One Direction has confirmed that they will soon be working on their fifth studio album, and several artists are already speaking up and mentioning collaborations with the British boy band, including Brazilian singer Camilla Uckers, Sugar Scape reported.
Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne and Niall Horan are in the midst of preparation for their "On the Road Again" world tour which will kick off next month. However, some are already thinking far ahead to the band's fifth album, such as which artists 1D will be working with.
One name that has popped up is Uckers, a Brazilian singer, who started tweeting about her supposed collaboration with the band, especially about a song "Quem Nasceu Piriga." Her tweets were mostly in Brazilian though, but many were quick to note her hashtag "#OneDirectionFeatCamillaUckers" and started wondering who the singer was.
It might just be an odd publicity stunt though, as some might note that Uckers seems to have retweeted numerous reports, mentions and tweets about herself and One Direction. She also wasn't shy about welcoming her new fans, tweeting, "Hiiii my new fans!!!! love u!!!"
Fans are crying foul about her riding the boys' coattails to fame. However, fans will have to wait until 1D or their record label comments on the news, or rather ignore it, if it really is just a publicity stunt.
Another singer who's mentioned collaborating with the boys is "All About That Bass" singer Meghan Trainor, according to Independent.
She confirmed through a radio interview with Radio 1 Breakfast Show that she and band member Styles recorded a love song together.
"It was unbelievable. He's a very, very talented songwriter. I was very impressed," she gushed to show host Nick Grimshaw.
Trainor already mentioned working with Styles during a previous interview with The Sun, even saying they wrote out the "cute acoustic love thing" using her ukelele.
She admitted she had doubts about Styles' skills at first, saying, "I was worried he'd be just a 20-year-old boy so I walked in with a prepared verse and chorus. He gave me very poetic, mature lyrics. I was like, 'Well, damn, Harry, you know what love is.'"
This isn't Styles' first songwriting effort though, having worked with and written for Kodaline and Good Charlotte.
Trainor said she isn't quite sure yet as to when the song will be released. However, it might have to wait until after One Direction's 2015 world tour wraps up.