One Direction‘s Twitter account came back to life on Monday (July 23) with instantly trending tweets of popular 1D lyrics to celebrate the boy band’s eight-year anniversary.
Early this morning, the Twitter page began to hourly lyric posts from popular songs including, “That’s What Make You Beautiful,” “Best Song Ever,” and “History,” and encouraged fans to listen to the One Direction official playlist and tweet about their favorite tracks.
A whole lotta history… this Monday is an important anniversary for the guys, it’s been #8YearsofOneDirection
To celebrate, it’s time to relive all the hits this weekend by streaming the official playlist and tweeting which tracks you are listening to https://t.co/H09htTye18 pic.twitter.com/Pus8wudY7T
— One Direction (@onedirection) July 20, 2018
Of course some fans speculated that maybe this was a sign that the band would be getting back together, while others, including band members Niall Horan, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson, shared in the celebration and love by posting their own heartfelt messages to Twitter.
Check out some of the sweet tweets below.
#8YearsfOneDirection Wow! 8 years of amazing memories with the lads . Thank you so much for standing by us for all this time.
— Niall Horan (@NiallOfficial) July 23, 2018
#8YearsOfOneDirection what an incredible 8 years it’s been with my brothers! Thank you to all the fans that are still supporting and following our journeys. Love LP ?
— Liam (@LiamPayne) July 23, 2018
#8YearsOfOneDirection Where has the time gone!? Thank you so much to every single person who’s ever supported us. Big love!
— Louis Tomlinson (@Louis_Tomlinson) July 23, 2018
And remember if it’s by one direction and it’s a banger I probably wrote on it — #8YearofOneDirection
— Louis Tomlinson (@Louis_Tomlinson) July 23, 2018
WHEN ONE DIRECTION ACCOUNT TWEET SOMETHING:#8YearsOfOneDirection pic.twitter.com/fPUZZ6XHkY
— 8 years ???? (@GVCCILOUIS) July 23, 2018
BEST SONG EVAHHHHHHHHHH pic.twitter.com/erC9kvaLgj
— Hail — (@hesforharry) July 23, 2018
What we do know is that whoever is running this acc, whether it’s the management or our boys, y’all having fun playing with our feelings#8YearsofOneDirection pic.twitter.com/n21oa3qUO7
— I MISS A BUNCH OF LIARS (1d) (@sadlilfran) July 23, 2018
WE MISS YOU GUYS SO MUCH —-#ComebackOneDirection#8YearsOfOneDirection#TeenChoice #ChoiceFandom #Directioners @onedirection #MTVHottest Liam Payne#MTVHottest Niall Horan #MYX1DToInfinity
— abby | 8 years (@dopeedirection) July 23, 2018
8 years! I just have to thank you for having had a wonderful time of my life with you! You are part of my life and my heart! Thank you for being with us. I’m so proud of everyone! Thank you for existing. I love you today, tomorrow and forever. Promise.
♥ #8YearsOfOneDirection— WELCOME NIALL ♥ (@TamiresFLYZEI) July 23, 2018