One Direction’s Liam Payne signs with Capital Records UK
One Direction singer Liam Payne. AP
LONDON — One Direction fans are seeing the writing on the wall as singer Liam Payne announced he has signed a record deal with Capitol Records UK after the boy band said last year they were taking a break.
Payne said Friday he is “really happy” to have signed with Capitol Records UK.
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“One Direction will always be my family,” he said. “I’m now excited to show what I can do as a solo artist.”
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The band had announced a hiatus after touring with their fifth album.
One Direction formed in 2010 after five teenagers — Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, Payne, Harry Styles and Zayn Malik — auditioned individually for British TV talent show “The X Factor.” Malik quit the chart-topping group in 2015. TVJ
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