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Post by Keelzit on Mar 25, 2015 19:53:39 GMT -5
Okay, the only boy left in the band I actually feel sorry for is Liam... :'( :'( K I need Louis's bitter ass to leak their sex tape asap
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Post by Revelry on Mar 25, 2015 19:59:37 GMT -5
'Four' indeed.
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Post by think pink. on Mar 25, 2015 20:14:03 GMT -5
Some blind items. Take it with a grain of salt etc.
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Post by Ginger Spice on Mar 25, 2015 20:19:37 GMT -5
Funny thing is, I actually thought the band was sort of making progress to break out of the time limit that groups like this normally have. They were doing more serious music and actually get some (albeit not that much) respect for it. I would have liked to see them do some more experimentation with their sound, but at this point it's probably just a matter of meeting contractual obligations before the other four go their separate ways for good. I guess no matter of image shift or love for the craft of actually trying new things and creating music can stop the stress and pressure of being THAT famous.
I'm anticipating their half-assed final album, like the iconic Forever by the Spice Girls.
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Post by Fat Ass Kelly Price on Mar 25, 2015 21:07:12 GMT -5
I'm ready for some R&B joints. Some bedroom bangers.
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Post by Luckie Starchild on Mar 25, 2015 21:13:28 GMT -5
I hope this is not the end of his pretty face being shed down our throats cause he's one of the hottest celebs right now. True this is.
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Post by McCreerian on Mar 25, 2015 22:55:14 GMT -5
This was the last moment of their Hong Kong tour the other night. You can hear Niall say "Group hug while Zayn's here." They knew. So that really makes me think he was not fired and that guy was a fake on Twitter. vine.co/v/O3JB7AOx9hA
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Post by think pink. on Mar 26, 2015 12:04:50 GMT -5
Or he was just able to complete the last show he was in town for. Doesn't mean he wasn't fired. There's way more to this story than ~stress~.
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Post by McCreerian on Mar 26, 2015 13:03:28 GMT -5
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Post by think pink. on Mar 26, 2015 14:08:40 GMT -5
Zayn's boyfriend Liam releases statement
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Post by WolfSpear on Mar 26, 2015 17:28:28 GMT -5
Something tells me the fifth album might be the final one.
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Post by McCreerian on Mar 26, 2015 17:41:54 GMT -5
Something tells me the fifth album might be the final one. They have a 5 year contract. This is the 5th year. So anything is possible. Several things could happen. They could all decide to go their separate ways. They can sign another contract with Simon and company. They can sign a new contract with someone else. Zayn could decide to come back with a whole new deal if he misses being away. Their next album could go really well or really bad and that could be the ultimate deciding factor. They could be around decades like the BSB have been. They can go away and then come back like NKOTB did. They can just fizzle away like Nsync did and everyone do their own thing. But what is for sure the future won't be anything like 2010-2014 was. 2015 and beyond is totally unknown for this group. Just something to watch and keep us talking about. For the big fans like me we will just enjoy them each day we have them and not take that time for granted. I've seen a lot of fans expressing remorse on Twitter for taking advantage of the thought they'd always be there. Zayn has changed that perspective for everyone.
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Post by Glove Slap on Mar 26, 2015 17:58:30 GMT -5
LMAO @ the name of this thread! Also acceptable would have been 0.8 Direction.
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Post by musicfan134 on Mar 26, 2015 18:30:05 GMT -5
Because they were counting on Zayn to fulfill his end of the contract. If their friendship with Zayn is genuine then they're likely happy for him since the stress of their schedule was beginning to take a physical toll on him. If their friendship with Zayn (and each other) is all an act, then they're probably saying good riddance. Destiny's Child reached #1 with "Say My Name" weeks after LeToya and Letavia were fired. Michelle and Farrah even lipped to their vocals in the video. It's really NOT a big deal. No more so than your co-worker in the next cubicle quitting to take a new offer. The tour will go on. No publicity is bad publicity. Plus, it seems the media is being particularly harsh to Zayn more than the others. I really think you're taking the "glass half empty" approach. #TwoDirections is nbd for any of the involved entities. I think you're misunderstanding me. All I'm saying is that the guys may feel that Zayn is being selfish in leaving in the middle of a tour/album era and it's making them look bad not only to the press but to the general population. It has literally nothing to do with money. And truthfully, I feel they have a right to be upset about Zayn leaving just as much, if not more, than any of their fans do. I mean, wouldn't you be upset if you and the guy in the cubicle next to you were working on a major presentation or something and then he just quit in the middle of the project? That would be like a teacher quitting in the middle of the school year. Or a lawyer just quitting in the middle of a case. Anyway, the more I think about the future of 1D the more I think I'm here for this: -Finish up the OTRA tour with maybe 1 more promo single from FOUR (WDBHG would be ideal) -Release a GH album with 3-4 new half-assed songs with just the 4 of them in November in lieu of a new album. -Take 2016 OFF (no writing, no recording, nothing. I'm talking like Kelly Clarkson/Lady Gaga/P!nk levels of quiet.) -Come back in 2017 feeling fresh and restored after a full year off with a new album to be released around September/October 2017 and a smaller scale tour in 2018. Realistically, I think 1D's "glory days" are over and I'm hoping they can transition into a more B list-level career. That would be one scenario but the more I think about it the more I think I'd be here for them all to go solo if they wanted (after this year anyway). I would want all of them to see moderate levels of success though and I'm not sure that would happen.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2015 18:42:28 GMT -5
LMAO @ the name of this thread! You're welcome.
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Post by Revelry on Mar 26, 2015 21:15:20 GMT -5
LMAO @ the name of this thread! You're welcome. No, you're welcome. See my post earlier on this page.
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Post by McCreerian on Mar 28, 2015 18:58:27 GMT -5
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Post by ¤ Matthea ¤ on Mar 28, 2015 19:17:46 GMT -5
TBH, I don't fear for any of them post One Direction. It looks like all of them have some sort of a plan for the life after 1D. For example, Louis isn't strong enough of a singer to even think about going solo, but apparently he wants to become the next Simon Cowell or something like that. I remember seeing him being at X Factor's dress rehearsals last fall with Simon and Brian Friedman and he already has his own production company set up. Anyway, according to Daily Star the remaining 4 will be recording their 5th album in the next two months: www.dailystar.co.uk/showbiz/goss/433091/New-Direction-1D-get-a-fresh-perspective-after-loss-of-Zayn-Malik
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Post by McCreerian on Mar 28, 2015 19:25:31 GMT -5
Technically this won't be their last album since they have 2 more left to deliver, as per the Billboard article that was posted yesterday.
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Post by allow that on Mar 28, 2015 19:33:02 GMT -5
The source added: “Ed Sheeran will contribute material to the new album again, as will more adult rockers The Cribs, All Time Low, Fall Out Boy and The Madden Brothers.”"Adult" rockers? Sounds more like a Hot Topic goth 13 year old's 2005 dream. Zayn was right to jump from this sinking ship even more than I thought.
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Post by McCreerian on Mar 28, 2015 19:42:41 GMT -5
I also read that Nickleback was working with them. time.com/3690419/one-direction-nickelback/ I like the list of those bands they are working with! I think the next album will be just as good, if not better, than the other 4! But yeah none of these bands fit in with Zayn.
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Post by ¤ Matthea ¤ on Mar 28, 2015 19:46:57 GMT -5
Yeah well, Zayn always stuck out from the band as musically different from the others, but he had to conform to the majority in the band.
I don't know how many albums they have left. One for sure.
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Post by McCreerian on Mar 28, 2015 19:52:59 GMT -5
Zayn Malik's Solo Plans, One Direction's Future Course: Inside the Band's Sony Contract ARTICLESBUSINESSPOP-SHOPNEWS By Andrew Hampp, New York | March 27, 2015 12:33 PM EDT
Three days into a four-person tour, two hours after playing to a stadium of 43,000 fans in Jakarta and just eight minutes past midnight, One Direction made an announcement that would send millions of teenagers into hysterics. Zayn Malik was leaving the band "to be a normal 22-year-old who is able to relax and have some private time out of the spotlight," as the singer said in an official statement on March 25. Malik's departure didn't come as a complete surprise (he had announced a brief hiatus from the band's current tour on March 19 due to "stress"), nor is it unprecedented (the Spice Girls and Backstreet Boys both had members exit at the height of their popularity). But it's a troubling sign that even 1D's record-breaking four-year run may soon come to an end after its current stadium tour (it wraps in the United Kingdom on Oct. 31) and upcoming fifth album (expected in the fourth quarter through Syco/Columbia). It also brings into question Malik's contractual status as one-fifth of the X Factor U.K.-born prefab group. Richard Griffiths, One Direction's manager at London-based Modest Management, confirms to Billboard that "nothing changes on the tour," which will spend two months and 25 dates in North America starting July 9. That's good news for promoters Live Nation and Creative Artists Agency, as 1D finished 2014 as the top touring act in the world with total gross ticket sales of more than $290 million and attendance of 3,439,560 from 69 shows reported to Billboard Boxscore. Reps for the band and labels Columbia and Syco declined further comment. But while ticket sales remain sturdy, the group's chart momentum has slowed since the release of Four last November. Although the set debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 (making 1D the only group in the chart's 59-year history to have its first four albums bow in the top slot), it has yet to generate a top 10 hit, with lead single "Steal My Girl" peaking at No. 13 and second single, "Night Changes," petering out at 31 (a label rep says no further single releases are planned at this time). In total, the group has sold 6.5 million albums in the United States, according to Nielsen Music; 2012 debut Up All Night is its biggest at 2 million. Still, that's a covetable track record -- and Billboard's forthcoming 2014 Money Makers list, an annual compilation of the top earners in U.S. recorded music and touring, will report One Direction at No. 1 for the first time, with a total take of $42 million. That's why Malik's label management team has already positioned him for a future as a solo act: Malik is signed to Syco as a group member and individually. A "leaving member clause" in the band's deal allows the act to continue as a foursome, and it also offers the label the option to pick up Malik's contract as a solo artist. By Malik's own admission to U.K. newspaper The Sun, a solo career looks to be in the cards and the singer is currently working with British producer Naughty Boy in a London studio. The remaining 1D four-piece still owes two more albums to Sony as part of a three-album renewal inked in 2013. Beyond that, "the theory is, because there are fewer members in the group, the label should pay less [of an advance for future work] because they're likely to be less viable," explains attorney Doug Davis, principal at The Davis Firm, whose clients include Lil Jon and Swizz Beatz. "But if Zayn is properly represented, he will negotiate a more substantial solo deal than the percentage he's entitled to as part of a group." Malik had been withdrawn from the band for months, suffering from what one source calls "terrible anxiety" (for which he allegedly took medication) and dropping out of a key promotional appearance for Four on NBC's Today in Orlando, Fla., in fall 2014. "There have been rumors of substance abuse," hinted Today host Matt Lauer of Malik's illness excuse. Indeed, another source contends, "Zayn wasn't sick when he missed Orlando ... he's had one foot out the door since then." Offers a third, well-placed insider: "He just didn't want to do it anymore." But for every short-lived post-boy band solo project (Jordan Knight, Nick Carter, Joe Jonas), there's plenty of success stories (Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake) to bode well for Malik's next path. Johnny Wright, who currently manages Timberlake and has worked with Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, The Jonas Brothers and New Kids On The Block at various stages in their respective careers, says, "My advice to him would be always leave an open door with the band, so that there's a time in the future for him to develop and find himself but always leave that door open so that he can come back." Jayne Collins, the creator and first manager of prefab British group The Wanted, adds, "I don't think Zayn is going to hide under a rock -- I think he'll do his own solo thing. I would imagine he just wants to be in control of his own destiny." Contributing: Shirley Halperin, Jem Aswad, Richard Smirke An edited version of the story originally appeared in the April 4th issue of Billboard.
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Post by think pink. on Mar 28, 2015 21:56:23 GMT -5
Nickelback must have been the final straw for Zayn lbr.
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Post by musicfan134 on Mar 29, 2015 17:50:33 GMT -5
The more I think about this whole situation...the more I think everything is going to work out for both solo Zayn and 1D.
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Post by McCreerian on Mar 29, 2015 17:52:13 GMT -5
You know, one thing hasn't seemed right about all this. I get Zayn was unhappy for awhile and it was evident looking back at it. But this current leg of the tour had 4 shows left til a 2 month break (7 if you count the Asian ones he missed). And the final one of those was Dubai which Zayn did say was the one he was looking forward to most. In fact I'm sure 90% of those people in Dubai are going just for Zayn. What could have happened so bad that he couldn't stick it out 4 more shows and go out with a bang in Dubai, then just not come back after 2 months? That would have made it easier on so many people inside their tour. I feel there is something big that we don't know and we may never know that happened to make it all end so sudden? Why not just wait out those last 2 weeks? It was more than just a cheating rumor to push him over. Heck another girl today just claimed he was with her too in Thailand. So this is nothing new. It happens to stars on his level all the time. Remember Bieber's fan groupie claiming he got her pregnant and he was so mad he wrote a song about it and did a DNA test? No, something just smells wrong. It has to be more than just stress to bail out with only 2 weeks left. That's like dropping out of high school the week before graduating with a 4.0 GPA! I hope the real truth comes out.
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Post by Hefty Hanna on Mar 29, 2015 17:54:16 GMT -5
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Post by ¤ Matthea ¤ on Mar 29, 2015 18:22:37 GMT -5
You know, one thing hasn't seemed right about all this. I get Zayn was unhappy for awhile and it was evident looking back at it. But this current leg of the tour had 4 shows left til a 2 month break. And the final one of those was Dubai which Zayn did say was the one he was looking forward to most. In fact I'm sure 90% of those people in Dubai are going just for Zayn. What could have happened so bad that he couldn't stick it out 4 more shows and go out with a bang in Dubai, then just not come back after 2 months? That would have made it easier on so many people inside their tour. I feel there is something big that we don't know and we may never know that happened to make it all end so sudden? Why not just wait out those last 2 weeks? It was more than just a cheating rumor to push him over. Heck another girl today just claimed he was with her too in Thailand. So this is nothing new. It happens to stars on his level all the time. Remember Bieber's fan groupie claiming he got her pregnant and he was so mad he wrote a song about it and did a DNA test? No, something just smells wrong. It has to be more than just stress to bail out with only 2 weeks left. That's like dropping out of high school the week before graduating with a 4.0 GPA! I hope the real truth comes out. I've been wondering about that too. Regarding the cheating thing, I've concluded the whole Zerrie thing is a fake relationship and there won't be any wedding, ever. I think both 1D and LM have the same management and they figured it would be great to have a power couple ... Or it started out as real and then they broke up but stayed together as a fake couple. So Zayn is hooking up with other women and Perrie isn't really upset since they are not really together ... except the thing is hurting her dignity because it looks like he is cheating on her. I'm also surprised he couldn't stick around until Dubai. That would be the professional thing to do. His bandmates wouldn't have to scramble to take over his vocal parts. But, if he left during the break, the fans would be even more upset and lost and they would fear for the band. Now they can at least see the other 4 still touring and perhaps it's easier to deal? But yeah, many fans on Twitter are not happy that he couldn't wait until Dubai and left during the tour citing stress and exhaustion. Then, as soon as he officially left the band, he started going to Naughty Boy's recording studio every day. Directioners might love all the boys, but they are not stupid.
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Post by musicfan134 on Mar 29, 2015 19:26:27 GMT -5
You know, one thing hasn't seemed right about all this. I get Zayn was unhappy for awhile and it was evident looking back at it. But this current leg of the tour had 4 shows left til a 2 month break. And the final one of those was Dubai which Zayn did say was the one he was looking forward to most. In fact I'm sure 90% of those people in Dubai are going just for Zayn. What could have happened so bad that he couldn't stick it out 4 more shows and go out with a bang in Dubai, then just not come back after 2 months? That would have made it easier on so many people inside their tour. I feel there is something big that we don't know and we may never know that happened to make it all end so sudden? Why not just wait out those last 2 weeks? It was more than just a cheating rumor to push him over. Heck another girl today just claimed he was with her too in Thailand. So this is nothing new. It happens to stars on his level all the time. Remember Bieber's fan groupie claiming he got her pregnant and he was so mad he wrote a song about it and did a DNA test? No, something just smells wrong. It has to be more than just stress to bail out with only 2 weeks left. That's like dropping out of high school the week before graduating with a 4.0 GPA! I hope the real truth comes out. I've been wondering about that too. Regarding the cheating thing, I've concluded the whole Zerrie thing is a fake relationship and there won't be any wedding, ever. I think both 1D and LM have the same management and they figured it would be great to have a power couple ... Or it started out as real and then they broke up but stayed together as a fake couple. So Zayn is hooking up with other women and Perrie isn't really upset since they are not really together ... except the thing is hurting her dignity because it looks like he is cheating on her. I'm also surprised he couldn't stick around until Dubai. That would be the professional thing to do. His bandmates wouldn't have to scramble to take over his vocal parts. But, if he left during the break, the fans would be even more upset and lost and they would fear for the band. Now they can at least see the other 4 still touring and perhaps it's easier to deal? But yeah, many fans on Twitter are not happy that he couldn't wait until Dubai and left during the tour citing stress and exhaustion. Then, as soon as he officially left the band, he started going to Naughty Boy's recording studio every day. Directioners might love all the boys, but they are not stupid. I agree with everything you guys said. I'm starting to think (and this is just me speculating) that this whole "quitting 1D" thing is a big publicity stunt to launch Zayn's solo career while 1D are still big enough to generate headlines/get people talking about it. That's probably why he has started recording solo music already. I'm starting to think Zayn and Simon Cowell planned this thing a while ago and they decided it would "make the biggest splash" for them to do it in the middle of the tour rather than waiting for the break. I still wholeheartedly think that was totally unfair to do that to the fans waiting to see them on this tour, but it certainly gave them massive media attention that is really helping them now. That being said, I do think Zayn is quickly losing the support of most 1D fans around the globe so he may have to effectively rebuild a fan base. The fandom is pretty upset with him because they feel he lied to them so I'm not sure they'll stick around for his solo career.
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