Zayn Malik is going to drop a powerful new track looking back on racism he faced while in One Direction. The 32-year-old star, who became international famous with Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, and late Liam Payne, posted a teaser of the song named Fuchsia Sea on Instagram. In the excerpt, Zayn belts out the powerful line: “I worked hard in a white band / And they still laughed at the Asian,” emphasizing the struggles he encountered as a British-Pakistani musician in an otherwise white pop band.
The song shares a name with a track in Zayn’s 2024 album Room Under the Stairs, and fans are left wondering if teased version is a remake or totally new music. Zayn captioned the Instagram teaser “Zaddy’s home” and left fans anticipating more music.
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Speaking Out on Past Racism
Zayn has previously opened up about the racism he endured. In a 2012 interview with The Sun, he shared, “Nasty things [were said] like I’m a terrorist… How can you justify that?” He also faced public comparisons to a terror suspect by U.S. talk show host Bill Maher, sparking outrage and a petition demanding an apology.
Emotional Return to One Direction Roots
Earlier in the year, Zayn sang One Direction’s Night Changes at a concert in Mexico City, for the first time in a decade singing the 1D hit live. Wiping away tears, he told the audience, “I almost cried at one point. This is insane.”
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Zayn departed from One Direction in 2015, citing the need for a more personal life. In late 2024, he met up with his old bandmates again at Liam Payne’s funeral after the untimely death of Liam in Buenos Aires.
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