The video, which reads like a 'This Is Your Life' segment, seems like the perfect answer: It was fun while it lasted, but it's time to move on.

But what if the line was supposed to be the voice of all their fans, their loyal Directioners who are asking One Direction about their current status as a band. track many assumed this was a message to Malik, who left the group back in May 2015. When Styles sings, 'Keep getting the feeling you wanna leave this all behind/ Thought we were going strong, thought we were holding on/ Aren't we?' on this Made in the A.M. Could it be the sign that they were taking things full circle, that the X Factor stage would mark both their birth and their death? It's where they got their start and also the same place One Direction performed their final pre-hiatus concert. It's where the world first got a glimpse of the teenage boys that would bring back the boy band for a new generation. Way, way before Louis Tomlinson became a father. The video starts with footage of all the boys, even Zayn Malik, standing on the X Factor stage together, looking like kids with their hoodies and simple haircuts. But after watching One Direction's video for 'History,' you can't help but feel like Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson are saying their final goodbye with a look back before they move forward.

Still, many erred on the side of caution, hoping that the 1D break-up rumors were just rumors. Then more bad news came when it was revealed that the British boy band wasn't resigning their record contract, forcing some to deal with the fact that this could be a more permanent hiatus. After One Direction announced this past summer that they were going on an 'extended hiatus,' fans wondered if that was just another way of saying they were breaking up.

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