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Harry Styles Returns to Music With Song "Aperture" After 3 Years
From Dusk Till Dawn, Zayn Malik fans will be talking about this moment.
As the “Pillowtalk” singer continues his Las Vegas residency at Dolby Live, he seemingly addressed the backlash his former One Direction bandmate Harry Styles is receiving for the prices of his Together, Together world tour.
“I just want to say a big, big thank you to every single one of you for being here tonight,” Zayn told the crowd at his Jan. 28 show in a video that circulated X. “Could’ve been anywhere but you decided to spend your night with me.”
After a long pause, Zayn cheekily added, “Hopefully the ticket prices weren’t too high.”
To uproarious applause, the 33-year-old grinned, adding, “Just saying.”
Of course, the “I Don’t Want to Live Forever” singer’s comments are tame compared to some of the fan reactions to Harry’s ticket pricing, which, according to their screenshots of Ticketmaster carts, ranged around $1,000 each—regardless of placement in the venues.
“What in the actual f--k are these prices about?” one fan wrote on X, adding screenshots of tickets that ranged up to $800. “This is actual insanity.”
Harry has yet to publicly address the pricing criticism.
Meanwhile, Zayn isn’t the only one of Harry’s former bandmates to comment on his latest era. Louis Tomlinson recently shared that he had seen clips of the “Aperture” music video circulating online.
“I’ve only seen one clip of him dancing or getting thrown around or something like that!” Louis, who recently dropped his album How Did I End Up Here? told NME in an interview published Jan. 28. “I haven’t actually heard the song in its entirety yet, but I’m sure it’s great!”
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For Harry’s part, he doesn’t often publicly address his former bandmates—which also include Niall Horan and the late Liam Payne—but he has previously alluded to some beef with Zayn multiple times.
“I love those guys,” the 31-year-old said during a Saturday Night Live monologue in 2019. “They're my brothers. Niall, Louis, Liam and uh...Ringo! Yeah, that's it.”
Years earlier, Harry jabbed at Zayn for leaving One Direction in 2015, months before the band took a hiatus later that year, during a sketch on the late night comedy show where he portrayed Mick Jagger.
“Solo?” Harry joked as The Rolling Stones frontman in a 2017 Celebrity Family Feud sketch. “Why would anyone in a successful band go solo? That is insane!”
For more eyebrow raising moments from the former boyband’s members, keep reading…
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They've Got the X Factor
Despite winning over audiences around the world, the band finished in third place behind Rebecca Ferguson and Matt Cardle in 2010.
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Live From New York
The U.K. band made their Saturday Night Live debut in 2012 with an electric performance of their single "One Thing."
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Winning Big at the 2013 VMAs
The band took home the coveted moonman trophy for Best Song of the Summer for their song "Best Song Ever."
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Hitting the Big Screen
The band gave fans a behind-the-scenes look at live on the road of their This Is Us Tour with their concert documentary movie This Is Us.
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Music Royalty
While attending the Royal Variety Performance in November 2014, the band met Prince William and Kate Middleton.
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Where They Are
The band's Where We Are Tour was the highest-grossing tour of 2014, beating out Justin Timberlake, The Rolling Stones, Katy Perry as well as Beyoncé and Jay-Z's tours that year.
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One Direction Minus One
In March 2015, Malik announced that he was leaving the band to launch his solo career.
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End of an Era
After releasing 2015's Made in the A.M. as a foursome, Styles, Payne, Horan and Tomlinson announced that One Direction would take an indefinite hiatus.
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Fatherhood
Tomlinson became a father to his son Freddie Reign in 2016. One year later, Payne welcomed his son Bear Grey with ex Cheryl Cole.
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Reunion?
In 2020, fans suspected that a reunion of sorts was underway when Styles, Payne, Tomlinson and Horan all started following Malik on X—then known as Twitter—again.
Further fueling reunion rumors, Payne told The Sun at the time, "We've got a 10-year anniversary coming up so we've all been speaking together a lot over the last few weeks which has been really nice."
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Another 1D Baby
Malik and his then-girlfriend Gigi Hadid welcomed daughter Khai in September 2020.
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Friends First
Payne attended the London premiere of Tomlinson's 2023 documentary All of Those Voices.
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