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Thursday, January 7, 2016 10:00am ET by Newsdesk
Zayn Malik on music pressure: 'My fans give me s**t every day'Singer Zayn Malik, who split from One Direction back in March 2015, graces the cover of this month's Billboard magazine and has opened up about his new venture as a solo artist along with how he dealt with such a big life change. In the accompanying interview, the heartthrob talks up about being pressured to release solo material sooner rather than later: "My fans are giving me shit every day. Like, ‘Where the f--- is your music? You’ve been at it for months. Give us something.’" He went onto address his One Direction departure, confirming that the boyband's music just wasn't his cup of tea: “I genuinely enjoyed [the band] and did whatever I could to be myself within that, but it’s just not where I sit as a musician. The other boys’ taste was generally indie rock. It’s good music, but I don’t f--- with it. That was never cool where I was from.” Referring to his relationships with the existing members of 1D, Malik added: “The truth of it is, you can think one thing about a situation and the total opposite can happen. I had every intention of remaining friends with everybody, but I guess certain phone numbers have changed and I haven’t received calls from a lot of people. I’ve reached out to a few of them and not got a reply. Certain people have pride issues, but it’s stuff you overcome in time.” Follow us: @Pressparty on Twitter / Pressparty on Facebook.
Watch footage of Malik doing a photoshoot for Fader here:
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