Zayn Malik is speaking up about living with anxiety.

The 24-year-old “Dusk Till Dawn” pop star says that honesty is everything in a new interview with Us Weekly.

“Just being straight up. Just being honest about everything, explaining what it is that makes you feel uncomfortable, what it is that you’re cool with,” he revealed.

“I feel like it was only a positive impact on everything that happened after it and people now have a better perspective on where I was coming from at the time and just an understanding that it wasn’t coming from necessarily being ungrateful, shall we say, or not aware of the opportunities that were in front of me, it was just me struggling with being able to actually be there. I’m definitely glad I got that off my chest, as anybody is when you feel like you’re keeping something from someone you have to speak about it and clear up the air.”

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Louis Tomlinson gave an interview in August opening up about rekindling his frayed friendship with Zayn Malik after he left the band.

Now, Zayn is taking the opportunity to do the same.

“We’re in touch, everything is on a civil level,” the “Dusk Till Dawn” singer told Us Weekly of his relationship with his former band-mate.

“It’s not the way it used to be, obviously we were a lot closer because we were together the entire time, spending 24 hours a day in the band and now we’re not, so we’re living our own lives, we’re all growing as individual men and we still keep in touch and check in with each other not as much as we used to.”

While that might disappoint some One Direction fans, it’s totally normal that they would be closer when working together every day than in the years afterwards.

We appreciate Zayn‘s candor.

Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik coupled up for a night out in the Big Apple!

The model and the “Dusk Till Dawn” singer adorably held hands as they exited her apartment on Thursday (September 14) in New York City.

Gigi wore a grey sweatshirt, blue jeans, and red boots, while Zayn rocked a black and red sweater, black jeans, and black and red shoes.

Gigi‘s sister Bella Hadid was also seen leaving the apartment later on and leading the way to a helipad.

ICYMI, see how Gigi and Zayn recently brought their families together.

FYI: Gigi is wearing vintage Levi’s jeans.

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Zayn Malik answered a number of questions about his relationship to various members of One Direction, and his words were illuminating for many fans.

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“It’s not the way it used to be, obviously, because we were spending 24 hours a day in the band and now we’re growing as individual men,” the “Dusk ‘Til Dawn” singer explained to Us Weekly of the former band’s relationship with one another, “but we still check in.”

When asked directly about Harry Styles, Zayn got real.

“To be honest, I never really spoke to Harry even when I was in the band,” he revealed. “So I didn’t really expect that much of a relationship with him.”

That said, he is open to the idea of the band getting back together in the future. We are absolutely holding him to that.

Zayn Malik looks super handsome as he arrives at the Us Weekly Magazine Party on Tuesday night (September 12) in New York City.

The 24-year-old entertainer showed off his newly shaved head, scruff, and frameless glasses as he attended the event alongside his girlfriend Gigi Hadid‘s mom Yolanda.

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Other stars attending the event included Olivia Culpo, Sara Sampaio, Gene Simmons, Coco Rocha, and Harry Connick Jr.

In case you missed it, Zayn recently dropped his latest single “Dusk Till Dawn.”

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Zayn Malik is praising Taylor Swift!

The entertainer was asked if he could relate to the constant criticism Taylor receives for her personal life and new music.

“To be honest with you… when it comes to anything that has to do with trivia about people’s personal lives or things that’s going on in their careers, I don’t necessarily pay too much attention. I don’t pay too much attention to what people even say about me. I just tend to take it for what it is when I meet them people in real life and have a conversation with them. If they’re cool with me, then I base my relationship on that,” Zayn told The Fader.

“In terms of relating to it, of course I relate to things being written about us all the time. But I don’t listen to it. I rate her as an artist, I think she’s cool, I think she’s successful, and I think she deserves her success because she’s worked hard. That’s just how I look at it. I did a song with her, it was fun, she was professional. She gets on with my girlfriend, they’re good friends. I don’t have a bad word to say about her. She’s cool,” he continued.

Taylor is good friends with Zayn‘s girlfriend Gigi Hadid, and she recorded a song with Zayn called “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever.”

Zayn Malik is giving fans a special treat!

The former One Direction member took to Twitter on Friday (September 8) – the day after the release of his epic “Dusk Till Dawn” music video – to put his own twist on the Sia collaboration.

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In the new clip, Zayn performs a super raw, a capella version of the hit track.

We’re melting.

Check out the official music video here if you missed it. It was directed by The Amazing Spider-Man‘s Marc Webb, and also stars Girls‘ Jemima Kirke.

Zayn recently revealed that his upcoming album will be an “evolution,” and he’ll even be rapping on some tracks!

Zayn Malik is opening up a bit more about his forthcoming album, which should be coming out soon (we hope).

Speaking with Fact magazine, the “Dusk Til Dawn” singer revealed that there are some rap songs on the record, which he worked with different producers on.

Zayn also teased some big guest spots on the “much more sporadic” album.

“That’s the vibe. Nothing is similar to the track before it on the new record,” he says. “They’re all standalone songs by themselves. It’s not trying to be an entire body of work.”

Zayn adds, “I’m having different thoughts and feelings on every song and the music reflects that as well. Making the record was about asking, what can we fit in that feels out of character for R&B? It’s still got that underlying tone, and experiments with that.”