Meanwhile, Malik, who had a daughter with Hadid in 2020, previously admitted he wrote the single “right after” he left One Direction in March 2015, but was reluctant to reveal his muse. (Edwards and Malik called it quits in August 2015, and he resigned along with Hadid in November of the same year.)
“I don’t want to be too specific about the content,” he said during an appearance on the show in February 2016. zach sang show. “It’s obviously very personal to me. People will be able to figure it out for themselves.”
Meanwhile, this isn’t the first time Malik has addressed past allegations of indiscretions regarding his relationship with Edwards. In 2015, he denied ending their relationship over the phone, but his ex-girlfriend insisted on the claim.
“It was horrible, the worst time of my life,” Edwards wrote in the girl group’s 2016 book. our world. “Four years of dating and two years of engagement ended with a simple text message. That’s exactly what happened.”
However, when looking back on his entire relationship with Edwards, Malik, who claimed in 2024 that he had “never been in love” after relationships with both Edwards and Hadid, admitted he was immature.
“From the age of 17 to 21, I was in a relationship,” Malik said in an interview with Nylon magazine published in 2024. “I was engaged. I didn’t know anything at that point. I thought I knew because I was 21. I was legally allowed to do everything, but I didn’t know anything.”
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