Liam Payne has hinted One Direction will reunite over Christmas as the boys are all said to be in London at the same time.
The Polaroid hitmaker, 25, kicked off Capital's Jingle Bell Ball in the UK’s capital on Saturday when performing with Lennon Stella in front of 16,000 people.
But before his grand entrance on stage, the Wolverhampton-native spoke behind the scenes with host Roman Kemp about visiting the members of the band during the festive period.
He said: ‘I spoke to Niall, we spent like four hours on FaceTime, I hadn’t spoken to him in ages. I hope to [see him over Christmas]. I mean, the thing about it is I can understand that we’re all quite tired.
‘Like I was saying to him the other night, ‘oh I’ll come over or whatever’ and then he flaked me twice so I was like ‘look, listen, I’ll just text you next week and we’ll see what’s happening. Just let me know when you’re available.’
The singing sensation continued: ‘Everyone’s so busy, it is what it is. I obviously saw Louis over the course of X Factor.
I haven’t seen Harry in a while now but I think everybody’s in London at the moment, which is cool, for the first time. The closest we’ve been in the band in a while.’
One Direction went on a hiatus in January 2016 and the five members (Liam, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, Harry Styles and Zayn Malik) have all enjoyed hugely successful solo careers.
But the band is suffering a rumoured rift with Zayn, 25, who announced his departure from the group in 2015.
Earlier this week, Louis, 26, appeared to hit back at Zayn’s new 'diss track' Good Years, hours after its release, tweeting: 'Proper confused. What a hypocrite!
Hitting back: Louis tweeted: 'Proper confused. What a hypocrite!' followed by two other tweets
‘Anywayyyyy just signed off on the final production of something I’m very excited about :)’
Trying to steer away from the drama furthermore, he added: 'Also have to say X Factor was such an amazing experience! Can’t believe it’s over. Thank you to the whole team and all the contestants!'
Zayn's song, Good Years, which was released on Thursday, is rumoured to be about One Direction's split, with lyrics including: 'I'd rather be anywhere, anywhere but here.
'Too much drugs and alcohol. What the hell were we fighting for? Cause now the whole damn world will know. That we're too numb and just too dumb to change the story.'
