- Harry Styles posted and then deleted a gym selfie of himself wearing a One Direction t-shirt.
- The shirt was part of the band's merchandise from their "Up All Night" tour in 2012.
Harry Styles posted — then quickly deleted — a gym selfie on Instagram that showed him sporting a One Direction t-shirt, much to the delight of his fans.
The gym selfie showed the "As It Was" singer wearing a shirt with the band members' faces on it. The Instagram story was taken down moments after it was posted, per the Independent.
This led fans to believe that it had been intended for Styles' close friends list on Instagram. But that did not stop followers from taking a screenshot of it and posting it on Twitter.
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"WAKING UP ??? TO HARRY STYLES ?? WEARING A ONE DIRECTION SHIRT ?? IN 2023 ???????," said one tweet.
The shirt featured photos of Styles, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, and Louis Tomlinson in multi-colored squares. It was part of the band's merchandise from their 2012 "Up All Night" tour.
"DID WE JUST GET A SELFIE OF HARRY MF STYLES WITH A ONE DIRECTION SHIRT," read one tweet from a fan, which has been viewed more than 70,000 times. "AM I DREAMING???"
Another fan tweeted: "Harry owns and wears old one direction merch in his daily life and takes mirror selfies to show his pals and i'm not okay at all."
One Direction was one of the most popular bands of the early 2010s. Fans were heartbroken when the band went on an indefinite hiatus in 2015, a year after Malik left the group.
This is not the first time Styles has shown that he still has a soft spot for his old band members. On the band's 10th anniversary in July 2020, he posted a picture of them hugging on stage.
"And finally to the boys, I love you so much, and I couldn't be prouder of everything we achieved together. Here's to ten," his caption on Instagram said.
Styles said in June that he would be open to having a One Direction reunion.
"I think we all went through something really special together, and there's a lot of love there. Yeah, I think if there's a moment for us to do it in the right way, I think it'd be great," Styles said on the "Spout Podcast."
Styles' representatives did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.