also matured over time.
From this to this…
19. Look at him now.
20. Look at the dance moves PLUS the guitar playing! Our boy is all grown up.
21. The most important GIF (set) of them all to remind us that Niall Horan is a full fledged adult now and we better recognize.
Okay, so yes. He’s officially a grown up now. We still can’t believe it, but we’re much more willing to accept it now. Happy birthday Niall! We love you. You can stop growing up now.
