Zayn Malik Chats Inspiration Behind “Pillowtalk” & Confirms Gigi Hadid Relationship
Zayn Malik is currently on a promo run for his “Pillowtalk” single, and the artist phoned into Zach Sang and the Gang‘s radio show for an informative interview.
He first shared that “Pillowtalk” (which is currently at No. 2 on iTunes) was formed post-One Direction. “Basically, I wrote that shortly after I left the band. I Got in the studio with a couple of writers that go by the name of Mike and Anthony Hannides. They’re a cool guys from London,” Zayn said. “We wrote that song around the time that I was feeling those emotions and I feel like that’s why it came out the way it did. I feel like in the vocal you can get a sense that I’m meaning what I’m saying.”
While the singer didn’t state with the tune was specifically about (“People can figure it out for themselves”), he did explain the meaning behind the video: “Mostly my idea. I wanted it to be representational of the art that I’m looking at at the minute, even just a perspective level, on the surface of it I wanted it be arty, and different and out-there. That was the whole feel for the video, We wanted a dream-feel to it.”
And bad news for all his female fans — Zayn is officially taken! He (kind of) confirmed the rumors of dating model Gigi Hadid, who stars in the “Pillowtalk” video. Co-host Jill asked, “Was it cool to have your girlfriend in the video?” The singer’s response? “Yeah, that was cool. That was something different. We enjoyed it, it was fun. Had a lot of fun on set.”
Zayn’s solo debut album — Mind Of Mine — will arrive on March 25 via RCA Records. Listen to his radio interview below.
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