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"Stockholm Syndrome” is the eleventh song taken from One Direction’s fourth studio album. The album was due to be released on the 17th November 2014 however, leaked 9 days early.
Stockholm syndrome, or capture-bonding, is a psychological phenomenon in which hostages express empathy and sympathy and have positive feelings toward their captors, sometimes to the point of defending and identifying with them.
In an interview, Harry Styles, who co-wrote the song, discussed its meaning. After defining “Stockholm Syndrome”, he explained that they applied the idea of the psychological phenomenon to a relationship–“of actually,” as Zayn added, “enjoying the feeling of being trapped,” with Harry clarifying, “to a nympho.” When the interviewer suggested that the song was a reflection of the band “feeling trapped” within their circumstances, Liam dismissed this (decidedly more PG) interpretation, and Harry insisted, “This song was more about, like, a nympho.”
“Nympho” is colloquial shorthand for the term “nymphomaniac,” which is defined as “a woman who has abnormally excessive and uncontrollable sexual desire.”
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