On the occasion of his tenth anniversary of his departure, Zayn Malik sung Night Changes in a touching tribute to One Direction during his performance in Mexico.
Zayn Malik “almost cried” as he paid tribute to One Direction 10 years after quitting. The 32-year-old singer was performing in Mexico on his Stairway to the Sky tour and opened the show last night with a rendition of One Direction’s hit ‘Night Changes’. After the performance – which has been shared on social media – Zayn said: “It’s the first time I sang that song in 10 years. Thank you, that was f****** amazing. I almost cried at one point. This is insane.”
The performance fell on the 10th anniversary of the day Zayn quit One Direction after five years in the group alongside Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and the late Liam Payne.
In a Facebook statement on March 25, 2015, the Pillow Talk hitmaker wrote: “My life with One Direction has been more than I could ever have imagined. But, after five years, I feel like it is now the right time for me to leave the band. “I’d like to apologise to the fans if I’ve let anyone down, but I have to do what feels right in my heart.
“I’m leaving because I want to be a typical 22-year-old who can unwind and enjoy some quiet time away from the spotlight,” I said.
At Liam’s funeral, he and his bandmates Harry, Niall, and Louis reconnected late last year.
He paid tribute to Liam in an emotional statement following his friend’s tragic death, which occurred on October 31.
He wrote on Instagram: “Liam, I have found myself talking out loud to you, hoping you can hear me, I can’t help but think selfishly that there was so many more conversations for us to have in our lives.
I never received a thank you for keeping me company during some of my life’s most difficult times.
You would always be there when I went missing as a 17-year-old child, letting me know I was loved and that you were my friend.
You were always more sage than me, headstrong, opinionated, and never cared to tell people they were wrong, even though you were younger than me.
“I always secretly respected you for it, despite the fact that we occasionally butted heads because of it.” According to Zayn, Liam “knew nothing in comparison” to the musicians in One Direction.
He continued, “You were already a professional and I was a novice child with no experience.” No matter what transpired on stage, I was always relieved to know that you could always rely on you to decide the direction to take the ship the next.
Just last month, Zayn dropped a massive hint at a potential One Direction reunion. Zayn took to Instagram to share a voice note sampling a new rendition of One Direction hit That’s What Make’s You Beautiful. Uncaptioned, the simple recording added fuel to the already-sparked rumours of the beloved band reuniting.
The recording sharing Zayn’s emotional version of the 2011 global song elated his 53.8 million fans who have been speculating the remaining four members reuniting after Payne’s death. Swarming to social media, one fan wrote that “the bare thought of Zayn randomly singing 1D songs makes my heart swell;” a fan account of Malik adding: “I NEEDED THIS TODAY, thank you for blessing my ears”. Many have guessed that this must be a hint towards the band coming back together in in 2025 – something that has been supposedly in the works for years.
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