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Merge 104.8  |  14 April 2020


Liam Payne says that One Direction are working on a 10-year anniversary project. He didn’t specify if the plans include ZAYN, who quit the band in 2015, prompting the group’s split announcement later that year. Liam said there’s a number of different things that they are all working on to try and make happen and people are forwarding emails around.

 


Charlie Puth has revealed his new song is all about COVID-19 and isolation. It’s called “Quarantine Blues” and a brief clip of the track has been shared on his Instagram. The full song hasn’t been released yet but from the clip we’ve heard it’s super catchy.

 


A new book of really old photos that have been colourised is bringing the past back to life. The aim of the book is to collapse the divide between historical imagery and present-day viewers
. It features 124 photos, from the first known photographic self-portrait, a young and clean-shaven Abraham Lincoln and unseen images from the Walt Disney archive. The earliest photo in the book dates back to 1846.