Zayn Malik is one of Elle UK’s September 2016 cover stars. The Pillowtalk singer reunites with photographer Nabil for the magazine’s cover photo shoot. Embracing luxurious fashions, Malik embraces glamorous looks, pictured in both a fur coat and Givenchy leather fringe jacket.
Zayn Malik Elle UK Covers
Opening up to the magazine about his love for music, the 23-year-old singer shares, “My entire life has changed in the last year. I’m still taking it all in. I’ve found so much out about myself. Mostly how in love with music I still was. The album is a build-up of six years and never being able to express what I wanted to say. I had something to get off my chest.”
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Continuing down a similar train of thought, Malik dishes on his personal style, confessing, “Since leaving One Direction I’ve been given the freedom to be able to wear whatever I want and that’s made it more interesting. More creative. I can say I want to wear metal arms and it’ll happen.”
Zayn Malik Elle UK Photo Shoot
A popular figure on social media, Malik talks about the downsides, expressing, “As much as social networking is a big thing now, there’s something to be said about having something real, if I had a choice I would take the camera off everyone’s iPhone and make sure we didn’t have Twitter or Facebook. It affects art form. There’s something to be said about living in the moment. I try to keep my phone for calls.” Read more on ElleUK.com.
Video: Zayn Malik for Elle UK