Go their own way. For some music artists, they needed to leave their previous bands to explore opportunities as a solo act.
Zayn Malik I did just that In 2015. He left his long life behind one direction Bandmates Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne to embark on a solo music career, dropping his first record the following year. The singer has found success with songs including “Pillowtalk” and “I Don't Wanna Live Forever,” a song he performed alongside. Taylor Swift to Fifty shades darker Soundtrack.
While talking to British Vogue In 2018, he explained why he decided to leave the band. “We went from theaters to arenas to stadiums — there wasn't any kind of bridge between them. Just boom, boom, boom,” he told the magazine at the time. “I think that kind of progresses in any mind — but especially when it's “You're 17 or 18 years old – it affects you a little bit.”
Malik added: “People deal with it in different ways – especially when there are five different personalities. Relationships have broken down.”
Despite fans' hopes for a 2D reunion, the group did not reunite. Tragically, so were the remaining four members Next seen all At Payne's funeral in November 2024. (Payne He died at the age of 31 One month ago after he fell from a third-floor hotel balcony in Argentina.)
Scroll down to see many of the stars who have left their teams over the years.
