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Highlights
- The Pillow Talk singer left the band in March 2015
- 'I didn't feel good being in the band,' said Zayn Malik
- 'I knew I wanted to do something different,' he added
Singer Zayn Malik says he left
One Direction because being in the band made him uncomfortable.
The
Pillow Talk singer left the band last March, reported
Digital Spy.
"I just knew it was my time. I knew
I wanted to do something different and start expressing the way I felt about certain things," he said.
"I know that musicians are seen as one-sided people a lot of the time. But we do have other elements to us as well. I didn't feel good. Do you know what I mean? And if you don't feel good, you need to be able to express what it is that you are. I'm free at last," Zayn said.
The 23-year-old singer, however, is doing well in his solo career and is in a good space in personal life as well with girlfriend Gigi Hadid being by his side.
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