On the flip side, as a woman, I hate assessing drama to the girl group - especially when there was certainly still an element of sadness over her exit. Pop Groups Without a Founding Member: Does It Ever Work? Cabello was quick to defend herself, claiming that this was “simply not true” and that she had communicated her feelings to the other girls and “did not intend to end things with Fifth Harmony this way.” Hours later, another statement was posted on Fifth Harmony’s Facebook, setting the record straight that while Cabello’s solo desires were made clear, she never gave them the final chance they wanted as a group. At the end of the post, 5H ultimately declared they were done engaging in the back-and-forth dispute with their former bandmate. The initial announcement read that Cabello had broken the news to her (soon to be former) bandmates via her representatives. In a bit of a “they said, she said” battle over social media posts, the remaining 5H girls and Cabello left Harmonizers with a lot to process. This was clearly not a surprise to the rest of the group, as the post featured cordial comments from everyone involved: Zayn, the four other lads and even 1D mastermind Simon Cowell. Despite some hostility from both Zayn and his former band members in subsequent interviews, there seemed to be an overall sense of letting the free bird fly - at least when it came to what was seen and said in the public eye.Ĭabello and Fifth Harmony, on the other hand, didn’t have things go over so easily. In Malik’s case, the One Direction guys broke the news on their official Facebook page, announcing that Zayn had decided to leave One Direction. Those metaphorical bombs had as big of an impact on the fans as they did on the groups, and not just from a future-of-the-group standpoint. No matter if there was any notion of an exit for either Malik or Cabello, though, neither fan base could’ve been fully prepared when it came time for the bomb to drop in either situation. But with Fifth Harmony insisting that they were closer than ever and they wouldn’t be disbanding anytime soon, it was easy to think that the song was simply a side project. When it came to Cabello, there were also signs, including her team-up with Shawn Mendes on “I Know What You Did Last Summer” in November 2015, which hinted that there was a solo career looming. And after Malik skipped out on the group’s big Today show gig in support of Four, those who weren’t previously catching on to the signs certainly had more of an inkling - at the very least - that Malik wasn’t doing so well. ![]() ![]() He also seemed to begin steering away from the modelesque pretty boy facade and taking on a scruffy, long-haired look - which didn’t look entirely out of place, thanks to Harry Styles’ own man bun. At least personally, I noticed that Malik became increasingly less enthusiastic and engaged during performances. As much as Directioners refused to believe it, Malik was hinting at a departure for months before he pulled the trigger.
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