One Direction may have hit pause on their music together, but band members Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik have continued to hit play when it comes to romance.
Malik’s relationship with fellow English singer Perrie Edwards was a fan-favorite as the couple started dating in 2011 and got engaged two years later. The pair later announced the end of their relationship in 2015. Since then, Malik dated Gigi Hadid on and off from 2015 to 2021. The pair welcomed daughter Khai in September 2020.
Styles, for his part, has dated Taylor Swift, Olivia Wilde and more A-listers both before and after going solo. Horan has also romanced a few stars since signing with 1D, including Hailee Steinfeld in 2018.
Tomlinson, meanwhile, shares son Freddie with ex Briana Jungwirth, while Payne shares son Bear with former flame Cheryl Cole. In October 2024, Us Weekly confirmed that Payne died at age 31.
Scroll down for a complete breakdown of which ladies the former One Direction bandmates have dated:
Harry Styles
The singer dated Caroline Flack from 2011 to 2012. He was spotted on a date with Swift in Central Park in December 2012, but the couple broke up one month later. Styles was linked to Kendall Jenner in 2013 and they have reunited over the years.
The Brit casually dated Tess Ward in 2017 before getting into a relationship with Camille Rowe from 2017 to 2019.
Beginning in January 2021, Styles began dating Wilde — and the pair kept to themselves in London as much as possible. “Harry and Olivia have been spending time in London,” a source told Us in April 2021. “She’s been staying at his place. They’re trying to be as low key as possible and go to places that aren’t too crowded.”
Us confirmed in November 2022 that the duo had split after nearly two years together. Us confirmed in August 2023 that Styles and actress Taylor Russell had been “dating for a few months” after first being linked in June of that year.
Niall Horan
Horan has managed to keep his romantic life relatively quiet since his time in the popular boyband.
The “Slow Hands” singer was rumored to be dating Selena Gomez in 2015. He was later linked to Steinfeld, whom he dated for several months in 2018.
“It doesn’t make a difference. If I am seeing someone, if they’re just a friend of mine, [people think] I’m going out with them,” he said on Hit90.9 Gold Coast’s Breakfast With Lise, Sarah, Dan & Ben in December 2019 about his love life. “That’s the most annoying part, isn’t it really? I can’t even be friends with a female.”
Horan confirmed his relationship with Amelia Woolley in September 2021 when they made their red carpet couple debut at his Horan & Rose Gala. The pair began dating one year prior.
Liam Payne
Payne dated dancer Danielle Peazer from 2010 until 2012. The following year he dated his childhood friend, Sophia Smith, for two years.
The “For You” singer started dating Cole in 2016, and they welcomed their son a year later. The twosome broke up in July 2018 but continue to coparent together. The singer was briefly linked to supermodel Naomi Campbell before his relationship with Henry started in 2018. The couple dated for two years before getting engaged and Payne confirmed their split in June 2021.
“I am indeed [single],” he said during an episode of the “The Diary of a CEO” podcast at the time.
In September 2021, Payne and Henry attended a London Fashion Week party together two months after giving their relationship another try.
Us confirmed in May 2022 that Payne and Henry ended their engagement after photos circulated of the band member getting cozy with Aliana Mawla.
He was later linked to Kate Cassidy before Us confirmed in May 2023 that the duo called it quits. The following month, the pair were spotted out and about together, which fueled speculation that they reconciled.
Payne died in October 2024 after falling from the third floor of the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires.
Louis Tomlinson
Tomlinson dated Calder from 2011 to 2015. They reconciled shortly in 2017.
The singer welcomed his son Freddie with Jungwirth in 2016. He later dated Danielle Campbell from 2015 to 2016.
Zayn Malik
Edwards and Malik’s romance began in April 2012, and he proposed to her the following year. The “Pillowtalk” singer called off their engagement in July 2015, four months after he left One Direction.
Us broke the news that Malik was dating Hadid in November 2015, and the couple continued to date on and off until October 2021 when multiple sources confirmed to Us that the pair called it quits after “having problems for a while.”
Hadid and Malik are the parents of daughter Khai born in September 2020. The Ocean’s 8 actor continues to be “very much involved” in his baby’s life,” one insider told Us. “He and Gigi still care deeply for each other.”