Liam Payne has marked the 10th year anniversary of the British-Irish band One Direction by sharing online the message he sent to his father on the very day the boy group was formed. Ten years have passed since One Direction made their debut and became one of the most successful and popular boy bands of all time.
The group was composed of five members namely Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, and Niall Horan, who all auditioned as solo contestants in the X Factor in 2010 before Simon Cowell, X Factor judge, grouped them together.
Today, July 23, 2020, on Twitter, Liam Payne shared their group picture celebrating the 10th anniversary of the band. Along with the photo, he posted the screenshot of the message he sent to his father 10 years ago at exactly 8:09 pm, saying he was joining a boyband, Yahoo! reported.
On his tweet, Liam wrote that he had a great journey, saying that by the time he sent the message to his father he actually did not have any idea what they were in for and added that he sent the message to his father 10 years ago by the time the band was officially formed.
On his tweet, Liam thanked those people who supported the group over the years and also the other members of the band for sharing with him such experience, ending the tweet with the hashtag, #10YearsOfOneDirection.
What a journey… I had no idea what we were in for when I sent this text to my Dad ten years ago at this exact time the band was formed. Thanks to everyone that’s supported us over the years and thanks to the boys for sharing this with me #10YearsOfOneDirection pic.twitter.com/0d17ggB66x — Liam (@LiamPayne) July 23, 2020
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One Direction landed on the third spot on the seventh series of the X-Factor but became one of the most popular and successful boybands worldwide, receiving seven American Music Awards, seven Brit Awards, and six Billboard Awards. The British-Irish boyband became the most successful act ever produced by the ITV channel with 200 million records sold worldwide.
Zayn Malik left the group in 2015 with the four remaining members of the group, who continued with their fifth studio album Made in the A.M. that was released in late 2015.
In 2016, One Direction has been on the point when the band no longer knew when its members are going to get back together and release an album or perform since each member of the group pursued their own solo careers.
According toInsider, on July 22, Wednesday, the group returned to social media as their social media channels have shared an image, saying the next day will mark the 10th year of One Direction while referring to the group's 2015 single History. The post was captioned with the History lyrics, saying, "Tomorrow!" the post said. "You and me got a whole lot of history. #10Yearsof1D."
View this post on InstagramTomorrow! You and me got a whole lot of history #10YearsOf1D A post shared by One Direction (@onedirection) on Jul 22, 2020 at 6:09am PDT
Meanwhile, Louis Tomlinson stated that he celebrated the anniversary by going back to old interviews and performances. Feeling the nostalgia, Tomlinson thanked his bandmates and said that what they did together was something beautiful.
Feeling pretty emotional today. 10 years!! Spent the morning watching old interviews and performances. Just wanted to send a massive thank you to ALL of my band mates. What we did together was incredible — Louis Tomlinson (@Louis_Tomlinson) July 23, 2020
While millions of the boyband's fans would love to see the boys back together perform on stage, a reunion of its members at any time soon is unlikely to happen as stated by Niall Horan.
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