It's One Direction's fourth birthday today.
Isn't it SO exciting?
So exciting that fans were waking up and trying to guess which band member would tweet about it first.
The boys tweeting today Niall : yes Liam : hopefully imma say yes Louis : maybe Harry : idk Zayn : Nope #ThankYou1DYouChangedOurLives
In the meantime, Louis Tomlinson's mum did. And that was so exciting 63,000 people retweeted it.
4 years today I got the call ....... Mum, they have put me in a band! xxx
Then THIS happened. So far 150,000 people have retweeted Niall Horan's picture.
Thank you lads ,we've had a great time so far, you are family to me now , not just band mates ! Love you
Which sent Twitter into overdrive.
WHO NEEDS A BOYFRIEND WHEN U HAVE NIALL HORAN TO TELL U HOW SPECIAL U ARE EVERYDAY AND THAT HE LOVES YOU #4YearsOfOneDirection
raise your hand if you knew niall would be the first one to tweet #ThankYou1DYouChangedOurLives #4YearsOfOneDirection
NIALL TWEETED NOW WE ONLY NEED THE REST TO TWEET ABOUT THEIR 4TH ANNIVERSARY AND WE WILL ALL BE ABLE TO DIE HAPPILY #4YearsOfOneDirection
Several One Direction-related hashtags started trending.
Such as #4YearsOfOneDirection.
EXACTLY FOUR YEARS AGO TODAY LOUIS JUMPED INTO HARRYS ARMS AND HARRY SPUN HIM AROUND I NEED A STRONG DRINK #4YearsOfOneDirection
*throws a chair* *sits in the corner* *sobs uncontrollably* #4YearsOfOneDirection
Which went a bit weird.
WE ARE THE BOYS, THE BOYS IN MOTION, WE GIVE YOU OUR DEVOTION #4YearsOfOneDirection #4YearsOf1D
Even Zach Braff got involved.
#HowIHeardAbout1D "Babe, I got a job..."
Some used it as an opportunity to get things off their chest.
Needed to take this off my chest. #4YearsOfOneDirection
While others revealed how One Direction have CHANGED their LIVES.
One Direction aren't just a band who sing. They're doing much more than sing, they are saving lives. #ThankYou1DYouChangedOurLives
#ThankYou1DYouChangedOurLives YOURE THE REASON WHY I HAVE MILLIONS OF NON-BIOLOGICAL SISTERS AND IM VERY HAPPY
We all know what today is.... #4YearsOfOneDirection #ThankYou1DYouChangedOurLives
Some used it as an opportunity to reminisce.
'They grew up in front of us and we didn't even notice' #ThankYou1DYouChangedOurLives #4YearsOfOneDirection
IT'S THEIR VERY FIRST GROUP HUG IM DROWNING IN MY OWN TEARS #4YearsOfOneDirection #ThankYou1DYouChangedOurLives
And others made their own mark on the day, quite literally.
But mainly it was all about the emotion.
Now we just need someone other than Niall to wake up and mark this MOMENTOUS day.
UPDATE: Harry has tweeted, everybody. Repeat: HARRY HAS TWEETED.
4 years. Thank you to everyone who is involved in this. I feel so lucky to be part of it. Everyone who has worked with us thank you..
Thank you to all of you who have supported us. We couldn't ask for better fans, you are absolutely the best ever. We love you so much .xx
And in just 16 seconds he got this many retweets and favourites. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Shortly afterwards Liam made our day with this.
Happy four years everyone can't believe it's been that long thank you so much everybody crazy how things have turned out I love you
But more importantly, this. <3
Some things haven't changed though I'm still great at spilling things down my shirt