Zayn Malik admits he's spent six years on 'a farm' as he prepares for music comeback
Zayn Malik has spent the last few years out of the limelight and now plans to make his return. In a recent appearance on Capital FM Breakfast the former One Direction star revealed that he's been spending his time between the UK and his sprawling ranch in Pennsylvania.
"I've got a farm, I've lived on my farm for about five or six years now," he told hosts Jordan North, Chris Stark and Sian Welby. The No Candle No Light singer added: "I've got chickens, couple of turtles, dogs, cats.
"Eventually going to branch out to making it a bit more of a proper farm when I have the time, but it's a lot of work looking after a lot of animals, I want horses eventually, would like to get some horses."
Zayn's surprising reveal comes after he announced his first ever headline solo concert. which will take place at Shepherd's Bush Empire in London on 17 May. This event coincides with the release of his fourth album, Room Under The Stairs
During his appearance on Capital Zayn revealed that he's secretly been performing gigs in Los Angeles, as he quipped: "I don't know if there's any footage of it, hopefully not" before adding that he'll be doing a few "karaoke nights" before his big London gig.
The Bradford-born star made a rare public appearance at Paris Fashion Week earlier this year - the first in half a decade. He had previously spoken about how anxiety has impacted his life, sometimes making it difficult to perform.
He was set to perform solo at Capital's Summertime Ball eight years ago, but pulled out minutes before he was due on stage. In a post on Instagram, Zayn said: "Unfortunately, my anxiety that has haunted me throughout the last few months around live performances has gotten the better of me.
"With the magnitude of the event, I have suffered the worst anxiety of my career. I cannot apologise enough. I promise I will do my best to make this up to everybody I've let down today."
He played a short set at Wango Tango festival in 2016 and also sang on The Voice USA, but hasn't publicly peformed since, something that is set to change in just a few weeks.
After Zayn announced his upcoming gig on Instagram, fans were quick to share their excitement at the news. One quipped: "the zrought is really over!"
"Seeing you happy like this and come back on stage made me prouder than I already am, you deserve it" penned another. While a third wrote: "ZAYN LIVE AFTER 8 YEARS IM CRYING"
