[3] The song was written by One Direction members, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson, along with John Ryan, Jamie Scott, Julian Bunetta and Carolina Velert.
[6] Julian Bunetta told Billboard about "Fireproof" stating: "I think that everybody felt like this was a nice, little change in pace.
"[8] However, Alex Kritselis of Bustle gave a negative review of the song, calling the track, "boring, bland, and terrible."
"[9] Fan reception of the song were positive, garnering 1.7 million tweets about the track, topping the Billboard Twitter Real-Time chart for eight hours.
[4] In April 2015, American singer-songwriter Mitski, released a cover of the track which premiered via Billboard.