That poor Zayn. After the split with his girlfriend Gigi Hadid, it was too painful for the British singer to release the songs he had already written about her. He then took the break as a starting point and wrote new songs. Like the Greek mythological figure Icarus, Zayn made a huge smack from which he had to get out. The former member has crammed his grief into a bulky album with no fewer than
… 27 songs. On the sequel to (2016) r & b again predominates, in mostly easily digestible songs in which the singer shows his heartbreak and reflects on the period in which he was in One Direction. In some songs, slightly Asian influences return, in which you recognize Zayn's Pakistani origins. These kinds of details are so minimal that after 27 songs you have the feeling that you are listening to one big mess. Then his first album tastes better. (JvQ)more