
When asked if he missed his former bandmate during an interview with Capital Breakfast the ‘Night Changes’ singer explained, “Yeah, of course! I mean you know, he had to do what he had to do really, for himself.” I don’t think that’s too much to ask for,” Zayn added.Įarlier this year Zayn's former bandmate Liam Payne opened up EXCLUSIVELY to us about Zayn Malik’s departure from One Direction. If I was sat at a dinner date with a girl, I would play some cool s**t, you know what I mean? I want to make music that I think is cool s**t. “I don’t think that’s an offensive statement to make. “As much as I was in that band, and I loved everything that we did, that’s not music that I would listen to. “To me, that’s not an insult, that’s me as a 22 year-old man,” he continued. Would you listen to One Direction, sat at a party with your girl? I wouldn’t. “That’s not the music that I would listen to. “I’m working every day now, but I’m working on music that I enjoy,” Zayn revealed. I’d already made my mind up before that.”įinally, Zayn says he was never particularly happy recording the type of music 1D have become known for, admitting he wouldn’t choose to listen to One Direction songs… especially if he was trying to impress a lady! “It wasn’t because of that that I left, that was just a contributing factor to everything. Obviously, publicly, that’s the way it worked, because it worked well for the purpose,’ he explained.

“The two things never really coincided in my mind. When quizzed on if rumours he had cheated on then fiance Perrie Edwards had anything to do with leaving 1D, Zayn was insistent that it was just coincidental timing.

“I was with my little cousin at the time, we were sat in the hotel room, and I was just like, ‘Should I go home?’ and he was like, ‘If you want to go home, let’s go home’.

I just need to be me now, because I’ve had enough’. “I woke up on that morning, if I’m being completely honest with you, and was like ‘I need to go home. “For 10 Years This Album’s Been In My Brain”: Our Guide To Zayn Malik’s First Record
