Zayn Malik: Lesser known facts

Who is Zayn Malik's mystery girl?

Singer Zayn Malik seems to have found new love after calling off his engagement to Perrie Edwards of Little Mix band. In his latest Instagram photograph, the former One Direction band member was seen cuddling up to a mystery girl, reports aceshowbiz.com. The black-and-white image showed shirtless Malik wrapping his arms around the mystery woman who was affectionately looking up at him. While he didn’t give caption for the image, fans were quick to respond to the shot. Some criticised the singer, while others were desperate to know who his mystery female companion was.

Meanwhile, check out as to who was Zayn hanging out with immediately after his break-up with Perrie...

Zayn Malik's new love interest

According to an IANS report, after splitting from Perrie Edwards, singer Zayn Malik is reportedly busy wooing singer-actress Zendaya. According to The Sun newspaper, the former One Direction member is messaging the 18-year-old Zendaya, who featured in the song 'Bad blood' as a character called Cut Throat, reports mirror.co.uk. "Zayn is talking to a lot of ladies very casually, but Zendaya is the most high-profile. He said they should get in the studio together,” said a source. Meanwhile, the newly single singer, Edwards, has turned to gambling in Las Vegas after the split from Malik.

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Zayn Malik ends engagement with Perrie Edwards

According to an ANI report, Zayn Malik ended his engagement with Perrie Edwards. Sources revealed that it was two weeks ago when the 22-year-old singer contacted Edwards saying that it was over between the two, reported People magazine. It is further being said that the Little Mix singer, 22, who is being supported by her bandmates, has been putting on a brave face after the split, but she is obviously devastated. Malik and Edwards, who got engaged in August 2013, are in Los Angeles due to their work commitments but have not seen each other, suggest sources. In an interview, when Edwards was asked a how she is doing after the split, the Black Magic hit-maker responded, "I'm good, thank you."

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Hollywood celebs dying their hair pink, blue or green is a trend these days. Going with the trend, popular singer Zayn Malik has dyed his hair green. Flaunting his new hairdo, he posted his picture on Instagram posing with his fiancee, Perrie Edwards. An excited Perrie captioned the photo, "#GreenHairDontCare," [sic] and posed by a table with Beck's green beer bottle that matched Zayn Malik's newly dyed hair colour. The singer claimed fame through One Direction band, and was recently in news for parting ways with the band. However, there are a few lesser known facts about the singer.

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Zayn Malik is a popular English singer and songwriter. He was one of the participants of the seventh series of television reality show The X Factor. He later became a part of the popular band ‘One Direction’ along with Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson. He was recently in news for having parted ways with the band. Before making it big in the music world, he was apparently a waiter, stated a report on uk.celebrity.yahoo.com.

Zayn Malik has often been spotted smoking a cigarette. According to a report on Sugarscape.com, Zayn had told Fabulous that he had started smoking at the age of 15. The report quoted Zayn saying that he didn't want his health to be affected with the cigarettes. Back in 2011, he had also stated that he wants to quit smoking and that would be his New Year resolution for 2012, reported Metro.co.uk.

Zayn Malik has some Bollywood connection as well. Shah Rukh Khan had clicked an adorable selfie with Zayn, and posted on micro-blogging site Twitter. He tweeted, "This kid is so cool. May Allah bless him. Dinner time at the Asian Awards," [sic]. According to IANS, this is India's most retweeted photograph with about 107604 retweets, and got favourited 150032 times. SRK had apparently met the former ‘One Direction’ singing sensation at the fifth annual Asian Awards in London.

Zayn Malik's departure from the popular band One Direction came as a shocker for fans. However, post his decision, the singer not just departed from the band but also removed references to it. Zayn's Twitter handle was @ZaynMalik1D, but he later changed it to @ZaynMalik, stated a PTI report. The report further stated that Zayn had also removed the link of One Direction's website from his Twitter biography. The report also stated that fans tagged this move of Zayn as betrayal.

Zayn Malik reportedly has a penchant for getting inked. The musician has quirky tattoos all over his body and doesn't seem to mind the pain of getting inked. Zayn apparently has 25 tattoos all over his body, stated a report on Ibtimes.co.in. When Zayn was a participant on The X Factor, his grandfather passed away. As a tribute, the musician tattooed his granddad's name on his chest in Arabic stated a report on Metro.co.uk. Zayn also has his forearm dedicated to a tattoo of his fiancée Perrie Edwards, stated the report.

Zayn Malik is rumoured to get hitched to Perrie Edwards soon. While he seems to be deeply in love with Perrie, the musician apparently learnt his lessons of love from Bollywood. According to a report on Mirror.co.uk, Zayn had revealed that Bollywood film Bombay was his favourite film as child, also the reason why he was able to charm the ladies so easily. He was further quoted saying that he was a lover boy since the age of ten.

While Zayn Malik is loved for his music, there is something that he fears. Apparently, Zayn has aquaphobia, reports Unrealitytv.co.uk. The singer cannot swim and has a fear of open water, but ironically he loves sharks, stated the report. Zayn was the only one seen wearing armbands while shooting for the surfboard sequence of music video of ‘Kiss You’, making it a funny take on Zayn's swimming skills. There was also a shark seen following the popular musician in the said music video.