Liam Payne has revealed he and his fellow One Direction bandmates are currently in talks to celebrate their tenth anniversary.

The singer, 26, admitted on Thursday that the group were conversing together to prepare a special project to mark the milestone in July.

Speaking to The Sun, he explained: 'We've got a ten-year anniversary coming up so we've all been speaking together a lot over the last few weeks which has been really nice.

Exciting: Liam Payne revealed on Thursday that One Direction are planning to celebrate the group's ten year anniversary with special project

'To hear a lot of people's voices and seeing old content and different things that we haven't seen for a long time or never seen before, it's very interesting.'

While he clarified that he wasn't allowed to say much on the topic, Liam did stipulate that fans could expect 'a number of different things' from the group.

Sharing his delight at being in touch with his bandmates, Liam gushed: 'More than anything it's just been a real good time for us to connect together again.'

Liam and Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, Liam Payne and Zayn Malik shot to fame after appearing on the X Factor in 2010 when they were handpicked by Simon Cowell to be a part of the group.

Big milestone: While he clarified that he wasn't allowed to say much on the topic, Liam did stipulate that fans could expect 'a number of different things' from the group

Despite finishing 3rd in the competition the band went on to have global success winning nearly 200 awards and topping charts worldwide.

In the past, Zayn repeatedly said he isn't a fan of 1D's music and Liam has admitted being in the group could be 'toxic' and hinted he didn't get on with everyone.

But in January Louis admitted he 'loves' his One Direction band mates, and hit out at the idea of members 'chatting s***' about a group once they'd split for 'cool points.'

In an interview with Rolling Stone Magazine, the Kill My Mind singer said he was 'super proud' about his stint with the boy band and would never say anything bad about the group.

Sweet: Sharing his delight at being in touch with his bandmates, Liam gushed: 'More than anything it's just been a real good time for us to connect together again'

He explained: 'I absolutely f***ing love the band. I'm super proud about where I've come from. At the end of the day, I'm from Doncaster, and the band gave me such a nice opportunity.

'But also, there's a big history of that, people coming out of bands and chatting s***. I just think they just look so obvious. It's such a desperate attempt to try and get cool points.

'So I don't think it's authentic. I f***ing love the boys, and I love everything we've done together. And I still miss my time with them.'

Louis added that he felt the other One Direction members 'would be lying' if they claimed they didn't enjoy their time in the band.