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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 – 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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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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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 – 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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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 – 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 – 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 – Good Guy
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Sampling the melody from the 1996 “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)” by Nancy Sinatra, on “Good Guy,” ZAYN expresses his intentions with a girl stating that he’s a “bad boy.” This
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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 – 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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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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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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Thought's On Pillow Talk ?
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Not bad.
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ZAYN – Cigarettes
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“Cigarettes” is an unreleased song by ZAYN, which leaked online in February of 2019. The song is believed to have been intended to have been from Malik’s debut solo album, Mind of
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ZAYN – sHe
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ZAYN described “sHe” as a “party tune” that’s “not as intense lyrically” as some of the other cuts.
With its cool, slightly detached mid-tempo R&B vibe and romantic theme, “sHe
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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 – Common
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Common, the fourth song of Zayn’s second studio album, Icarus Falls, relays a message of a void of previous insecurity that a person he loves has filled. He feels a connection to
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One Direction – Everything About You
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[Verse 1: Liam, Harry] / You know I've always got your back, girl / So let me be the one you come running to, running to, ru—, ru—, runnin' / I see it's just a matter of fact, girl
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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 – PILLOWTALK (Acoustic)
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[Intro] / Vocalizing / [Verse] / Climb on board / We'll go slow and high tempo / Light and dark / Hold me hard and mellow / [Refrain] / I'm seeing the pain, seeing the pleasure
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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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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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Genius English Translations – ZAYN - Allah Duhai Hai (English Translation)
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I was yours, I was yours every time / I've fallen for you, don't ruin me now / There is the fire in love / Only when you fall badly for me as well / Fake love is what you need
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ZAYN – Morning Zoem
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Like a shameless flower cries at every wedding / You don't have feelings, you just have petals / There is no meaning, it's just aesthetics / Then to ask me, I'd say pathetic is the
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ZAYN – Me, Myself and I
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[Intro] / All the ladies, if you feel me / Help me sing it out / [Verse 1] / I can't believe I believed / Everything we had would last / So young and naive for me / To think he was
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ZAYN – LIKE I WOULD (Troyboi Remix)
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[Verse 1] / Hey what's up? It's been a while / Talking 'bout it's not my style / Thought I'd see what's up, while I'm lighting up / It's cold-hearted, cold-hearted / Know it's late
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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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