![]() And judging from his music, he’s poised to impress the dominant music geeks of the day, who care less about guitar-slingers than artful practitioners of beats and atmosphere, like Drake and The Weeknd. In other words, Malik looks every bit the hipster heartthrob. No amount of ink, hair dye or facial scruff - today, he’s what you might call inadvertently bearded - can obscure the glow of his innate gorgeousness. Tattoos pour from his snug black tee, which, like his tight blue jeans and matte black boots, bears no logos. You can hear the North of England in his speech, where “other boys” becomes “ uvah boyce.” His hair juts off of his head at a near-perfect 45 degrees, but since going solo he has shaved it once and changed the color five times (it’s gray today). And indeed, there’s little outwardly posh or precious about him. In 1D, Malik was known as the “Bradford Bad Boy” for his working-class hometown. “The other boys’ taste was generally indie rock. ![]() “I genuinely enjoyed and did whatever I could to be myself within that, but it’s just not where I sit as a musician,” he says. (A small library’s worth of soft- and hardcore fan fiction attests to that.) It’s a bond that Malik himself can’t break, although he gently distances himself from his former colleagues - and less gently, their music. To devotees of 1D - which by March had sold 6.5 million albums in the United States (according to Nielsen Music), amassed 224 million YouTube views and, on its 2014 tour, grossed $290 million (according to Billboard Boxscore) - the only thing more fascinating than the boys are their relationships to one another. The second? Malik calling the first 1D song without him “sick” (in a good way). The most retweeted message of 2015? Bandmate Harry Styles wishing him “love” when Malik announced his exit. ET - the singer pegged as the group’s quiet and mysterious one saw his every move dissected across countless platforms. From the moment he quit - Wednesday, Maat 6:30 a.m. If Malik’s goal in leaving One Direction was to escape the kind of superfame attainable only by boy bands with obsessed, social media-armed admirers, he has failed. He quickly grabs a tissue and self-consciously dabs his wrist. In fact, the beat of shadowy, au courant R&B track “She” drives so hard that Malik, grooving intensely, sloshes liquor onto his arm. The four others here at Los Angeles’ Record Plant are part of Malik’s team, and even they seem surprised at how little the slinky, propulsive music he plays has to do with anything recorded by One Direction, the band he abruptly left eight months ago, setting off a convulsion of online lament including accusations of treason and upsetting hashtags like # CuttingForZayn. the Monday after Thanksgiving, and the 22-year-old is indeed about to give up something, though not to his adoring public - they’ll have to wait for a solo album due early this spring on RCA. “Like, ‘Where the f- is your music? You’ve been at it for months. “My fans are giving me shit every day,” he says. #PillowTalkĪfter you watch #PillowTalk and youtube wants you to watch the #HistoryMusicVideo too? /7Ws23FqkWdīasically #PillowTalk Malik is standing in a dimly lit studio, spliff hanging from his lips and whiskey tumbler in hand. You can dislike Zayn's music but we all know you're lying. Yeah.īEAUTIFUL MASTERPIECE #PillowTalk /fHLgYYyyX0 I can totally see the “friends” thing going. ![]() When asked about being “in a relationship,” on Apple Music’s Beats 1 with host Zane Lowe, Zayn replied “Yeah,” and then added that “We’re good friends.” The anticipation for Zayn’s song was huge, and he even said that fans kept asking him for new music, but he has definitely taken his time.Īnd now Zayn has a new song and a new music video starring his rumored girlfriend, Victoria’s Secret model Gigi Hadid, with whom he makes out in the video. Zayn Malik has just debuted his first solo music video for song “Pillowtalk,” and the fans are conflicted about it. After months and months of waiting, a lot of drama and complaining, the prodigal son returns… Not to One Direction, but to music itself.
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