Zayn Malik has covered Rae Sremmurd's No Type and it's a solid 5 out of 10
Ex-One Direction member looks to be heading down a more R&B/Hip Hop route
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Your support makes all the difference.Zayn Malik is clearly trying to get away from the 'gonna love you forever girl yeah' indie pop of One Direction with his forthcoming solo career, posting a cover of trap duo Rae Sremmurd's hit 'No Type'.
A snippet of the song could be heard in the background of a Vine posted a few months ago and now the full version is here in high quality, with a rep confirming to Billboard that it is indeed Zayn singing on the track.
He gives a sort of Weeknd-lite version of the track's hook, while Mic Righteous features on it with a dodgy verse in which he references Dot Cotton that really doesn't match the originals by Rae Sremmurd, whom Malik hasn't given so much as a hat tip to on Twitter.
The top comment on a YouTube upload of the song is currently 'Am I the only one who hears how terrible these vocals are?', with 271 upvotes.
This slow 'leaking' of snippets and covers suggest Malik is going to try and forge a music career separate from One Direction, and the world can probably expect a debut single later this year.
Update: Malik's collaborator Naughty Boy has said this version isn't the 'real one', and it's p*ssed off MIC Righteous who thinks this means his verse is going to be cut:
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