VIDEO : Zayn Malik's First Solo Single 'Pillowtalk' Will Be Released January 29th 29th

Nearly a year after Zayn Malik revealed he would be leaving One Direction, the singer has announced that he'll release "Pillowtalk," his first official single as a solo artist, on January 29th. "A big part of why I left the band is I made the realization that it wasn't actually about [being the biggest] anymore," Malik told The Fader in November in his first interview as a solo artist. I want to reach them in the right way, and I want them to believe what I'm saying. I just want to make music now." "That's not music I would listen to," he said.