--- description: "I’ve reached out to a few of them and not got a reply," he says of strained ties to his former bandmates title: Zayn Malik Is Not a Fan of One Direction's New Album image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte8b6930e08765872/698877fabc6cfcf2b43db1ea/zayn-malik.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Zayn Malik Is Not on Great Terms With His Former One Direction Bandmates  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 7, 2016 4:51 PM CUT  Zayn Malik in London on April 17, 2015. Zayn Malik in London on April 17, 2015.Karwai Tang—WireImage  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 7, 2016 4:51 PM CUT Zayn Malik promised he’d have “[four friends for life](http://time.com/3758321/zayn-malik-leaves-one-direction/ "undefined")” when he abruptly quit One Direction last year, but that hasn’t panned out judging by his comments in a new [_Billboard_ cover story](http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/cover-story/6835305/zayn-malik-solo-career-one-direction-new-music "undefined"). For starters, Malik doesn’t have the nicest things to say about his former group’s new music: Malik told _Billboard_ that, as of late of November, he hadn’t listened to One Direction’s new album, _Made In the A.M._ He admitted the first single, “[Drag Me Down](http://time.com/3979983/one-direction-drag-me-down/ "undefined"),” was “quite cool,” but made a face when he brought up the second single, “[Perfect](http://time.com/4076235/check-out-perfect-one-directions-latest-single/ "undefined"),” and said, “Yeah, I didn’t buy that album.” Malik, who’s working with Frank Ocean collaborator Malay on a solo album tentatively scheduled for this spring, says he’s also fallen out with a lot of his old crew. “I had every intention of remaining friends with everybody, but I guess certain phone numbers have changed and I haven’t received calls from a lot of people. I’ve reached out to a few of them and not got a reply. Certain people have pride issues, but it’s stuff you overcome in time.” \[[_Billboard_](http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/cover-story/6835305/zayn-malik-solo-career-one-direction-new-music "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4171040/zayn-malik-solo-album-one-direction-interview/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4171040/zayn-malik-solo-album-one-direction-interview/"},"headline":"Zayn Malik Is Not on Great Terms With His Former One Direction Bandmates","datePublished":"2016-01-07T16:51:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:52:15.658Z","description":"\"I’ve reached out to a few of them and not got a reply\"","url":"https://time.com/4171040/zayn-malik-solo-album-one-direction-interview/","keywords":["Music","One Direction","Zayn Malik"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte8b6930e08765872/698877fabc6cfcf2b43db1ea/zayn-malik.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte8b6930e08765872/698877fabc6cfcf2b43db1ea/zayn-malik.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Asian Awards 2015 - Red Carpet Arrivals","caption":"The Asian Awards 2015 - Red Carpet Arrivals","creditText":"Karwai Tang—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4171040/zayn-malik-solo-album-one-direction-interview/","name":"Zayn Malik Is Not on Great Terms With His Former One Direction Bandmates"}}]}] ```