Zayn Malik cut a casual figure as he stepped out in New York on Monday after an appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show.
The singer, 33, wore a brown and green top, black trousers and a ‘Drew’ cap, from the show.
He also showed off his various inkings on his neck and arms and accessorised with a silver chain.
Zayn no doubt would have been chatting all about his new music on the popular show.
Zayn announced his fifth studio album named KONNAKOL last month – releasing April 17 – and thrilled fans with a 31-date worldwide tour.
It was a milestone step for Zayn, who cancelled previous live dates due to ‘extreme anxiety’.
Zayn Malik cut a casual figure as he stepped out in New York on Monday after an appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show
The singer, 33, wore a brown and green top, black trousers and a ‘Drew’ cap, from the show
The tour kicks off on May 12, 2026 at Manchester’s AO Arena, with Zayn making stops in Glasgow and Birmingham before rounding off his only European shows this year with a show at London’s The O2 on Saturday 23rd May ahead of the UK Spring Bank Holiday.
Zayn will also perform dates in Los Angeles, Mexico City, São Paulo, and more before concluding on Friday 20th November in Miami, FL at Kaseya Center.
Last month Zayn caused a stir when he admitted he doesn’t think he was ever ‘in love’ with ex-girlfriend Gigi Hadid, but insisted he will ‘always’ care for her because of the connection they share through their daughter.
He dated the model, 30, on and off for six years, with the pair welcoming Khai – now five years old – in 2020, before calling it quits the following year.
But despite their long romance, in a 2024 interview on the Zach Sang Show, the former One Direction star surprised fans when he confessed to having never ‘truly been in love’.
Appearing on the Call Her Daddy podcast in February, Zayn doubled down on his previous admission, saying while he believed he was in love at the time, he has since realised his feelings didn’t run as deeply as he’d thought.
Reflecting on his relationship with the Victoria’s Secret angel, he said: ‘My understanding of love is always developing.
‘At that moment in time, I might have thought it was love, but as I’ve got older, I’ve realized maybe it wasn’t. Maybe it was lust. Maybe it was this. Maybe it was that. I don’t feel like it was love.’
But Zayn was quick to clarify that, while not romantically, he still loved Gigi ‘a crazy amount’ and ‘will always love her’, as the mother of his child.
He also showed off his various inkings on his neck and arms and accessorised with a silver chain while leaving the studios
Zayn no doubt would have been chatting all about his new music on the popular show
‘To be fair, just to have this on the record, I will always love G, because she is the reason my child is on this Earth and I have the utmost respect for her,’ he insisted.
‘I will always love her, but I don’t know if I was in love with her. I do love her a crazy amount, but no, I don’t think I was in love with her at that point. Otherwise I would have been a better version of myself.’
The Die For Me star also revealed that he is ‘not looking for a public relationship again’, saying that he had learned from previous experience that they ‘don’t work for me’.
Zayn – who dated and was engaged to Little Mix star Perrie Edwards from 2012 to 2015 – added that when he was young he ‘tended to get in trouble in relationships’.
He said: ‘I’m not looking for a public relationship again, and just out of experience, no offence to anybody that I have been in public relationships with before.
‘I’ve just learned from it that it don’t work for me. I’m quite a private person. I don’t really strive for people’s approval or attention. So the relationship should really be between me and that person.
‘And I think that personality type, somebody who doesn’t want to do that, would be more suited to me.’
