Zayn Malik's Former One Direction Pals Call His Leaving a 'Tough Time'

Zayn Malik looks super cute with some scruff while braving the rainy weather on Wednesday evening (November 11) in New York City.

The 22-year-old former One Direction singer’s band mates recently talked about how hard it was when he left the group.

“Obviously when you get the finished product, a voice that was there before isn’t there anymore, so obviously that’s different,” Harry Styles told People. “But we set out to make a record that we felt is our best one, and we really have been really proud of the fact that we feel like we’ve done that.”

Niall Horan added, “It was a tough time. We took 10 weeks of our tour to literally just go into the studio and spent that time in L.A. And a lot of time in London on writing. That’s probably why we’re so proud of it.”

FYI: Zayn is wearing an AllSaints shirt.

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