One Direction fans have begrudgingly accepted the fact that the boy band is going to take a break, but that doesn't mean they're going to stop working.
Louis Tomlinson revealed during an interview with X Factor's YouTube channel that he's working closely with boss Simon Cowell on a new music label! No, stop freaking out. Tomlinson isn't out here trying to go solo and leave the band for good. He's actually working with Cowell to help put together a new girl group.
"I've got a little label in print so I'm trying to work with that at the moment. I'm lucky enough to be working with Simon. We've got a few different projects going on at the moment one of which is we're trying to put a girl band together," Tomlinson shared.
"'It's really exciting to be involved in the different side of it, the background."
Not only that, but Louis is also making his return to the hit reality competition show (which jump-started his rise to fame) as a guest judge.
"It's such an honor to come back and obviously we started here so to be asked to come back is an incredible honor," Tomlinson said. "I've always been such a massive X Factor fan, I've always watched it with the family for years, it'll be a proud moment for my mum."
Taking a year off seemed understandable for Tomlinson, who recently announced that he's expecting his first child with girlfriend Briana Jungwirth. "I said to him, 'You man up. You're fortunate because you're in a position to be able to look after the baby and not worry too much about that,'" Cowell told The Sun at the time of the announcement.
"But I also told him, 'I've received bad calls in my life but this is not one of them. This is your business but I'm here for you.'"