Zayn Malik just signed a record deal with RCA — and threw shade at One Direction! Even though the singer told Directioners that he left the group in order to be a normal 22-year-old guy, he says in his recent tweets that he left the group because he wanted the "opportunity to show you who I really am."
I guess I never explained why I left , it was for this moment to be given the opportunity to show you who i really am! #realmusic #RCA !!
— zayn (@zaynmalik) July 29, 2015
He posted a photo of himself signing a recording contract.
— zayn (@zaynmalik) July 29, 2015
And hinted that he would finally get to show fans the "real me."
— zayn (@zaynmalik) July 29, 2015
He also retweeted a fan who says that he wasn't making music that was real to him before he quit 1D.
While we totally support his decision to branch out and make music (after all, we all miss the Bradford Bad Boy's high notes), we're a bit disappointed that he was kind of throwing shade at the band that made him famous.
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