Artist and producer Naughty Boy, real name Shahid Khan, has teased that 2015 is set to hold big things for both himself and One Direction's Zayn Malik. 

The pair teamed up earlier this year to work on a project and Naughty Boy took to his official Twitter page earlier this morning (December 26) to share a photograph, which can be seen above left, and telling quote: "Seasons greetings from the zaughty boy family :) @zaynmalik @shakavelimusic @BlazinBeatsReal @Jawaad_S. 2015!!!"

Back in the summer, Naughty Boy explained that he was very impressed with Malik's songwriting ability and really enjoyed working with the young superstar: "I’ve been working with Zayn Malik. I’m really impressed by him and his writing ability. I spoke to Simon [Cowell] about it recently and it looks like ['One Chance to Dance'] might be a single."

He also told Britain's The Sun newspaper that he bonded with Malik over their heritage and culture: "I met Zayn at the BRITs but have become really close. It was a case of being mates before music. We live close to each other and both come from Pakistani backgrounds and working class families."

"We're Muslim and that's helped us bond. We love curries, too, so it's the little things as well. In this industry it's hard to make real friends but we'd be mates even if we didn't work in music."

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Watch Naughty Boy talking about Malik here: