From various social media criticisms, to the plot of his new music video, to his love life and to his solo career, he is definitely the newsmaker of the week. Amidst such rampant speculations turned to be allegations, Zayn Malik has remained fearless in the name of his credibility as a person and as an artist.
His Second Single
Zayn finally released his second single 'It's You' of his upcoming album Mind of Mine.
The singer has previously admitted to Beats 1 Radio Show that the song was about his ex-fiance, Perrie Edwards.
"I just felt like I needed to put myself out there on that just because it was a form of therapy for me and it did help get me through some s***," he told in an interview.
Zayn also shared, "I just felt like I needed to put myself out there, just because it was a form of therapy for me and it did help me get through some shit. If I can help someone else at that time, that's cool."
Moreover, the music video of the song was launched publicly. Zayn said " The video is not quite so steamy - in fact, it's pretty emotionally intense."
In the music video of the song, Zayn looked incredibly in pained and pensive, making us feel for him and swoon at the same time. The video featured Nicola Peltz from Bates Motel being brutally unfaithful to the singer and leaving him in the dust.
His copycat issue
Hours after Zayn guested and debuted his album 'It's You' on Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, he was bombarded by criticisms of imitating Lil Wayne's album cover.
After being hit with issues, Zayn wrote on Twitter, "I'm not tryna be no rapper, my album is me a child." He added, "My ideas have been with me a long time. Use your brain, appreciate art don't discriminate what you don't understand."
But now, the two artists proved that they were never in clash. In fact, hours before the release of the former One Direction member' second video, he shared an official remix of his first single "Pillowtalk," which features Lil Wayne.
The rapper took Malik's song to more explicit heights with lines such as "Fucking and fighting / ah fuck it, if she love it I Like it," "We fuck for a truce" and "Put my tongue in her noose / put my thumb in her 'boose / Make her jump through the roof / Now she touching the moon."
'Pillowtalk,' so far, considered as fastest selling single of 2016. Such also charted higher than any other song One Direction ever released in the U.S.
The closest One Direction came to scoring a chart-topping Billboard Hot 100 single was with 'Best Song Ever', which reached Number Two in 2013.
Zayn's girlfriend Gigi Hadid, must be loving his first album cover. The model is featured in the music video for his song "Pillowtalk," which is of course of this album too.
His Instagram account
The couple has tried no to be seen pubicly, yet their Instagram accounts have been the sources of news and updates.
In the photos, the former One Directioner can be seen going in for a smooch in his latest Instagram post.
Insiders shared that Zayn clearly intended to know that he and the supermodel are going stronger.
His Solo Career
Eleven months after he left One Direction, Zayn, shared when asked how's his career as a solo artist, "I feel good! I feel like that's the key thing in life, you know regardless of whatever it is that you do."
"You have to always remain true to yourself and do whatever makes you happy because at the end of the day, you answer to yourself so it's a good place to be in. I'm happy about the decision I made," he added.
He conlcuded, "I've been working on it for a long time now, so even starting everything is really exciting."
