One Direction were formed on The X Factor in 2010, after they all failed to make it through as solo artists and were brought back as a group. Thankfully, the gamble paid off.
Since their birth as a five piece, Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson have smashed the charts both together and as solo artists. In March 2015, Zayn left the band to pursue his solo career. In January 2016, the rest of the band went on “hiatus” to do the same thing. It’s been years now and we’re still low-key waiting for a sign that the end of the “hiatus” is near…
