Is anyone surprised though? He did zero promo (if we don't count pap photos of him leaving and entering appartment of his more famous girlfriend) - no radio interviews, no performances, no tv appearances. And obviously the fandom he kept since his 1D times started disappearing because he constantly talked trash his former band and bandmates. The promo single Good Years was bad choice too - how are you going to release a song how you hate performing in the front of your fans and expect they will continue to support you?