Harry Styles distances self more from One Direction, works on solo album for release next month

One Direction, Harry Styles — Singer with the band One Direction Harry Styles attends the British Fashion Awards in London December 2, 2013. Reuters/Neil Hall

Harry Styles has always been one of the more popular favourites from One Direction, but his fan base will be tested in the next few weeks. Various reports are claiming that the 22-year-old is working on an album that will be released in February.

The musician has already finished up his scenes for the movie “Dunkirk,” which also stars Tom Hardy and Cillian Murphy, and has since been working on his music. “Instead of dropping something around ‘Dunkirk,’ Harry is working on dropping music and a full album right around the Grammys,” a source told Hollywood Life. “He thinks the surprise and shock of it all make a bigger splash, instead of announcing a release date.” The source then went on to confirm that Styles already has the songs to fit an album, but he and his team are still working on the final logistics.

This year’s Grammy Awards will be held on Feb. 12 at 8PM PST (Feb. 13 at 3PM ACT). The publication’s source did not specify if Harry’s album would hit stores before or after the Grammys. Nevertheless, his new music should be hitting the airwaves in a few short weeks.

This is great news for his fans, as Styles has relatively flown under the radar while working on “Dunkirk.” Meanwhile, other members of One Direction have been doing well as solo musicial acts. Zayn Malik, who left the group first, was awarded the American Music Awards for New Artist Of The Year in 2016. Niall Horan, on the other hand, has experienced success with his first solo single, “This Town.”

The other members of One Direction -- Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne -- seem to have been focusing on starting their respective families. Tomlinson’s baby boy made headlines over the holidays for taking his first steps. Meanwhile, Payne’s girlfriend, singer Cheryl Ann Fernandez-Versini, is pregnant with their first child.

“Dunkirk,” which will be Styles’ movie acting debut, is scheduled for release in the United States on July 21. However, Australian audiences can catch the same on July 20.

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