A never-before-seen photo of Harry Styles was released from The X- Factor days and fans have gone crazy over it.

A photographer released a picture of Styles, 19, that was taken when he was just 16 years old at the UK's The X-Factor in 2010. In the image, Styles is wearing just a t-shirt and interesting underwear while ironing- the One Direction star is sporting metallic gold thong!

View the photo of a 16-year-old Harry Styles wearing a gold thong here

One Direction became famous after they competed on UK's The X-Factor season 7 in 2010. The group, which consists of Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Styles, and Louis Tomlinson landed third and gained critical success not long after. The pop boy band that consists of members from London and Ireland signed as recording artists to The X-Factor creator Simon Cowell's record label, Syco Records, and have since sold millions of albums and a host of awards. They released the album Up All Night in 2011 and Take Me Home in 2012. They have sold over 14 singles and over 8 million albums.

Styles dated and broke up with country singer Taylor Swift after several months of dating in early January.

Styles shocked One Directioners (the group's fans) when he tweeted a Swift look-alike on her birthday on March 22. The British teen heartthrob tweeted Alice Cousins: "Hope you have a really lovely day... Have funnnn. xx"

Cousins tweeted the reply: "You've literally made my birthday day. Shaking like a leaf!"

Several of Styles 13 million followers on Twitter expressed jealousy and disappointment.

"When it was my birthday I tried so damn hard for you to tweet me...you little s**t." wrote one follower.

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Harry Styles, One Direction, The X Factor