One Direction to Reunite: Revisiting the Band's Most OMG Moments

Relive Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson's biggest moments ahead of One Direction's highly anticipated reunion here.

By emily belfiore Apr 21, 2020 8:11 PM
| Updated Apr 21, 2020 8:11 PM
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One Direction has sure made plenty of midnight memories.

Since coming together in 2010, Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik became one of the famous boy bands of all time, entertaining fans across the globe with their chart-topping hits. Even after announcing their hiatus in 2015, the musicians are continuing to cause a stir as they embark on their solo careers.

With the 10-year anniversary of their formation months away, it has been confirmed that all five members of the group will participate in a special reunion. On April 19, Payne announced that his former bandmates are currently working out all the details during an Instagram Live, sharing, "Most of us are in London, we've been trying to arrange the first group FaceTime with the boys at the moment." 

He added, "I can't say too much. Louis told me off for revealing a bit of our plans the other day, so you're going to have the group chat telling me off." 

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From losing X-Factor and going on hiatus, to Malik leaving the group and becoming dads, relive all of One Direction's biggest OMG moments below:

They've Got the X Factor

Despite winning over audiences around the world, the band finished in third place behind Rebecca Ferguson and Matt Cardle in 2010.

Live From New York

The U.K. band made their Saturday Night Live debut in 2012 with an electric performance of their single "One Thing."

Winning Big at the 2013 VMAs

The band took home the coveted moonman trophy for Best Song of the Summer for their song "Best Song Ever." 

Hitting the Big Screen

The band gave fans a behind-the-scenes look at live on the road of their This Is Us Tour with their concert documentary movie This Is Us. 

Music Royalty

While attending the Royal Variety Performance in November 2014, the band met Prince William and Kate Middleton.

Where They Are

The band's Where We Are Tour was the highest-grossing tour of 2014, beating out Justin Timberlake, The Rolling Stones, Katy Perry as well as Beyoncé and Jay-Z's tours that year.

One Direction Minus One

In March 2015, Malik announced that he was leaving the band to launch his solo career.

End of an Era

After releasing 2015's Made in the A.M. as a foursome, Styles, Payne, Horan and Tomlinson announced that One Direction would take an indefinite hiatus.

Fatherhood

Tomlinson became a father to his son Freddie Reign in 2016. One year later, Payne welcomed his son Bear Grey with ex Cheryl Cole.

Reunion?

In 2020, fans suspected that a reunion of sorts was underway when Styles, Payne, Tomlinson and Horan all started following Malik on X—then known as Twitter—again.

Further fueling reunion rumors, Payne told The Sun at the time, "We've got a 10-year anniversary coming up so we've all been speaking together a lot over the last few weeks which has been really nice." 

Another 1D Baby

Malik and his then-girlfriend Gigi Hadid welcomed daughter Khai in September 2020.

Friends First

Payne attended the London premiere of Tomlinson's 2023 documentary All of Those Voices.