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.

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 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.