Zayn Malik Blasts One Direction Press In First Interview In SIX YEARS!

Zayn Malik on Call Her Daddy. It’s a factor. BOOK IT!!!

The former One Direction singer hasn’t been a part of the once-iconic boy band for rattling close to a decade, however the entire world nonetheless needs to know the way it all went down beneath the brightest lights, and what actually occurred when he exited eight years in the past. And this week, they’re going to get the possibility to listen to all about that on Alex Cooper‘s podcast.

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On Tuesday, the staff behind Call Her Daddy shared a fast promo teasing Zayn’s look on this week’s episode. Set to drop Wednesday, the one-on-one is concentrated on the 30-year-old singer as he preps his forthcoming single Love Like This.

For his first interview in additional than half a decade, the teaser confirmed Zayn taking intention on the media consideration and publicly push round 1D manner again when. In one minimize, he says:

“I feel like we were so overexposed in the band, that’s why I took the time that I have to not even necessarily do interviews.”

In one other, he alluded to disliking how he was portrayed alongside Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne, and Niall Horan:

“They just said, ‘oh yeah, you can be the mysterious one.’ That wasn’t necessarily my personality, I’m just chill. I know that a lot of people have high-energy personalities, and it’s just not the way I am.”

But it seems like issues are altering for the now-solo singer.

Alluding to his progress within the publicity area, the teaser additionally confirmed Zayn saying this concerning the daughter who he welcomed in 2020 with mannequin Gigi Hadid:

“Since I’ve had my daughter, the main thing in my mind is trying to be a good example for her. That’s why I’m even doing this interview. I used to get a lot of anxiety around having a conversation like this, and I want her to look at me and be like, ‘yo, my dad’s doing this.’”

Well then!

You can see that and way more within the podcast preview (beneath):