Zayn Malik praises 1D for their new single, calling it ‘sick’

Last Friday saw world famous boy band One Direction release their first single 'Drag Me Down' since Zayn Malik left the band. 

The 22-year-old left the band to pursue is own plans and he announced his new record label signing last week. 

We were all wondering whether Zayn would speak out about the new One Direction track or not, and we were so happy to see that he took the time to tweet the band saying he was proud of them. 

He said: "Proud of my boys the new single is sick. Big love. 🙂 x"

Proud of my boys the new single is sick. Big love. 🙂 x

— zayn (@zaynmalik) August 1, 2015

The One Direction song went straight to number one in the singles charts following it's release, which goes to show the band isn't suffering too much having lost a member.

While the band were getting ready to share their new music with the world, Zayn was busy signing a record deal with RCA records. He shared the news with a tweet, which some 1D followers were not happy with.

"I guess I never explained why I left, it was for this moment to be given the opportunity to show you who I really am! #realmusic #RCA"

So he's suggesting that One Direction isn't real music? Ouch..