The former member of One Direction continued, “So I decided to put it out there in the world today. I am going to start my own music management company to help develop new artists. Watch this space.”
Tomlinson pointed out that the management company’s announcement is “the first step in updating the idea, but at this stage that is all. An idea!” He also clarified in another tweet that his plans did not include forming a record label.
In July 2020, Tomlinson announced that he had split from Simon Cowell’s Syco. The artist signed a solo recording contract with the label in 2017.
“I hope everyone is doing well! I just wanted to let you know that Syco Music and I agreed to part ways,” Tomlinson tweeted at the time. I am very excited for the future and to be back in the studio writing the next album. I can’t wait to finally see you all on tour !! “
One Direction’s five studio albums were released by Syco / Columbia Records.
In early 2019, Tomlinson joined Arista Records in the Sony Music family, where he signed with Syco’s Epic in 2017. As part of the deal, the singer’s solo music was distributed by Syco / Arista in the United States.
Tomlinson has released four solo singles since One Direction announced his hiatus in 2015. His latest album, Walls, was released in 2020 and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, giving relaunched Arista Records its first top 10 on the chart in years.
See Tomlinson’s tweets about launching his own management company below.