Malik has yet to reveal when his first single or full album will debut. Now, Zayn Malik has revealed what he has been. Last Friday, One Direction released their fifth album, Made in the A.M. ONE DIRECTION fans have been yearning for new content for years, only receiving just a few sample albums from members of the band in recent months. “It’s a snapshot of my life and the thoughts on my life, my hopes, my aspirations, and my regrets in the summer of 2015.” “I can map every lyric and every note to mean something to me,” he wrote about his solo debut. He describes the album as diverse, sending the writer a letter that doubles as the album’s mission statement following their interview. In an accompanying video with the cover story, Malik previews new song “Befour,” with the track suggesting a hazy, Weeknd-influenced R&B sound. I don’t think that’s too much to ask for.” I want to make music that I think is cool shit.
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. “Would you listen to One Direction at a party with your girl? I wouldn’t. “That’s not music I would listen to,” he says of the boy band. Malik, who has been working with Frank Ocean’s producer Malay on his as-yet-untitled solo debut, made clear that he was not a huge fan of his former group’s sound, which has been veering more towards classic rock and folk influences over the past few albums. How True Is 'Respect'? Fact-Checking the Aretha Franklin Biopic We were told to be happy about something that we weren’t happy about.” As much as we were the biggest, most famous boy band in the world, it felt weird. It was music that was already given to us, and we were told this is what is going to sell to these people. “If I would sing a hook or a verse slightly R&B, or slightly myself, it would always be recorded 50 times until there was a straight version that was pop, generic as fuck, so they could use that version,” he revealed. When speaking about One Direction’s music, Malik noted that he felt restrained creatively within the band, unable to flex his desires to veer towards a more R&B sound. I’ve done enough in terms of financial backing for me to live comfortably. I want to reach them in the right way, and I want them to believe what I’m saying. It was more about the people that I reach. “It wasn’t about the amount of tickets sales that I get. “A big part of why I left the band is I made the realization that it wasn’t actually about anymore,” he told Fader about quitting earlier this year. Former One Direction member Zayn Malik has given his first interview as a solo artist, discusses his new music and reasons for quitting One Direction at length.
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