Liam Payne of One Direction announced on Thursday that he is occupying on a solo music album for the first time, heightening as the fresh member of the boy band sensations to proceed with his own career.
Liam Payne
The 22-year-old heartthrob chooses Twitter to share the good news that he had signed to Capitol Records to record his debut solo album. The message is certain to further forecasts from One Direction’s followers that the band is no more together.
Happy to have signed to @CapitolUK. They have an amazing history of artists, I hope I can follow in their footsteps pic.twitter.com/tVlDsXVVW3
— Liam (@Real_Liam_Payne) July 21, 2016
One Direction in November rolls out its fifth studio album, Made in the AM, with the band saying it was going on overlong pause but not breaking up. The group at that time had already seen the exit of founding member Zayn Malik who, shedding One Direction’s squeaky clear image, a racy, roll out the R&B-driven debut album, “Mind of Mine,” in March.
Another One Direction arm, Harry Styles, has reportedly also approached a productive recording deal with One Direction’s trademark Columbia Records.
One Direction — whose group also holds Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan — emerged in 2010 when the then youngsters performed on British television contest The X Factor.
The lads band went on to release an album of radio-ready pop each year at present for the vacation shopping fall and became one of the highest-grossing live acts across the globe.
Payne’s deal signifies business tactics for Capitol Records, a fabulous label now under the Universal umbrella, as all other One Direction acts have been on Sony marks.
The left four band lads have been on a One Direction interval the past six months. With Payne, Styles and Malik now singing solo, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan could be next.
