Our hearts collectively broke into a million tiny little pieces when One Direction announced their extended hiatus.
Harry Styles is now an actor.
Yannick Ben: Working w/Harry Styles on Christopher Nolan's #Dunkirk (via his FB) He's a stuntman/actor #harry #pics
Louis Tomlinson is a judge.
Not long now 🙃 @nbcagt #AGT #Judgecuts
Niall Horan is living his best golf life.
And now Liam Payne announced that he's signed a solo record deal with Capitol Records.
Happy to have signed to @CapitolUK. They have an amazing history of artists, I hope I can follow in their footsteps
(Just like his former bandmate Zayn, who already released his debut album.)
All of Twitter quickly went into an immediate RIP 1D meltdown:
Representation of 1D fandom: #OneDirectionIsOverParty
@Real_Liam_Payne u promised!!
Me: "one direction is coming back they PROMISED US" Also me: "what if 1d is really over" #OneDirectionIsOverParty
"Hiatus" "Promise" "It's far from over" FANDOM RN: #OneDirectionIsOverParty
But since I'm a half-glass-full kind of person, I'm still holding out hope that there will be a 1D reunion in 2017. After all, they are allowed to work on their own projects — it doesn't necessarily mean the end of times.
I STILL BELIEVE IN ONE DIRECTION AND YOU GUYS SHOULD TOO. #OneDirectionIsOverParty
Because One Direction is family. AND FAMILY MEANS FOREVER.
One direction will always be my home and family but I'm very excited to see what this chapter brings.