The Daily Mail — The former One Direction singer, 23, released Harry Styles on May 12, which has been bought, downloaded or streamed almost 57,000 times. Single Sign of the Times topped the charts in April. more info

PopSugar — Image Source: Getty / Ray Tamarra It's inevitable that whenever a new song comes out, people are going to speculate about what (or who) it might be about. It's especially inevitable when the artist is one with legions of dedicated fans and the song ... more info

MSN Music — Former One Direction star Liam Payne threw a little shade at his former band mate Harry Styles' new single, saying it's not something he would listen to. more info

Dlisted — All the One Direction guys are all off doing their own thing now. Zayn Malik was the first to jump ship and release an album. Eventually the rest started releasing music that will definitely show up on a BuzzFeed list in 2028 called “14 boy band... more info

New York Times — The One Direction member and the pop-blues poster boy have a few things in common. A panel discussion of their new albums, on Popcast. more info

Mjsbigblog — The final member of One Direction to go solo. One Direction’s Liam Payne released his debut solo single today. The track is titled ‘Strip That Down’ and features Quavo, member of American hip-hop trio Migos. You might be able to hear Ed Sheeran... more info

Mjsbigblog — Harry Styles, former member of One Direction, is set to dominate both the sales and combined charts this week to debut at number one. The Zac Brown Band (Country) will settle for second with pretty great numbers on their own. Also debuting this week ... more info

PopSugar — Harry Styles ended his week-long residency on The Late Late Show With James Corden on a high note on Thursday with his first solo Carpool Karaoke session without One Direction. Aside from singing his hit "Sign of the Times," which Harry admitted... more info

Stereogum — Every member of One Direction is now pursuing a solo career. Liam Payne wasn't a big fan of his former bandmate Harry Styles' album-length bid for rock stardom, and now he's making a bid for a different kind of stardom with his debut solo single "Str... more info

New York Times — The former One Direction standout has made an album designed to avoid comparisons to his past, his peers and to the rest of pop. more info