The singer is again, individuals! (Getty)
Zayn Malik has introduced he’s releasing a brand new album in 2024, and followers are “not tremendous”.
The previous One Route star made a comeback in January after releasing a single with Pakistani band Aur, and pleasantly stunned listeners after singing fluently in Urdu on the tune.
And it appears there’s extra Malik goodness the place that got here from this yr, because the star — who was the primary member to depart the band — took to social media on 13 March to announce his new 2024 album, Room Beneath The Stairs.
“I’m (not) tremendous,” wrote one fan in response to his announcement, whereas one other added: “My time of demise : 3:27pm GMT”.
“Finest Information of the yr!”, wrote one other.
The upcoming file marks Malik’s fourth solo undertaking, and his first with file firm Mercury Information, which is residence to the likes of Put up Malone, Lily Rose, Mae Stephens, and Stephen Sanchez.
The lead single for the album, ‘What I Am’, is about to be launched by the singer later this week. Malik has but to share a observe record for the album.
Malik started teasing the upcoming undertaking earlier in March, saying in an Instagram submit: “I feel the intention behind this album absolutely is for the listener to get extra perception on me personally as a human being. My ambitions, my fears, for them to have a reference to that, and that’s why it’s so uncooked.”
Talking on the Name Her Daddy podcast final yr, Malik mentioned that followers can anticipate a “totally different sound” from his upcoming work.
“I’m doing a file I don’t suppose individuals are actually gonna anticipate… And it’s received some extra narrative happening, like real-life experiences and stuff. My daughter’s talked about in there a few instances.”
His earlier collaboration marked the primary launch from the 31-year-old since his January single.
“I used to be extremely humbled when AUR reached out and requested me to collaborate on their tune ‘Tu Hai Kahan,’” Malik mentioned in a press release on the time, as per Rolling Stone. “I like the tune and have introduced a few of myself to it. I hope individuals love what we’ve accomplished.”
Band members Usama Ali, Ahad Khan, and Raffey Anwar, added on the time: “We’re tremendous excited for this collaboration because it exhibits that music has no boundaries.
“Tu Hai Kahan is such a particular tune to us, and it’s onerous to explain how amazed we had been after we first heard Zayn’s voice on the observe. We’re taking Pakistani music international, and we are able to’t await the world to vibe to our music.”
Room Beneath The Stairs is about to be out on 17 Could.