Zayn Malik Sings One Direction’s ‘Night Changes’ in Dreamy Video Nearly 8 Years After Leaving the Boy Band
16.08.2022 - 18:59
/ usmagazine.com
Does it ever drive you crazy? Zayn Malik revisited a One Direction classic nearly eight years after his exit from the band — and sent fans into a frenzy.
The 29-year-old singer took to Instagram on Monday, August 15, to share a moody video of himself belting out “Night Changes.” The song appeared on the 2014 album Four, Malik’s final One Direction record before his departure.
Social media users were quick to celebrate the U.K. native’s a cappella rendition of the ballad, with some even wondering whether he was hinting at a potential band reunion. The clip came two months after the “Pillowtalk” crooner performed a snippet of the group’s 2013 hit “You & I.”
“If i had a nickel for every time zayn sang a one direction song in 2022, i’d have two nickels. which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice,” one fan commented on Monday’s video, while another added, “Zayn singing 1d songs in 2022 is literally the best thing could ever happen.”
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Malik and his former bandmates — Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne — auditioned for the X Factor UK as solo artists in 2010. Simon Cowell and the other judges decided to put the teens together in a group instead of cutting them from the competition. One Direction ended the season in third place and were later signed to Cowell’s record label, Syco.
After four albums with the band, Malik announced his exit in March 2015. The remaining members released a fifth record, Made in the A.M., that year before the group went on an indefinite hiatus and each member embarked on their own solo career journeys.
Since leaving One Direction, the “Dusk Till Dawn” artist has been candid about his experience in the band. In September 2017, Malik