'R U Crazy' hitmaker Conor Maynard has revealed that he wants to collaborate with former One Direction Zayn Malik because the singer has 'an amazing voice'.

During a new interview with Now magazine, Maynard admitted that he would love to work with Malik as he thinks he's very talented, but was recently shunned by the star so doesn't think it's all that likely:

"He's got an amazing voice, so that'd be really cool. It's funny - One Direction fans once made up a fake track list and one of them was a duet between Zayn and me, so maybe it's meant to be. It might be pretty awkward, though - before today, the only communication I'd had with him was when someone tweeted him to ask who he preferred out of me and Justin Bieber. And he said Bieber."

Maynard also told Now magazine that he supports Malik's decision to walk away from the boyband: "I think him leaving One Direction had to happen at some point. When he left they were absolutely killing it - it's not like they're on a downward spiral, so it shows he wasn't in it for the money. It might have felt like the time was up on that era of his life. It must've been really stressful for him. It's sad because already some fans have turned against them, which is shocking - they're meant to have the strongest fan base in the world."

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Listen to Malik's solo effort, 'I Won't Mind', below: