Simon: Niall is the most loyal one, teases solo career.
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“I think they’re all gonna do great,” he told PEOPLE Tuesday night about Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson on the red carpet at anAmerica’s Got Talent taping. “I worked with these guys for six years, so I always hoped they would all stay within what I call the Sony family, but I think only one won’t.”
Noting that Payne recently signed a solo deal with Universal Music (One Direction is signed with Cowell’s Syco Music, which is owned by Sony), Cowell added that Horan may also soon ink a solo deal. “Niall is the most loyal,” he said. “We are expecting to announce something soon with him. I’ve always known he’s loyal.”
While Cowell also “always knew” the boys would try creating successful careers outside of One Direction, he had hoped “that everyone would do it with us, but one flew out of the nest.”
After the singers announced they would be taking a hiatus last year, Cowell acknowledged the singers had “100 percent” been overworked since being discovered on The X Factor in 2010. “Even though they were young, that was a grueling schedule, and after a while I could see they were exhausted,” he said at the time. “Having a year off is going to be a healthy thing.”
He's loyal because he'll flop if he goes solo. And as the other member said, not one label would sign him up. They only care about Harry, Zayn, and, quite possibly, Liam.
Bitch he's loyal because he knows nobody else wants him. You don't bite the only hand that will feed you.
The only ones in the group that people want solo music from is Harry, Liam and Zayn (next era when he gets counseling for his stage fright). The other two were just placeholders and a nice ass (louis)
