VIDEO : Zayn Malik Tells Elle U.K. About His Decision to Part Ways With 1Direction

Zayn Malik may be dating Gigi Hadid at the moment, but music will always be his first true love. More than a year since leaving One Direction, the ?Like I Would? crooner says he?s in tuned with himself and his work more than ever. ?At that time in my life I felt I had done everything I could do there and I just needed to change it up. It didn?t feel brave,? Malik, 23, tells Elle U.K. about his decision to part ways with his band.