Zayn Malik has given his first major interview since leaving One Direction. Speaking to FADER magazine, he said: 'There was never any room for me to experiment creatively in the band. [It was] generic as f**k. That's not music that I would listen to. Would you listen toOne Direction, sat at a party with your girl? I wouldn't.
'I don't think that's an offensive statement to make. That's just not who I am. If I was sat at a dinner date with a girl, I would play some cool s***, you know what I mean? I want to make music that I think is cool s***. I don't think that's too much to ask for.'
He has also revealed he wants to work with Liam Payne in the future. He said: 'We spoke about two weeks ago. It was the first time I’d spoken to him since I left the band. I rang him, and he wanted to talk. He said he didn’t understand it at the time, but he now fully gets why I had to do what I did He understands that it’s my thing, that I had to do that, and that basically he wants to meet up and have a good chat in person.'
Zayn also opened up about his relationship with ex-fiance Perrie Edwards and denied they split up by text. He said: 'I love her a lot, and I always will, and I would never end our relationship over four years like that.She knows that, I know that, and the public should know as well.'
