Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Babban taken kundin, "Live While We're Young", wanda aka fitar a ranar 28 ga Satumba, 2012, ya kai saman goma a kusan kowace ƙasa da aka tsara shi kuma ya yi rikodin mafi girman adadin tallace-tallace na mako guda don waƙar da ba ta Amurka ba. Singles masu zuwa, "Little Things" da "Kiss You", ba su yi nasara ba, kodayake tsohon ya jagoranci UK Singles Chart. Don tallata kundin, One Direction ya yi waƙoƙin kundin a shirye-shiryen talabijin da yawa da kuma babban taron da aka sayar a Madison Square Garden. Bugu da ƙari, One Direction ya fara tafiya ta biyu ta duniya da ake kira "
Take Me Home Tour" a shekarar 2013.