Zayn Malik was born on January 12, 1993, in Bradford, England, to a family of English-Pakistani descent. He had an early love for singing and performing, and at the age of 17 he competed in the television competition The X Factor. He was teamed up with four other male contestants to form the group act One Direction, who went on to become one of the most popular boy bands in music history. Malik left the group in March 2015.
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There's this one girl that I remember from the X Factor that we're competing with, but...she doesn't know I like her. I was just a contestant in a band called One Direction to her, but I want to be something more.