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London
There has been endless speculation about why Zayn Malik quit One Direction.
But one of the band’s main songwriters, Jamie Scott, has claimed that it was a simple case of burn-out - and not because of fractures among the group’s members. In fact, speaking to the Sunday Mirror, the hit-maker claims Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne are still friends with Malik, despite his departure. Jamie told the paper: ‘Zayn went because he’d had enough. Have you ever been on the road for four years? These guys aren’t at home.
‘There is no way the same thing is going to run through all five guys, that they’re all going to want to be on the road so much together. Eventually he got to a point where he’d had enough. ‘It was, ‘OK, I don’t want to be in this band any more’. It was that simple, it was human instinct kicking in. People want it to be complicated and have secret reasons but that is what it was.’
The comments come after music producer Naughty Boy also claimed there’s no real ‘bad blood’ between Zayn and the One Direction boys. He has been speaking out on behalf of his friend since he quit 1D in March and defended him when his former bandmate Louis launched a verbal broadside against him on Twitter.
Despite the online spat and the initial ‘anger’ Liam Payne revealed the four remaining members felt when Zayn told them he was walking out on the group, Naughty Boy is sure they are still friends and share a close bond because of the incredible journey they were on together. Speaking to BANG Showbiz at The 60th Anniversary Ivor Novello Awards, he said: ‘I don’t think there’s any real bad blood, especially from this side. I just want people to support him and prepare for his future. I think people just need to respect his reasons for leaving.