One Direction Harry Styles Solo Album, Ed Sheeran Teases Release Date & More!

Who better to ask about Harry Styles' upcoming first solo album than his best friend Ed Sheeran? During a live chat with his fans, Ed Sheeran opened up about all that he knows about Styles' much-anticipated album!

Styles had announced a way back that he is going to release his solo album soon enough, but has refrained from sharing any teasers about the same. Naturally, One Direction fans are going insane, trying to wriggle out even the tiniest detail about Styles' album.

One such fan tuned into the Instagram Live, where Sheeran was answering fan questions and asked "do you know when Harry's new music is coming out?". Sheeran was caught off-guard with the question. For a moment Sheeran's eyes widened with surprise. and shot to the left. "Maybe," he answered back, Cosmopolitan reports.

Sheeran further added that he had actually heard Styles' music from his new album and it was "great". Even though this wasn't really any concrete information, One Direction fans went nuts on social media after Sheeran's Live chat, tweeting and retweeting what they recently discovered. Getting approval from Sheeran has got them more excited than ever about the new album.

According to Capital Fm, Styles and his One Direction band mate, Liam Payne, are the only two without solo records to their name. All the others have already released theirs with resounding success. But that does not mean that these two are any less busy in their lives.

Payne is expecting a little bundle of joy with his girlfriend, Cheryl. After keeping it a secret for a long time, Cheryl has finally opened up about her pregnancy and even posted pictures of her baby bump on social media. Styles, on the other hand, is devoting all his time to his debut film, "Dunkirk" that comes out in July 2017. The trailer for the film is already out and has been watched over 17M times. Will Styles ever consider opting out of One Direction and starting his solo career, like his former band mate, Zayn Malik?