It's 10 years ago today that five skinny-jean wearing boys were thrown together in a stroke of genius by X Factor boss Simon Cowell to perform Natalie Imbruglia's Torn at the judges' houses.
Few realised then that Zayn Malik, Harry Style, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan would go on to take over the world as One Direction, dominating the charts for five years before parting in one of pop's most brutal splits.
The drama went down in the middle of their On the Road Again world tour when Zayn, 27, was spotted crying on stage during their Hong Kong performance on March 18.
The next day he dramatically flew home from Thailand with 'stress', leaving the boys to finish the Asia leg alone. Struggling with anxiety and fame, Zayn's
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