Zayn Malik
Zayn Malik
Zain Javadd "Zayn" Malik, who records mononymously as Zayn, is an English singer and songwriter. In 2010, Malik auditioned as a solo artist for the British reality television music competition The X Factor. After being eliminated as a solo performer, Malik was brought back into the competition, along with Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, and Louis Tomlinson, to form the boy band One Direction. During his time in the group, Malik and his bandmates released the albums Up All...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth12 January 1993
CityBradford, England
I'm always drawing, so Draw Something is a cool game to play against your friends when you're bored and sat chilling out and relaxing.
We didn't really expect to achieve anything outside of the UK, and it just went crazy. It's just crazy that people know our music. We're just humbled by it.
I love the fact I grew up wanting a brother and now I have four.
I'm a massive fan of Drake, and we walked right past him. He's too cool to be clapping One Direction though.
Our parents are obviously proud, but they're still trying to get used to the fact that we're in a band. I have a feeling my mom would actually like One Direction if I wasn't in it!
If you meet a girl, you meet a girl. It's normal, so if you exchange numbers, whatevs, it's cool.
When we were on 'The X Factor,' we didn't realize how overnight the fame thing was. We didn't really understand it until we went on a shopping trip. It was like Week 7 or 8 of the show. We went with a few other contestants and there were loads of people, packed.
I like a girl who knows what she wants and makes me work for her
I'm not one to get involved with what anyone says about me.
I do feel like I've missed out a bit because I was really close with my sisters when I was at home. It must be weird for them but they cope really well.
I was a bit of a handful when I was a kid because I was quite hyperactive. Even in the house my mum used to put me in my pram because I was so full-on.
A girl fainted in front of me the other day. Obviously you don't get to see things like that unless you are The Beatles who have that power, and to see it that close was a bit scary... It was cool to know I can make a girl faint!
Two years ago, if anyone had told me I'd be doing half the stuff I'm doing, I wouldn't have believed it.
Without the fans there's no reason to be One Direction.