LONDON — The members of the boyband One Direction
are to go their separate ways — but promise they’ll
reunite after a year or so. The band members — Niall
Horan , Harry Styles, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson —
say they want to pursue individual projects, according
to a report.
“The guys have been together for five years, which is an
incredible run for any boyband,” a source told The Sun
newspaper. “They fully deserve to have at least a year to
work on their own projects. There is absolutely no bad
blood between them and they are all 100% behind the
decision.”
The members of the band will start their break in March
after their fifth studio album is released, and there will
be no tour to promote that album. However, the source
insisted the separation was temporary. “It is definitely
not a split and they fully intend to get back together at
some time in the future,” the source said.
The news follows the decision in March by former One
Direction band member Zayn Malik to leave the group.
The source said that the other members of the band had
already been thinking about disbanding before Malik’s
move. “This was the plan with or without Zayn. In fact,
the band have been making amazing music and been
incredibly happy without Zayn,” the insider said. “Of
course they would have preferred that he had stayed in
the band, but they would have taken this extended
hiatus even if he hadn’t left.”
The Sun’s Dan Wootton, who broke the story, said that
the break may allow Styles to launch a movie acting
career and Tomlinson to take on TV assignments. “After
five years together they’re hungry to try something
else,” Wootton told Sky News. “There is a lot of demand
for Harry Styles to be a big solo artist and launch a
Hollywood acting career, and there is a lot of
speculation that Louis Tomlinson will join the ‘X Factor’
judging panel next year. Liam Payne and Niall Noran are
interesting in pursuing their song writing careers.”
The band’s representatives have issued no comment.
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