"it wasn't really the type of music I would have been listening to"
Zayn reflected on his years in One Direction, admitting his time in the global boyband “didn’t feel authentic”.
He rose to fame in 2010 after appearing on The X Factor, where he was initially rejected as a solo contestant before Nicole Scherzinger stepped in to help form One Direction.
Alongside Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and the late Liam Payne, Zayn became part of one of the most successful pop groups in modern music history.
Despite the band’s huge success, Zayn left in 2015 during the middle of a world tour, saying at the time that he wanted to live a normal life away from the intense pressure and “underlying tensions” within the group.
Speaking about that period, he said creating music outside of the band has allowed him to be more honest with himself and his audience.
He told The Smallzy Show: “As you touched on yourself there, the music we were making in One Direction, it wasn’t really the type of music I would have been listening to if I wasn’t in One Direction at that point.
“It didn’t feel authentic in that sense, but I always feel like the reward of telling the truth and speaking your truth in whichever way you want to frame that, is always way more than refraining from it, you don’t have to tell everybody your favourite colour, what time you went to the toilet, what time you woke up.”
Zayn’s comments come after it was recently reported that he punched former bandmate Louis Tomlinson, which resulted in their Netflix show being axed.
It was claimed that Zayn left Louis injured.
A source claimed: “Zayn started acting up and was mouthing off. It spiralled into a row.”
The source said Louis was stunned and in shock following a comment made by Zayn, adding:
“Zayn punched him straight in the face.
“He was pulled away, and Louis was taken for medical treatment. This happened outside in front of so many people. It was shocking.”
Away from the headlines, Zayn is also recovering after he was admitted to hospital for what he described only as an unexpected health issue.
In a photo shared on social media, the singer was seen lying in a hospital bed with a blood pressure monitor attached to his arm and connected to an ECG machine.
He chose not to reveal the exact reason for his admission, but thanked fans and medical staff for their support.
The health setback has forced him to postpone several promotional events for his fifth studio album, KONNAKOL, including an album playback and question-and-answer session at Banquet Records.
The event will now take place at a later date.
Zayn is also due to begin his second world tour next month, with fans hoping the singer will make a full recovery before returning to the stage.
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