Louis Tomlinson predicted only "two people" from One Direction would go on to find success as solo artists

Louis told Billboard: "There might be one or two people from a band that prosper, but history says there's not normally more than two.

"I always knew Harry was going to go on to do what he's done - I'm sure he's superseded his own expectations in the way that he's taken over the world, but we knew he's got everything it takes to be a great artist.

"And Niall, I had a good feeling about too - he's Irish, he's lovely, everyone loves him."

Louis went on to add of the band's end: "That was really f****** scary. I was never thinking: 'I'll be in that group [of One Direction stars] that succeeds'."

However, Louis has found success after One Direction and is due to release his third album How Did I Get Here? later this month. He's also due to headline fabled New York City venue Madison Square Garden in July - a feat Louis never thought he would be able to achieve as a solo artist after previously playing a gig there with the band in 2012.

He told the publication: "Never in a million f******* years did I think I'd be playing that on my own."

It comes after Louis revealed never "enjoyed" performing One Direction's debut single What Makes You Beautiful even though it was a huge hit around the world.

Speaking on Capital FM, Louis was asked which song he hated performing and he replied: "Maybe some people wouldn't answer this, but I'm not sure there was a single time I performed One Direction's What Makes You Beautiful and enjoyed it. That always felt like a bit of a challenge."

Louis also revealed one of his favourite 1D songs was never released.

He said: "I think we wrote it for the last One Direction record album or the one before ... I think it got leaked, actually- it was a song called Where We Are.

"I always really, really loved that song. I was fighting for that song to make the record. It never did."