--- title: Niall Horan on One Direction Reunion Billboard interview description: The former 1D singer and solo artist of "Slow Hands" seems certain that the band will get back together, ideally in "the next few years." canonical: https://time.com/4794745/niall-horan-one-direction-billboard/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-25T18:54:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:43:57.561Z og:title: Niall Horan Thinks a One Direction Reunion Is in the Cards og:description: He says he'd leave his solo career to return to the boy band og:url: https://time.com/4794745/niall-horan-one-direction-billboard/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt890957a8ef9fedc9/6988cef8a988cafe466bc679/niall-horan.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: 102.7 KIIS FM's 2017 Wango Tango og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Niall Horan Thinks a One Direction Reunion Is in the Cards twitter:description: He says he'd leave his solo career to return to the boy band twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt890957a8ef9fedc9/6988cef8a988cafe466bc679/niall-horan.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Niall Horan Definitely Thinks a One Direction Reunion Is in the Cards > Sponsored content. 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C Flanigan—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner May 25, 2017 6:54 PM UTC Rejoice, One Direction fans: former 1D crooner and [golf enthusiast](http://time.com/4398563/one-direction-niall-horan-todays-golfer-cover/) [Niall Horan](http://time.com/4513314/niall-horan-new-music/) has just made the most [certain proclamation yet](http://time.com/4583672/one-direction-reuniting-niall-horan/) that the blockbuster group will come together again. “I told my ­managers from the start: When One Direction comes knocking, f— what I’m doing,” [he told _Billboard_](http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/7808513/niall-horan-interview-cover-story-one-direction-2017) in a new cover profile. “I don’t give a s— if I sold out arenas or won Grammys. I wouldn’t be doing this if it wasn’t for that.” Horan is currently embarking on his own solo music career. But just because he’s taking time to craft his individual, classic-rock-tinged sound and image doesn’t mean he’s left the boy band days behind — although details around just when that reunion may happen remain foggy: “When it will be, I don’t know. I ­prefer not to do it after I’m 40\. I’d prefer the next few years,” he said, noting that the 1D boys keep in touch, although they haven’t explicitly discussed how long they will stay on their hiatus. This isn’t the first time Horan has been optimistic about the group’s future. [In November 2016,](http://time.com/4583672/one-direction-reuniting-niall-horan/) he also insisted that the break wouldn’t be permanent. In the meantime, each of the wildly popular musicians are keeping busy. Horan’s new acoustic rock jam “Slow Hands” is climbing the charts in advance of a full album release, while Harry Styles [dominates album sales](http://time.com/4775461/harry-styles-solo-album-review/) with his self-titled project and upcoming tour. Zayn Malik has been hinting at a [new second album](http://ew.com/music/2017/05/24/zayn-malik-second-album-preview/), and [Liam Payne](http://time.com/4786705/5-songs-you-need-to-listen-to-this-week-13/item/strip-that-down-liam-payne/) and [Louis Tomlinson](http://time.com/4604800/5-songs-you-need-to-listen-to-this-week-3/item/just-hold-on-steve-aoki-and-louis-tomlinson/) have both shared a single track, each of them following distinctive genre paths. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4794745/niall-horan-one-direction-billboard/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4794745/niall-horan-one-direction-billboard/"},"headline":"Niall Horan Definitely Thinks a One Direction Reunion Is in the Cards","datePublished":"2017-05-25T18:54:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:43:57.561Z","description":"The former 1D singer and solo artist of \"Slow Hands\" seems certain that the band will get back together, ideally in \"the next few years.\"","url":"https://time.com/4794745/niall-horan-one-direction-billboard/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Music","One Direction"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt890957a8ef9fedc9/6988cef8a988cafe466bc679/niall-horan.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt890957a8ef9fedc9/6988cef8a988cafe466bc679/niall-horan.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"102.7 KIIS FM's 2017 Wango Tango","caption":"102.7 KIIS FM's 2017 Wango Tango","creditText":"C Flanigan—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4794745/niall-horan-one-direction-billboard/","name":"Niall Horan Definitely Thinks a One Direction Reunion Is in the Cards"}}]}] ```