MUMBAI: Niall Horan is set to release his debut solo album, Flicker, on Capitol Records on 20 October 2017.

Today, Horan unveiled the album’s cover and latest single, Too Much To Ask is one of the first songs Horan penned for the album, which he began working on last year. He co-wrote the track with long time collaborator Jamie Scott. Produced by Greg Kurstin, who also produced This Town and Too Much To Ask is available for download and streaming.

He is currently in Tokyo, in the middle of his Flicker Sessions 2017 Tour, which sold out in minutes. After having also visited Dublin, London, Stockholm and Sydney, Horan heads to Mexico and Brazil and will kick off the North American leg next, 19 September, at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles. It will include an 31 October show at New York City’s intimate Beacon Theatre.

Horan, who has sold over 70 million records as part of the all conquering One Direction, launched his solo career with the singles This Town and Slow Hands which have both achieved Platinum certification in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the Netherlands. Slow Hands went straight to Number One in 44 countries. Named as one of the best Songs of 2017 so far by Billboard, it now has more than 820 million combined streams worldwide. Views of the lyric video exceed 65 million. Horan has been honoured with numerous awards in 2017, including People’s Choice, Teen Choice, Radio Disney Music and iHeartRadio MMVA awards.