Former Disney stars the Jonas Brothers have opened up about their decision to split.

Kevin, Joe and Nick Jonas announced [uuid=078d5b96-eb0b-4933-aa40-0003a2ca36ac]the group was breaking up earlier this week[/uuid] after previously [uuid=92720f17-0816-4b9d-9784-6ac659d1186d]cancelling their US tour[/uuid] just days before it was due to kick off.

The brothers sat down with Good Morning America today (October 30) with Nick admitting it was he who "initiated" the discussion about the group's future.

The 21-year-old explained: "We're family first, and that's always been our main priority, and so honesty within what we do as a group was really important.

"I came to the table with the guys just before we were prepping to leave for tour, and I shared my heart with them, my feelings."

Nick continued: "In a nutshell, I said, 'Look, I feel like we've had some complications within the group for a long time without addressing them. I think this train will fall off the tracks without really getting real about some of the concerns and some of the limitations that we may feel as individuals in the group'.

"It was a tough conversation … It was the first time we really had that real conversation. It was a few days of working through it."

Nick added that the boys "choose to be brothers first" and are better off pursuing their "own individual things".

Bandmate Kevin also revealed what will happen to the group's final unreleased album V.

[uuid=551005cb-4877-41a6-bde2-2db0ba98d0d0]The dad-to-be[/uuid] dished: "The album will actually not be completed, but we will be doing something for our fans.

"They have travelled with us and been with us for so many years that we did not want to just leave without giving them back something.

He continued: "So what we're going to do is, we're going to release four unreleased songs from the album. The rest of the album will be never released."

Kevin concluded: "I think it was time, and for us it took some time getting there, but we feel like it's time that the Jonas Brothers come to an end."