#16.1.2021

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What if... ginger baby Hawkes?

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Ernest Smith, a co-writer on Tightrope, talking about how the song came to be on his Instagram - 16.1.2021

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الساعة بقت ٥ وتلت وأنا لسه مش عارفة أنام وبقالي ٣ ساعات بحاول. انتهت كل الحلول والأمر متروك لظهور حبيب حالًا بمعجزة إلهية يـcuddle me ويلعبلي في شعري لحد ما أنام، وآي بروميس يو مش هاخد وقت كتير، عارفة إن وراك ناس تانية تساعدهم يناموا بما إنك بيسكلي معجزة وكده.

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Zayn via Twitter - NobodyIsListening.com

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Nikki Flores, a co-writer on Unfuckwitable, talking about the song on her Twitter - 16.1.2021

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Zayn Malik croons Muhammad Rafi’s ‘Chaudhvin ka chand’ in new solo album

Singer and songwriter Zayn Malik has just released his third solo album titled Nobody is Listening, with 11 tracks on the list and the album has been the talk

Singer and songwriter Zayn Malik has just released his third solo album titled Nobody is Listening, with 11 tracks on the list and the album has been the talk of the town ever since.

In a quintessential Zayn Malik style, he released the 35 minutes long album with 11 tracks showcasing all the best qualities of his music while catering to his own vocal abilities, but his song Tightrope which is a soft track, steals the show.

Paying homage to his Pakistani roots, the 28-year-old singer croons the lyrics of the celebrated musician Mohammad Rafi's iconic Chaudhvi Ka Chand. The 1960's masterpiece gives blast from the past - getting Rafi's admirers nostalgic.

The Pillowtalk hitmaker has been lauded for setting this trend up. While this isn't the first time he has tried his hand at Urdu, he has also been appreciated for his dictation which improved a lot.

Previously, the former member of One Direction dropped his phone number on Twitter as a promotion strategy for his new album, Nobody is Listening.

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syd: Track 5 - When Love’s Around ft. Syd 🧑🏾‍🦱

Produced and co-written by my guys @nickydaveymusic

We wrote and recorded this song in an Airbnb in San Pedro lol along with some other chunes you guys are bound to hear one day

Thanks for having me @zayn 🥰

This is a big deal for me

Thank you @harley_justice_w you made this happen

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More graphic still is Windowsill, where the action shifts to ledges and countertops. It’s quite an achievement that Zayn manages to make a song about playing hide-the-sausage sound both wistful and bittersweet. East London rapper Devlin, one of two guests on the album, is an unwelcome distraction here. By contrast, Syd – of the Internet, Odd Future and solo fame – proves an unexpectedly apposite foil on When Love’s Around.

Happily, Zayn’s libido is not the toxic kind that has you rolling your eyes at its selfish puerility. Repeatedly, you get the feeling this is a guy who just wants to float around in a post-coital fugue state for ever, taking a few tokes and going at it again (“My brain lives in the canna-abyss”, he raps on Calamity). For all that the two lovers seem to be giving the neighbours plenty to talk about (cf Windowsill), the beast with two backs is not the whole story here.

The Guardian rates Nobody Is Listening 3 of 5 stars,  Zayn: Nobody Is Listening review – music to make babies to