Will One Direction Reunite? Simon Cowell's 'Gut Feeling' Is Yes — Maybe Within 5 Years

Ever since One Direction went on an indefinite hiatus in 2016, fans online have been theorizing about once and if they'll ever get back with each other. Yet as each member started to find solo success, the odds of a reunion began to feel even slimmer. Still, the fandom hasn't lost all hope, and who better to comment on the likelihood of a 1D reunion than Simon Cowell, the man accountable for putting them with each other on The X Factor in 2010?


"My gut feeling is yes," Cowell mentioned any time asked about the possibility of a reunion on 96-107 FM's Heart Breakfast. "I mean, they're all doing fantastic solo-wise at the moment, although they had a lot of hits. You know, they could do tour right after tour soon after tour. Know, you can sell out a One Direction gig — a stadium tour — in about twenty seconds."


But Cowell didn't stop there. The America's Got Talent judge even gave us a timeline, guessing that the musical group would likely hit the road again with each other "within five years." Before you get also excited, though, you've got to know that Cowell's statement is "only a guess," and that nothing has been reported or officially determined opted for. Still, we'd be lying if we mentioned it wasn't exhilarating to think about.


Cowell isn't the only one to have uttered the words "reunion" and "One Direction" in the same sentence recently. In September, Liam Payne told Sirius XM Hits 1's "The Morning Mash Up" that he thinks the musical group is "ready to go any time Louis Tomlinson shared similar sentiments, explaining to Metro's Guilty Pleasures column that he "wasn't really ready for the musical group to go on a break." "As far as I am concerned, I am happy doing what I am doing," he mentioned. Nevertheless the day that [a reunion] does happen, and each person is willing to do it, I am ready."


Niall Horan doesn't seem instead of the idea of a One Direction reunion, either, telling Metro that he doesn't think "any of us would need major, major convincing." "We are all clearly enjoying what we are doing at the moment," he mentioned. "I think any time someone is ready they pick up the phone. Or I make that phone call ... I'll be willing to go and I'm sure each person else will too."


Last, yet definitely not least, Harry Styles is also not ruling out the possibility of putting an end to their hiatus once and for all. "I don't think I'd ever mention I'd never do it again, because I don't feel that way," the "Lights Up" crooner told Rolling Stone this past August. "If there's a time as soon as we all really aspire to do it, that's the only time for us to do it," he mentioned. "Because I don't think it should be about anything else other than the fact that we're all like, 'Hey, this was really fun. We should do this again.'"


Well, what do you mention? Should we put five years on the clock?