If ever there was a time for some massively huge (and happy) music news, it’s right now—and we may just be getting it by way of a One Direction reunion.

At least, that’s what fans think based on some recent internet and social media activity surrounding Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, and Liam Payne. While the evidence is fairly circumstantial at the moment and no member of the group has commented directly about an upcoming reunion, fans certainly have a case.

For the uninitiated, One Direction officially formed as part of the U.K.’s X Factor on July 23, 2010, so they have a big 10-year anniversary coming up. One Direction started disassembling when Malik split from the rest of the boy band in March 2015. The remaining four continued without him and went on to release more new music, though they eventually went on a hiatus in January 2016 that then extended to a full-on ending of the group as we knew it…perhaps until now.

One Directioners have never given up hope of a reunion. and now they have more evidence than ever before. “There’s still a long way to go and a lot of hurdles. Obviously, at the moment anything they do would have to be done virtually,” Page Six reported. “But there’s a lot of goodwill between them now and they want to make something happen.”

So let’s break down what exactly is going on:

New online activity

In early April, eagle-eyed fans noticed the official One Direction account, along with Styles, Payne, Horan, and Tomlinson, all started following Malik again. Sure, it’s a simple action—but in the modern world, following and unfollowing is a form of public currency.

E! also reports the One Direction website has been reactivated for the first time since the 2016 hiatus.

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