Since his exit from One Course eight years in the past, Zayn Malik has change into infamous for his reclusive strategy to press and conventional avenues of music promotion. However because the star preps the discharge of his new single “Love Like This,” he’s formally re-entering the interview enviornment.
For his first interview in six years, Malik was introduced as the newest visitor on Alex Cooper’s Name Her Daddy podcast on Tuesday (July 11). In a preview clip posted to the podcast’s social media pages, Zayn reveals why he selected this second to return to the limelight in a extra open method. “I really feel like we have been so overexposed within the band that that’s why I took the time that I’ve to not even essentially do interviews,” he mentioned.
It’s simple to see why Malik feels that method — from 2011 to 2015, One Course pumped out 5 studio albums, 4 world excursions, two live performance movies and a documentary, in addition to amassing 4 No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 and 6 high ten hits on the Billboard Sizzling 100. Zayn finally determined to depart the group earlier than the discharge of their fifth studio album, saying in a 2015 assertion, “I’m leaving as a result of I wish to be a traditional 22-year-old who is ready to chill out and have some non-public outing of the highlight.”
Within the teaser clip for his upcoming interview, Zayn tells Cooper that he grew weary of the stereotypes getting used inside the boy band. “They only mentioned, ‘Oh yeah, you will be the mysterious one.’ That wasn’t essentially my character, I’m simply chill,” he mentioned. “I do know that lots of people have high-energy personalities, and it’s simply not the way in which I’m.”
In 2020, Zayn welcomed his first youngster, a daughter, with mannequin Gigi Hadid; within the episode preview, the singer credit his daughter for giving him the boldness to sit down down for the interview. “Since I’ve had my daughter, the principle factor in my thoughts is making an attempt to be instance for her,” he mentioned. “That’s why I’m even doing this interview. I used to get plenty of anxiousness round having a dialog like this, and I need her to take a look at me and be like, ‘Yo, my dad’s doing this!’”
The preview clip additionally featured Zayn embracing his newfound affinity for “dad jokes,” and gushing about how his daughter has introduced “the colour again” into his life. Zayn’s Name Her Daddy interview shall be obtainable on Wednesday, July 12. His new single, “Love Like This,” is slated for a July 21 launch.
Take a look at the complete preview right here:
