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Zayn Malik Interview dissing bands music
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blueface2222
18-11-2015
http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news...nt-happy-with/

What a ungrateful piece of work!

The real answer he should say is:
I didn't like the music from day one but i waited until year four until i had accumulated as much money as possible for myself to last me forever before realising that to have the best chance of going solo since others are more famous than me i need to leave and get a head start.

I'm not denying he has always liked RnB but he knew what he was signing up for, so many double standards. Once you've made you're money who cares eh!?

Can see why the others bar dignified Liam seem pissed at him.

To be honest i like 1D and it wasn't generic as f*ck at all their music, quite good considering. Bet management and Cowell will be pissed he is slagging them off to get headlines. They know what sells. You knew what you were signing up for. If you weren't happy you should have walked out day one and someone who wanted to be there could have taken your place.

Shame on you Zayn. You'd be nothing without 1D. Releasing this in the week of their new album being released to maximise publicity for yourself too...
JamieHT
18-11-2015
Originally Posted by blueface2222:
“http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news...nt-happy-with/

What a ungrateful piece of work!

The real answer he should say is:
I didn't like the music from day one but i waited until year four until i had accumulated as much money as possible for myself to last me forever before realising that to have the best chance of going solo since others are more famous than me i need to leave and get a head start.

I'm not denying he has always liked RnB but he knew what he was signing up for, so many double standards. Once you've made you're money who cares eh!?

Can see why the others bar dignified Liam seem pissed at him.

To be honest i like 1D and it wasn't generic as f*ck at all their music, quite good considering. Bet management and Cowell will be pissed he is slagging them off to get headlines. They know what sells. You knew what you were signing up for. If you weren't happy you should have walked out day one and someone who wanted to be there could have taken your place.

Shame on you Zayn. You'd be nothing without 1D. Releasing this in the week of their new album being released to maximise publicity for yourself too...”

I don't know much of their music, but certainly some of their singles are extremely generic. You are right though about his comments being a bit unfair on his fans.
CLL Dodge
18-11-2015
He's in a boyband put together by Simon Cowell and he expects creativity.
Mrs C
18-11-2015
What did he honestly expect he would be singing when he entered the X Factor? He's made a ton of money, has an amazing springboard for his "solo career" and is alienating the very fans who a) made him as famous as he is and b) would be likely to buy his music in the future..
Ungrateful, immature and delusional - he'll probably do very well
Blondie X
18-11-2015
He came across as a self entitled whiney brat from day one and so none of this is a shock.

Does he want sympathy? Poor little millionaire wasn't allowed to write songs for the manufactured Cowell puppet act he willingly signed up for - how sad.
AdzPower
18-11-2015
I must be the only person here who doesn't think he sounded whiney at all. He was hoping their sound would change as they grew and he wanted to contribute to that, when it was made clear that wasn't gonna happen he left to do his own thing. What would be the point in staying if he wasn't enjoying what the band was doing?
shelleyj89
18-11-2015
I'd imagine it's more likely the others are pissed at him because they feel exactly the same way as him, and are annoyed because he was one with the balls to quit first.

It's his career. He's the one who's lived it/worked it. He's the one who's entitled to say whatever he wants about it, in my opinion. I find it amusing that he's being criticised by some because he didn't want to be another Simon Cowell puppet and actually wants to have a say in his career. Good for him.
ohglobbits
18-11-2015
Originally Posted by shelleyj89:
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It's his career. He's the one who's lived it/worked it. He's the one who's entitled to say whatever he wants about it, in my opinion. I find it amusing that he's being criticised by some because he didn't want to be another Simon Cowell puppet and actually wants to have a say in his career. Good for him.”

Exactly, next people will be saying Robbie shouldn't have left Take That to go solo or Geri, the Spice Girls!
Harry Redknapp
18-11-2015
I don't think he said anything bad in the interview; he just mentioned that he was not happy due to being creatively stilted; I think Liam and Niall write 1D's songs. He is now in a position where he could afford to make the music he wants.

I wouldn't call Louis dignified, didn't he pitch a fit when Zayn left?

The boys were 16/17 when they were selected for 1D, I think its unfair to expect them to not be naive.
Master Ozzy
18-11-2015
I don't see the problem with what he said. He's only 22...when he first started out in One Direction he was a lot younger than that and being in a boy band at that age he probably saw stars in his eyes like any young boy in that position would. He's now growing up though and realising that he doesn't want to be told what to sing, what image to have, just have songs handed to him with no creative input. Did people expect him to stay in the band forever?!! Like someone else said, it actually took guts to do what he did and everything he has said in that interview is probably exactly how the other four boys probably feel and they're probably gutted that Zayn had the balls to pull out first. He's only 22, he's still very young. He was unhappy so he left. I think he did the right thing.
blueface2222
18-11-2015
Originally Posted by AdzPower:
“I must be the only person here who doesn't think he sounded whiney at all. He was hoping their sound would change as they grew and he wanted to contribute to that, when it was made clear that wasn't gonna happen he left to do his own thing. What would be the point in staying if he wasn't enjoying what the band was doing?”

No he left to be a normal 22 year old thats why he is going solo I hate artists who do this once they've made their money now change their minds etc He would have understood from day one that One Direction were a pop band and they wouldn't completely going to change music direction hats a riiculous request. There stuff ain't generic it made him a millionaire. His R n B crap wouldn't have even started him off. He had no confidence when he was on XF without it he would be nothing. I hate artists who do this once they've earnt their money. We know from most pop bands that the solo member who goes first is normally he one who does the best he wanted a head start on them all. Plus he wasn't the most well know member anyway bby leaving he makes himself stand out so he had that to gain frm leaving which is the second reason he left.eeee
shelleyj89
18-11-2015
^To be fair, he has worked hard with the band to earn the money he has. Four albums in four years and almost non-stop touring. He was well within his rights to quit if he wasn't happy, and he's well within his rights now to comment on it.
AdzPower
18-11-2015
Originally Posted by blueface2222:
“No he left to be a normal 22 year old thats why he is going solo I hate artists who do this once they've made their money now change their minds etc He would have understood from day one that One Direction were a pop band and they wouldn't completely going to change music direction hats a riiculous request. There stuff ain't generic it made him a millionaire. His R n B crap wouldn't have even started him off. He had no confidence when he was on XF without it he would be nothing. I hate artists who do this once they've earnt their money. We know from most pop bands that the solo member who goes first is normally he one who does the best he wanted a head start on them all. Plus he wasn't the most well know member anyway bby leaving he makes himself stand out so he had that to gain frm leaving which is the second reason he left.eeee”

He never said he didn't want a solo career. Just that he wanted to take some time off and be more normal, which he's now done.
DRAGON LANCE
18-11-2015
My fave part of the fader interview that is doing the rounds...ok it might not be an exact quote :

Quote:
“Oh by ecky woe is me. I wurr forced thru me urn choice of appearing on't X-Factor TV talent show to be part of 'err boyband. Whun really, all I eva' wunted ta du were ta make Bollywood Sadcore with a bit ur R'n'B on't side. They wunt let me do dat in't boyband dey wunt. Totally boogered me creativity they did. It wur like been in held prisoner it twer, by ecky flip.”

The trials and tribulations of being in a Boyband eh? There's always a pretentious one that deludes himself he's talented...when his money has ran out he'll change his mind.
Hitstastic
18-11-2015
All publicity is good publicity.

Maybe it's the sceptic in me but it's as if he's orchestrated all this to actually help sell One Directions album.

Noel Gallagher was always on hand to start slagging people off to the press when a new Oasis album was released. The worse the Oasis album, the more Noel slagged off others. lol

Zayn might not be in the band anymore, but I think he knows that by slagging them off, it gets One Direction in the newspapers - whom the journalists will all add that they've got an album out this week.

Hey presto, another 8k sales towards their weekly total. If Justin Bieber wasn't proving such a threat in the album chart, this interview would cease to exist. Syco must be desperate to see 1D get the #1 album this Friday.
casualviewer
18-11-2015
Originally Posted by Hitstastic:
“All publicity is good publicity.

Maybe it's the sceptic in me but it's as if he's orchestrated all this to actually help sell One Directions album.”

Really? I think its just the opposite. 1D and Bieber are front and center this week in entertainment media because of the chart battle so his management timed this interview to ride off the coattails of his former band to prove that He Is A Serious Guy Who Is Terribly Misunderstood and He Wants to Make Serious Music, Seriously.
THEXFACTORKING
18-11-2015
Ungreatful pig and self absorbed !

Once his solo career fades ....he will come back to band ....(spice girls, take that, backstreet boys)
Hitstastic
18-11-2015
Originally Posted by casualviewer:
“Really? I think its just the opposite. 1D and Bieber are front and center this week in entertainment media because of the chart battle so his management timed this interview to ride off the coattails of his former band to prove that He Is A Serious Guy Who Is Terribly Misunderstood and He Wants to Make Serious Music, Seriously.”

I like to read between the lines. If it was anyone else saying this nobody would bat an eyelid. Because it's Zayn, I just feel like it's being used to put some type of spotlight on One Direction.

It's all a bit curious that he's done this interview in the week One Direction have a new album out. Why didn't he wait until next week, or even done this last week? It's the timing that speaks volumes.
PunksNotDead
18-11-2015
Originally Posted by THEXFACTORKING:
“Ungreatful pig and self absorbed !

Once his solo career fades ....he will come back to band ....(spice girls, take that, backstreet boys)”

I'd say he is rather clever actually, he made millions releasing generic crap that people bought and now has enough to actually leave the manufactured boy band behind and do his own thing. Good for him I say.
zeze88
18-11-2015
I think it is VERY obvious this whole thing is a diss at 1D, like he couldn't wait a few weeks, he just HAD to release it now., especially since people can buy the issue on 15th of December.
Hollie_Louise
18-11-2015
Originally Posted by AdzPower:
“I must be the only person here who doesn't think he sounded whiney at all. He was hoping their sound would change as they grew and he wanted to contribute to that, when it was made clear that wasn't gonna happen he left to do his own thing. What would be the point in staying if he wasn't enjoying what the band was doing?”

Don't worrying you're not. I don't think he comes across as whiney in the slightest.
blueface2222
19-11-2015
My point was if he wasn't happy from day one like he says he was then he should have left day one. There's no way any person in a pop band would think in a few years we'll be making RnB records so its OK i'll stay. That's PR lies to phase in his album as the album he's always wanted to make etc.

The point is he stayed for a few years until he accumulated a good amount of money and for only that reason it seems and now realising he is one of the least famous members of the band he had to leave to maximise any chance of a career afterwards. I just hate how he then has the audacity after sticking around for four years he can criticise the music and say things like 'real music etc'. It's offensive to the fans.

But whatever, he's not the first and not the last to only be in something for the money and once you know you have enough of it your attitude changes. I can totally understand if only diplomatic Liam has spoken to him. If i was the other three i'd be pissed too with him leaving half way during a world tour like that. You fulfil your commitments. If he had a chat with them all, and phased leaving after the last date of the world tour before the next album campaign i would have had a lot more respect. I do hope he financially lost out due to walking out on a tour like that like any artist would.
Master Ozzy
19-11-2015
Originally Posted by blueface2222:
“My point was if he wasn't happy from day one like he says he was then he should have left day one. There's no way any person in a pop band would think in a few years we'll be making RnB records so its OK i'll stay. That's PR lies to phase in his album as the album he's always wanted to make etc.

The point is he stayed for a few years until he accumulated a good amount of money and for only that reason it seems and now realising he is one of the least famous members of the band he had to leave to maximise any chance of a career afterwards. I just hate how he then has the audacity after sticking around for four years he can criticise the music and say things like 'real music etc'. It's offensive to the fans.

But whatever, he's not the first and not the last to only be in something for the money and once you know you have enough of it your attitude changes. I can totally understand if only diplomatic Liam has spoken to him. If i was the other three i'd be pissed too with him leaving half way during a world tour like that. You fulfil your commitments. If he had a chat with them all, and phased leaving after the last date of the world tour before the next album campaign i would have had a lot more respect. I do hope he financially lost out due to walking out on a tour like that like any artist would.”

Oh come on, give the boy a break he's only 22...when the band were on X Factor he was only 16/17 years old. He was a teenager for god sake. Whether he really thought the band's music would evolve and become mature one day or whether he's lying, big bloody deal. He probably had family and friends around him telling him to stick it out for a few years, make his millions and then leave. Good on him for doing it too. It's a bloody cheesy pop band for god sake and none of them have great voices...in fact Zayn had arguably the best voice out of the lot of them. He's now 22 and is absolutely loaded and he can do what he wants. I know that if I had been in his position and went on XF and didn't love being in the band, my family would be telling me to stick it out for a few years, and they'd be right to tell me to do it!! It was obvious that he was unhappy for a long, long time. It's easy to say he should have stuck it out at least until the end of the tour, however we don't know how unhappy he was and we don't know what goes on behind the scenes. Sometimes if you're that unhappy, you just need to get out. I don't think he's done anything wrong and I don't think he's said anything bad in that interview about anyone in the band or "dissed" them. He's just given his opinion on the music and why he left.
AdzPower
19-11-2015
Originally Posted by Master Ozzy:
“Oh come on, give the boy a break he's only 22...when the band were on X Factor he was only 16/17 years old. He was a teenager for god sake. Whether he really thought the band's music would evolve and become mature one day or whether he's lying, big bloody deal. He probably had family and friends around him telling him to stick it out for a few years, make his millions and then leave. Good on him for doing it too. It's a bloody cheesy pop band for god sake and none of them have great voices...in fact Zayn had arguably the best voice out of the lot of them. He's now 22 and is absolutely loaded and he can do what he wants. I know that if I had been in his position and went on XF and didn't love being in the band, my family would be telling me to stick it out for a few years, and they'd be right to tell me to do it!! It was obvious that he was unhappy for a long, long time. It's easy to say he should have stuck it out at least until the end of the tour, however we don't know how unhappy he was and we don't know what goes on behind the scenes. Sometimes if you're that unhappy, you just need to get out. I don't think he's done anything wrong and I don't think he's said anything bad in that interview about anyone in the band or "dissed" them. He's just given his opinion on the music and why he left.”

Completely agree Master Ozzy, some people in this thread are taking this way too seriously. It's easy as first to ignore the unhappiness because you have money and the fame but you get to a point where it just isn't enough anymore, and I think Zayn had reached that around album 3, good for him for sticking it out as long as he did because you could tell he was miserable.
Harry Redknapp
19-11-2015
I'm not sure he is in control of when a magazine gets released...
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