Former One Direction member Zayn Malik revealed yesterday evening that he has signed a new record deal with RCA.
Posting a photo to Twitter of him signing the papers, he tweeted: "I guess I never explained why I left. It was to be given the opportunity to show you who I really am. #realmusic".
— zaynmalik (@zaynmalik) July 29, 2015
Simon Cowell has since tweeted about the news.
We have been working on this for a while and I am pleased to say congratulations to @Zaynmalik on signing with @RCARecords
— Simon Cowell (@SimonCowell) July 29, 2015