This is an exciting time for them creatively and as a group."

Each member has pursued his own endeavors, with Styles breaking out as a successful solo artist and actor.

Meanwhile, at least one member of 1D didn’t want to split up the group.

Louis Tomlinson on the red carpet.

He started out as a more silent member of 1D, with fewer solos than his bandmates.

Tomlinson was said to have written 12 of the album’s 18 tracks.

“And then it was: ‘OK, hiatus!'”

The members of One Direction at an event.

The singer went on to reveal that he argued against the decision.

“It wasn’t necessarily a nice conversation,” he said, regarding discussions of the split.

“I could see where it was going.”

He released a solo album, “Walls,” in 2020, on which he wrote every track.

He also reveals that he’d like to get into management to help others in the music industry.