Hazza doesn't directly deny persistent rumors suggesting that he's leaving the band to go solo, but he says he's currently having fun touring and working on One Direction's fifth album.
- Jun 5, 2015
AceShowbiz - There have been persistent rumors claiming that Harry Styles will be the next to follow in the footsteps of Zayn Malik to leave One Direction. However, fans can rest easy because the British heartthrob has confirmed that he's staying in the band, at least for now.
Harry addressed the rumors in a phone interview on Ryan Seacrest's radio show on Thursday, June 4. Asked if he had a plan to go solo, the singer said he'd been having fun touring and working with his One Direction mates on their upcoming fifth album.
"We have the album and the tour that we're working on right now. I think when you have so many goals that you feel like you have yet to achieve, it's hard to kind of see past those," he said. "It's important to kind of focus on what's going on and don't kind of lose track."
"We're all working hard towards the same thing right now, and I don't think we're thinking much past that. I think we're just having a lot of fun, and we're working hard, and we're having a good time," he added.
He also talked about how the group's doing after Zayn left them and how his departure affected their upcoming album, which is scheduled for release "towards the end of the year." He explained, "It's definitely been fun for us writing to see what's been different just kind of naturally. But it was cool how some of the things came out sounding because actually there was a lot of parts that kind of needs to get written with Zayn in mind and with all of us in mind. It's great, the new stuff sounds good so far, I think. We hope that people like it."
One Direction's "On the Road Again" tour resumes in San Diego on July 9. The North American leg is finishing in Foxborough on 12 September.
