Simon Cowell says he was naive when he signed One Route and regrets not maintaining possession of the title.
Cowell shaped the band on The X-Issue UK in 2010, hand-picking 5 contestants who initially auditioned as solo acts and giving them a second probability as a pop group. The band members had been Harry Types, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, and Zayn Malik.
“The one factor I remorse is I ought to have saved the title,” Cowell stated on The Diary of a CEO podcast. “I ought to have owned the title.”
The America’s Received Expertise decide stated that the bandmembers personal the group’s title and finally resolve what will be finished with it.
“If one of many band members, for no matter cause, say they don’t need to tour, it could cease the others [from] touring. So, if it was me who owned the title, it wouldn’t be an issue,” Cowell stated. “I will be very naive at occasions, and that was me being very, very naive. So, subsequent time, that might be a part of the deal. I’ve to personal the title. They’ll nonetheless make many of the cash, however I have to personal the title.”
The previous American Idol decide stated that if he nonetheless owned the title, he “might have made an animation or no matter” and stated he would need to “purchase it again” from the fellows.
Cowell was requested if One Route would ever get again collectively, and the media mogul stated, “I doubt it.”
One Route turned a worldwide phenomenon following their formation on The X-Issue UK in 2010. The band didn’t win the expertise competitors and positioned third in Season 7.
Following the truth competitors, the group launched 5 studio albums. Malik exited the band in 2015, and the group went on an indefinite hiatus the next 12 months to pursue solo careers.
