One Direction ‘to break up in March’: Twitter reacts

Devastated One Direction fans have taken to Twitter to lament the band's break-up.  The boyband - comprised of Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson, have reportedly decided to go their separate ways for at least 12 months, following the departure of Zayn Malik in March.

When you hear one direction are breaking up and your mouth gets stuck open speechless and a knife stabs you in the heart??

— iloveharry❤️ (@stylinson852) August 24, 2015

While there has been no official statement from the group, formed during the UK series of The X Factor in 2010, a source told The Sun newspaper: 'The guys have been together for five years, which is an incredible run for any boyband. They fully deserve to have at least a year to work on their own projects. There is absolutely no bad blood between them and they are all 100 per cent behind the decision.' According to The Sun, the boys are looking forward to pursuing solo projects and plan to take their hiatus in March and they are not expected to tour their fifth studio album, due out later this year. Emotions ran high on Twitter as fans reacted to the news: Desperation:

WTF IS HAPPENING WITH ONE DIRECTION SOME ONE PLEASE TELL ME. #OneDirection

— Amelia-Grace. (@Neverbestyles2) August 24, 2015

Disbelief...

Omg my dad just texted me saying: I heard the bad news about 1D are you ok? And I basicly told him not to believe the media #OneDirection — ↓ Drag Me Down ↓ (@Dutch1_Dlover) August 24, 2015

Anger...

March used to be my favourite month because my birthday is in march, but now its my least favourite month #OneDirection — harry styles. (@rauhlshoran) August 24, 2015

Acceptance...

The lads did enough for us, Directioners,they went through a lot of pressure.So I think they deserve to have some time off #OneDirection — Rifah Nanjiba (@NanjibaRifah) August 24, 2015

Devastation...

The thing is when it gets to march im gonna be so sad I literally won't be online bc of all the memories + uan pics everywhere #OneDirection — KING ZAYN (@ot5trash) August 24, 2015