Louis Tomlinson opens up about Zayn Malik’s departure; ‘It was hard, he wasn’t happy.’

They’ve recently played their last gig (for the time being) and will break for a while to have time off but, at the moment, One Direction are still very much in the news. This is partly thanks to the rollercoaster year they’ve just had. And also a lot because we’re still interested in what they’ve got to say.

In an interview with Sunday Times Style magazine the band opened up what life is like being in the world’s biggest boy bands as well as talking ex-bandmates, future plans and, erm, beards.

When asked how it felt when Zayn walked away from the band, Louis Tomlinson said, “It was hard. I think maybe for me the most. But he wanted to be happy and he wasn’t. Everything had always been good and then something bad happens and you have to make decisions, you have to work out what you want, and it makes you really know what you want, and we all knew we wanted this.”

According to Louis, Zayn’s departure was made slightly easier because it happened BEFORE they made their last album.

“The good thing was he left just before we made the album. It was like, ‘Right, let’s make it the best album.’ So we worked our backsides off because we wanted to show we are a band, we’re here, this is what we do.”

Liam Payne spoke about the band’s planned break saying, “It’s not a split. We’re not going anywhere. In five years we’ve done four tours, five albums, we’ve done films,” admitting he hasn’t even seen the films because “we are always running for the next thing.”

According to Payne, the boys just wanted “a little break. I don’t know if anyone’s noticed but Katy Perry hasn’t done anything for a year…”

Niall Horan also revealed his big break-time plans..

“…become mad, old recluses, then come back again with giant beards. That’s the plan.”

Sounds awesome.

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