 Genius Meanings
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ZAYN – iT's YoU
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“It’s You” further strays from the sound of One Direction, leaning towards more R&B-influenced production from Malay, best known for his work on Frank Ocean’s channel ORANGE.
“It’
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BØRNS – It's You
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BØRNS' delivers his take on ZAYN’s single It’s You.
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One Direction – Little Things
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This melodic track was gifted to One Direction by their good friend Ed Sheeran for their second album, Take Me Home. The song was released as the second single and reached number
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ZAYN – Stand Still
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[Verse 1] / Skies of blue and birds of yellow / Flowers growing just to bloom / A million chances of our glances / Catching eyes across the room / [Chorus] / If time stands still
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ZAYN – PILLOWTALK
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The debut solo release from former One Direction-er Zayn Malik, “PILLOWTALK” gets “dirty and raw” about sex—Malik explained to The Sunday Times:
Everybody has sex, and it’s
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ZAYN – Vibez
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“Vibez” marks ZAYN’s first release of 2021, serving as the second and final single to his third studio album, Nobody Is Listening, which was only released exactly one week after
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One Direction – Little Things (Live Version from The Motion Picture ”One Direction: This Is Us”)
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[Verse 1: Zayn, Zayn & Liam, Liam] / Your hand fits in mine like it's made just for me / But bear this in mind: It was meant to be / And I'm joinin' up the dots with the freckles
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ZAYN – GOLDEN
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“Golden” is a song on ZAYN’s debut solo album, Mind Of Mine.
The song is the final track of the Target-Exclusive edition of the album— the definition of a soulful, piano-backed
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ZAYN – TiO
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[Verse 1] / I can taste it on your mouth and I can't leave it / You're a freak like me, can't you see? / We can work this somethin' out and I'm believin' / You get off on me, it's
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ZAYN – Calamity
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“Calamity” is the first song of ZAYN’s where he raps. It’s the only rap song on the album. You can hear his Bradford accent very clearly, contrary to his previous songs.
Nobody
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ZAYN – Imprint
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Conveying his undying love and need for a person, “Imprint” is the 5th song on Zayn’s sophomore album, Icarus Falls.
This song is about being with a person and them being the
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ZAYN – dRuNk
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“dRuNk” was first previewed in a clip on Zayn’s Twitter on February 2, at which point the song’s title was assumed to be “Late Nights.” The track’s producer MakeYouKnowLove later
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ZAYN – What I Am
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[Verse 1] / I've been drinking absinthe / I just did the math, it ain't adding up / I've had enough of running 'round this board game / You can know your own name, I won't give it
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ZAYN – Natural
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“Natural” is the second song on ZAYN’s sophomore album, Icarus Falls. It’s a very slow-burning lust-feeling song.
This song is about Zayn and his lover feeling so in place because
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Snakehips (Ft. ZAYN) – Cruel
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British electronic R&B duo Snakehips teamed up with Zayn Malik for “Cruel,” a soulful mid-tempo New Jack Swing-inspired single that Snakehips originally teased with a cryptic tweet
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ZAYN – Icarus Interlude
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“Icarus Falls” is the last track on the first physical disc of Icarus, and as the interlude it functions as the turning point of the album – the songs shift away from uncomplicated
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One Direction – Gotta Be You
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“Gotta Be You” was released as the second single in Great Britain from One Direction’s debut album Up All Night. The second worldwide/third UK single was “One Thing.” It describes
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One Direction – You & I
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“You & I” is the fourth and final single off One Direction’s third album, Midnight Memories. It was released as a single on April 15, 2014. The song peaked at #68 on Billboard and
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Emma Heesters – It's You
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[Verse 1] / She got, she got, she got, her own reasons for talking to me / And she don't, she don't, she don't give a fuck about what I need / [Pre-Chorus] / And I can't tell you
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ZAYN – Love Like This
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“Love Like This” is ZAYN’s return to the music scene after not releasing original material since his album Nobody Is Listening and his duet with Ingrid Michaelson, “To Begin Again
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ZAYN (Ft. Sia) – Dusk Till Dawn
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On “Dusk Till Dawn,” ZAYN enlists Sia on a song in which they tell the story of two lovers who are willing to do whatever it takes to stay together.
The song was released as a
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One Direction – Irresistible
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[Verse 1: Harry] / Don't try to make me stay or ask if I'm okay / I don't have the answer / Don't make me stay the night or ask if I'm alright / I don't have the answer / [Pre-
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ZAYN – Better
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ZAYN returns to the music scene with “Better,” his first and only release of 2020 and the lead single from his third studio album, Nobody Is Listening. Although he has done a few
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ZAYN – lUcOzAdE
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[Intro] / I, I'm / [Verse 1] / I'm sippin' pink Lucozade / We're blazin' on that new found haze / I'm seeing in the blacks and greys / I'm hoping that the basket sways / Left to
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ZAYN – If I Got You
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Surviving in a foreign world and finding someone who gets him, “If I Got You” is the 9th song on Zayn’s sophomore album, Icarus Falls. This song features a pop-R&B sound that is
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ZAYN – Outside
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“Outside” serves as the third track off of ZAYN’s third studio album, Nobody is Listening. This calm guitar tune is solely produced by Charlie Handsome.
ZAYN reflects on a breakup
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ZAYN (Ft. Kehlani) – wRoNg
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ZAYN teams up with R&B singer Kehlani for “wRoNg.” Kehlani is the sole featured artist on Mind of Mine. This is the first collaboration between ZAYN and Kehlani. Throughout the
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ZAYN – Flight Of The Stars
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[Chorus] / I go where you go / Go through Armageddon / Girl I got you / There's no goodbyes, only us / So I will follow / Hold you close standing on the edge of no tomorrow / Still
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ZAYN – LIKE I WOULD
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The third song to be released from Zayn’s debut solo album Mind of Mine, “LIKE I WOULD” is an upbeat, dancefloor-ready R&B jam. The song is a bonus track, and will appear on the
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ZAYN – fOoL fOr YoU
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One of the album’s quietest songs, the NME’s Gavin Hayes characterised the piano-driven “Fool For You” as “an unexpectedly Beatles-esque pop ballad,” comparing it to “In My Life
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ZAYN – Connexion
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[Verse 1] / Funny when you come to mind / That's when you hit me up / That's when we feel a little closer / Just when I started thinkin' / It's like a force we can't explain / Work
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ZAYN – tRuTh
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In “tRuTh”, Zayn sings about his journey from boyband-singer to solo artist. It’s a well-known fact that Malik felt oppressed when he was still in One Direction. As he tells
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ZAYN – DO SOMETHING GOOD
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The reggae-tinged “Do Something Good” is one of two Target-exclusive bonus tracks from Mind of Mine. It also shifts the stylistic precedent for song titling — whereas the album’s “
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ZAYN – SHE DON'T LOVE ME
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“SHE DON’T LOVE ME” is a semi-tragic story about unrequited love. Although Zayn would prefer to be in a relationship with this girl, she doesn’t truly love him. They still have sex
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Ingrid Michaelson & ZAYN – To Begin Again
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[Verse 1: Ingrid Michaelson] / When the world was ending, I'd hold you in my arms / And we talked about the places we'd never been / When the world was ending, we'd hold on to the
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ZAYN – Scripted
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[Verse 1] / Blurry TV screens / Fuzzy broken scenes / Finding words don't have flow / Blurry TV screens / Fuzzy broken scenes / Hold her close finding love / [Pre-Chorus] / Hearts
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ZAYN & Taylor Swift – I Don't Wanna Live Forever
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“I Don’t Wanna Live Forever” is a sultry ode about feeling like life is hopeless without an ex-lover, written for the Fifty Shades of Grey sequel, Fifty Shades Darker. The song is
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ZAYN – WHO
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Written as a song from the movie “Ghostbusters” in 2016 written as “WHo”, capitalizing some letters and lowercasing some letters; it is written in the same style as ZAYN wrote the
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ZAYN – Tonight
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[Verse 1] / Just let me talk, you know what I'm sayin' / Don't give me that, girl I know you're stayin' / Where you goin'? You feel that space, it's mine / Said we're goin', in
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Genius Traducciones al Español – ZAYN - iT’s YoU (Traducción al Español)
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[Letra de "ZAYN - iT’s YoU (Traducción al Español)"] / [Verso 1] / Ella tiene, ella tiene, ella tiene sus razones para no hablarme / Y a ella no, a ella no, a ella no le interesan
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ZAYN – Sour Diesel
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“Sour Diesel” is a single from ZAYN’s second studio album, Icarus Falls. The song involves ZAYN comparing a woman to the marijuana strand, sour diesel.
ZAYN first teased the song
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ZAYN – Back To Life
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In “Back To Life”, Zayn expresses gratitude and admiration towards his love for the role she plays in helping him battle his anxiety. This isn’t Zayn’s first time speaking about
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One Direction – Same Mistakes
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[Verse 1: Harry] / Circles, we're going in circles, dizzy's all it makes us / We know where it takes us, we've been before / Closer, maybe looking closer, there's more to discover
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ZAYN (Ft. Timbaland) – Too Much
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Marking their primary collaboration, ZAYN connected with legendary hip-hop producer and rapper, Timbaland for a sultry, almost futuristic R&B ballad. The notable, combined synths
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