Zayn Leaving is a Stunt Recap
It was time to make a new masterpost about the stunt to reflect the current situation and what we’ve learned in the last few months. If you haven’t heard of this before, you can get the overview here and more specifics here in my Zayn Stunt Summary.
The reasons given are all invalid.
Zayn’s taste in music differs from One Direction’s no more than Liam’s or any of the boys’ do. They’ve all shown discontent with the singles that are chosen and their lack of control over their musical direction more than once.
Zerrie is a fake relationship, so Zayn leaving the band to spend time with her makes no sense.
At least ostensibly, Zayn has barely been at home since he left to spend time with his family.
If Zayn wanted to be normal, a deal with RCA and constant talk about making solo music wouldn’t be happening.
Zayn is supposedly going solo, yet they’re teasing with no apparent intention to follow through anytime soon. It would have made much more sense for him to wait the year out.
Despite all the rumors, the only signs of strain between Zayn and OT4 are in the papers and on social media- both things easily manipulated by 1DHQ.
Zayn supposedly wasn’t enjoying it anymore, but he was more engaged than ever at the beginning of OTRA to the point where people were constantly remarking on it.
There’s no proof or real reason to believe that Zayn has a drug problem or is struggling with mental illness. Both rumors seem to have originated from sources tied to 1DHQ.
Several of the reasons are contradictory such as wanting to be normal vs. wanting to go solo.
Modest has never shown regard for the boys’ health or wishes, so it makes no sense they would allow Zayn to leave because of stress or because he just didn’t want to do it anymore.
Despite all the contractual obligations Zayn must be under, there’s been no legal fallout from him suddenly leaving the band and breaking his contracts.
Rather than altering all of the official social media and websites at once to reflect the change in band members, there was a piecemeal erasure of Zayn which still isn’t fully complete.
Instead of crediting Zayn for his part in the band as is normal, the official social media and websites have tried to erase him from the band’s past as well as its present.
They haven’t completely stopped using OT5 images or selling OT5 merchandise. They’ve even released new merchandise with Zayn’s name attached.
Zayn is still attached to the companies set up by 1D for financial reasons.
IMDBPro has never taken Modest off of Zayn’s affiliations and never listed a new management company for him. We have information that at least one internal database still has him under Modest as well.
No new management company has officially claimed Zayn at this point despite consistent rumors about Turn First.
It took RCA and Purple PR days to months to confirm that they represented Zayn. RCA’s profile for Zayn features only one picture that’s not from a photoshoot. They also haven’t updated to link to his new social media.
Zayn was seen with HJPR and Modest employees at events like the Asian Awards and some of his US outings at a time which he should have no longer been affiliated with them.
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