{"id":7702,"date":"2014-09-08T16:42:04","date_gmt":"2014-09-08T16:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/195.21.21.161\/epop\/?p=7702"},"modified":"2015-01-17T22:45:45","modified_gmt":"2015-01-17T22:45:45","slug":"is-album-four-the-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2014\/09\/is-album-four-the-final\/","title":{"rendered":"One Direction:  Is Album Four the Final?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/One-Direction.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7512\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2014\/02\/one-direction-cafes\/one-direction\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/One-Direction.jpg?fit=2197%2C1463&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2197,1463\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"One-Direction\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/One-Direction.jpg?fit=640%2C426&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7512\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/One-Direction.jpg?resize=640%2C426&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"One-Direction\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hot on the heels of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/kristinharris\/simon-cowell-thinks-one-direction-will-split-up-after-two-mo#1hylwgb\" target=\"_blank\">Simon Cowell&#8217;s proclamation<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/radio.com\/2014\/08\/18\/simon-cowell-one-direction-two-albums-breakup\/\" target=\"_blank\">the other week<\/a> that One Direction were <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/entertainment\/simon-cowell-expects-one-direction-to-break-up-pursue-solo-careers-1.1963636\" target=\"_blank\">about to split<\/a> (and his subsequent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/simon-cowell-attempts-clear-up-4097887\" target=\"_blank\">backpedalling<\/a> to dispell the rumours&#8230;which he started), comes the announcement that the X Factor group are about to release their fourth album this November.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Imaginatively titled, &#8220;Four&#8221;, it comes with a bonus free track &#8211; &#8220;Fireproof&#8221;, which can be downloaded from the boys&#8217; official <a href=\"http:\/\/www.onedirectionmusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Given recent talk about <a href=\"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/2014\/07\/16\/one-direction-or-every-direction\/\" target=\"_blank\">setting up separate companies<\/a> to control their earnings, and with Harry allegedly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.ie\/entertainment\/music\/music-news\/split-fears-for-one-direction-as-kodaline-write-song-for-harry-styles-solo-album-30397372.html\" target=\"_blank\">pursuing projects<\/a> away from the group, it remains to be seen if Simon was merely whispering to the wind.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E40pKmuqYkU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hot on the heels of Simon Cowell&#8217;s proclamation the other week that One Direction were about to split (and his subsequent backpedalling to dispell&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[321,322,84,85,86,88,89,145,91],"class_list":["post-7702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-fireproof","tag-four","tag-harry-styles","tag-liam-payne","tag-louis-tomlinson","tag-niall-horan","tag-one-direction","tag-xfactor","tag-zayn-malik"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-20e","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13194,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/08\/are-one-direction-taking-a-one-year-break\/","url_meta":{"origin":7702,"position":0},"title":"Are One Direction Taking a One Year Break?","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"23\/08\/2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Lots of talk has sparked about a 1D break, seemingly coming from nowhere specific as none of the boys have confirmed the news but it's very likely to be true given how hard they work.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Music","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/billboard.jpg?fit=650%2C430&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/billboard.jpg?fit=650%2C430&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/billboard.jpg?fit=650%2C430&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7675,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2014\/08\/one-direction-a-new-direction-out-of-the-limelight\/","url_meta":{"origin":7702,"position":1},"title":"One Direction: A New Direction?","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"27\/08\/2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Rumour has it that One Direction are in trouble. 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