One Direction: We're all going to take a break but we're going to come back

One Direction say that they will be returning after their break next year.

The group have been talking to Greg James during their Radio 1 Live Lounge performance.

Liam Payne said it would be nice to have time to write songs without the pressure of touring and travelling around the world.

"Obviously we're all going to take a break for a bit first and then consider where we are in the world," Liam said.

Radio 1 tweeted a short snippet of Story of my Life.

"Then I just want to write songs. That's been the most fun process out of this, except for touring, the writing of the songs.

"We're going to come back, so there's something to write for as well, for us and for other people.

One Direction played six songs in Radio 1's Live Lounge including two covers

"We haven't really had time to write an album. Writing's not really a job, it's so much fun.

"We've always had to rush it, so it's going to be nice for the next two years - I'm going to write a few songs and see what happens."

One Direction announced that they'd be taking a break after the release of their fifth studio album, Made in the AM, which is released on Friday.

The group also covered FourFiveSeconds by Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney

The band has always insisted that they're not splitting up and want to focus on solo projects.

Louis Tomlinson says he's going to be working on his new record label.

"We'll probably team up and do a bit of writing together and then I've got the little imprint thing. I'll probably be trying to find some people to scout up (sign to his record label).

The band played Natalie Imbruglia's Torn for the first time since they performed it on The X Factor in 2010.

"I'm going to take over the world of music and Niall's becoming a golf pro."

They ended their On The Road world tour in Sheffield earlier this month.

Radio 1 tweeted a photo of the band after they'd finished their Live Lounge.

One Direction are scheduled to perform at the American Music Awards a week on Sunday in Los Angeles and at the BBC Music Awards on 10 December at Birmingham's Genting Arena.

1D finished third on 2010's X Factor behind Matt Cardle and Rebecca Ferguson.

For more stories like this one you can now download the BBC Newsbeat app straight to your device. For iPhone go here. For Android go here.