[tps_footer]Former One Direction singer Zayn Malik, who now goes by the name Zayn for is the solo career, has made quite a presence in the music industry. With four singles topping the charts, Zayn has officially become one of the successful musicians in his first studio album ‘Mind of Mine’.

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Last year in March 2015, Zayn announced that he is leaving One Direction for good. The decision came out in the middle of the band’s tour and left the entire fandom in shock. Sine then, the 22-year old singer has been working on his solo album. Zayn‘s first single ‘Pillow Talk’ topped the charts as he dethroned Justin Bieber. Even One Direction has never had a no 1 single on Billboard’s top 100. Since the Zayn has found his new direction.

Last year, Zayn opened up about why he wanted to leave the band and much more. The singer has given several interviews and one of them is for Complex Magazine. In April 2016 issue, Zayn opens about the restrictions he faced while he was in the band that kept him away from being his authentic self. He revealed “There were certain restrictions in terms of the way that we could come outside of that young teen boy look. Mainly my beard, honestly. I wasn’t allowed to keep it. Eventually, when I got older, I rebelled against it and decided to keep it anyway. That was just because I looked older than the rest of them. That’s one of the things that is now quite cool. I get to keep my beard. I also wanted to dye my hair when I was in the band, but I wasn’t allowed to.”

Zayn also revealed that he wanted to make different music and be himself but a lot of it wasn’t allowed. He said “It was about denying the authenticity of who I was, and what I enjoyed about music, and why I got into it. That was always there. It was one of the things that weren’t going to go away, so I had to go away.”

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Well, Zayn is doing fine in his solo career and it looks like he is going to have a great one.[/tps_footer]