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Zayn Malik Isn't in Touch with One Direction Bandmates: 'The Relationships Had Broken Apart' "There's things that were said after I left. Snide things. Small things that I would never have

expected," the singer says In the December issue of British Vogue

By Brianne Tracy Brianne Tracy Brianne Tracy is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2016.People Editorial GuidelinesPublished on November 6, 2018 04:50PM EST

Despite five years of touring and recording albums with One Direction, Zayn Malik isn’t in touch with any of his former bandmates.

In the December issue of British Vogue, the 25-year-old singer revealed that his relationships with Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan weren’t always what they seemed

and that their grueling schedules took a toll.

“We went from theaters, to arenas, to stadiums — there was never any sort of bridge between,” Malik said. “Just boom, boom, boom. I guess that kind of progression to any mind — but

especially when you’re 17, 18 — it kind of affects you a little bit. People take it different ways — especially when there are five different personalities. The relationships had broken

apart.”

Scott Trindle Malik also admitted that he hadn’t made a single friend before he quit the band in March 2015 to pursue his own solo career.

“I have always been a bit like that, though — always a bit of an island,” he said. “I don’t like to confer with too many people.”

Are the One Direction Boys Even Still Friends? While he may not have friends in his former bandmates, Malik does say “everything is great” with his girlfriend, model Gigi Hadid. Though the

two briefly split in March after more than two years together, they have since rekindled their romance.

“She’s super-organized, and I’m really not,” Malik said of Hadid, 23. “It helps that she can get things together for me a little bit. I lean on her a lot.”

Zayn Malik ‘Thanks God’ Girlfriend Gigi Hadid Handles Their Schedule: ‘She’s Really Organized … I’m Really Not’ The December issue of British Vogue marks the first anniversary of Edward

Enninful’s editorship at the publication and features 4 celebratory covers which feature Adut Akech, Stella Tennant, Saffron Vadher and Primrose Archer.

Scott Trindle Malik’s full feature can be read in the issuehitting newsstands Nov. 9.

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