One Direction has been a man down for more than a month. Like the rest of us, they still don’t appear to have recovered from the shock. One Direction has been a man down for more than a month. Like the rest of us, they still don’t appear to have recovered from the shock. The now-foursome looked tired as they chatted briefly to their host James Corden via telelink and later in the studio. The lads then joined Corden on the couch for a question-and-answer session which covered Zayn’s departure, the future of the band and their new album. When asked if they’d been in touch with Zayn, Louis Tomlinson quipped “There’s been a bit of back and forth. We’re on good terms with him.”