For Zayn Malik, time isn’t dictated by a clock. He is a free being, a sensitive soul – maybe too sensitive – a little like Icarus, who flew too close to the sun. His soul still bears the scars that show he was there, but has come back. His art can’t be reduced to a handful of scheduled commitments and promotions. He doesn't give many interviews, doesn't appear much in the media, never talks about the life behind the life we see. Which is to say that Zayn Malik agreed to this
GQ interview because he wanted to do it. Behind these pages, there were months of dialogues, proposals and options.