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Zayn Malik concert honors One Direction bandmate Liam Payne<\/p>\n

Zayn Malik’s concert paid tribute to his former One Direction bandmate Liam Payne, who died after falling from a hotel balcony.<\/p>\n

What’s going on with One Direction<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Nearly a decade after the four members went their separate ways to pursue solo careers, Directioners are sensing a change in the air and are atwitter over a possible reunion<\/a> among the beloved group’s remaining members (Liam Payne died at age 31<\/a> in October 2024).<\/p>\n

But who, exactly, is counted as a member of “The X-Factor” boyband? Zayn Malik <\/a>was the first to depart the group<\/a> in March 2015, leaving Payne, Louis Tomlinson<\/a>, Niall Horan and Harry Styles<\/a> to finish the remainder of what would be their final world tour as a quartet, as well as release one last album together.<\/p>\n

But the four living members have made small moves to bridge the gap over the past year. They were all in attendance for Payne’s funeral<\/a> outside of London last year, and in October, Tomlinson and Malik announced they’re reuniting for a three-part Netflix travel series<\/a>, which has yet to set a release date.<\/p>\n

And now, a minor administrative update on a U.K. government website has hopeful fans flooding social media<\/a> with speculation that they might once again see the estranged band members reunite.<\/p>\n

‘We’re so back’: One Direction fans speculate over public company information change<\/p>\n

Fans noticed on Nov. 12 that Companies House, an agency within the U.K.’s Department for Business and Trade that maintains a registry of companies<\/a>, showed a new filing for PPM Music Limited.<\/p>\n

PPM is the 1D members’ London-based private limited company<\/a> that was incorporated on Dec. 12, 2011 \u2013 exactly a year after the five-piece group of previously eliminated contestants, cobbled together by Nicole Scherzinger<\/a>, placed in third on “The X-Factor” Season 7 finale.<\/p>\n

On Nov. 12, the Companies House website reflected a new Nov. 3 filing for a “change of details for Mr Zain Malik as a person with significant control.” According to the publicly available filing, it appears the company updated its records to reflect that Malik now resides in the U.S.<\/p>\n

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Malik, 32, has been living a quiet life on a Pennsylvania farm<\/a> in recent years as he coparents his 5-year-old daughter Khai with ex Gigi Hadid. After a decade away from the stage, he’s returned to live performances<\/a> and will have a seven-show Las Vegas residency<\/a> in January 2026.<\/p>\n

The company has four “active persons with significant control,” defined as members that hold “significant influence or control”: Tomlinson, Malik, Horan and Styles. Payne’s status as a stakeholder “ceased” on Oct. 16, 2024, the day of his death.<\/p>\n

There are two officers who hold director roles: Lawrence Engel, a partner at the London-based Lee & Thompson law firm, and Alan McEvoy, founder of Live Wire Business Management, a firm that provides accounting and other management services.<\/p>\n

Malik’s appointment as director was terminated on May 21, 2016, while the other members were removed as directors on Dec. 31, 2022.<\/p>\n

USA TODAY has reached out to representatives for Malik, Engel and McEvoy to comment.<\/p>\n

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One Direction has teased reunions before<\/p>\n

However, Directioners are also used to experiencing false alarms, including around the time of the group’s 10-year anniversary<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Payne told The Sun in an April 2020 interview<\/a>,\u00a0“There’s a number of different things that we are all working on to try and make (a reunion) happen.”<\/p>\n

Days later, in a virtual appearance<\/a>\u00a0on “The Late Late Show,” Payne confirmed the 1D members were communicating with each other.<\/p>\n

“I’m not allowed to say too much, obviously, since I’d be giving it away,” the “Strip That Down” singer told host James Corden. “We’ve been speaking a lot more at the moment. I think we’re all feeling that that 10-year (mark) is a very special moment.”<\/p>\n

At the time, Payne ruled out any participation from Malik.<\/p>\n

He told German magazine Bravo<\/a>, “I haven’t really spoken (to) or seen anything of Zayn for a while. But I think he’d prefer it that way.”<\/p>\n