For his part, Malik—who welcomed a daughter with Hadid in 2020—previously admitted he wrote the single “shortly after” he left One Direction in March 2015 but resisted revealing its muse. (Edwards and Malik called it quits in August 2015, and he stepped out with Hadid that November.)
“I don’t want to be too specific about what it’s about,” he said during a February 2016 appearance on The Zach Sang Show. “That is obviously quite personal to me. People can figure it out for themselves.”
Meanwhile, this isn’t the first time Malik has addressed past alleged indiscretions concerning his relationship with Edwards. In 2015, he denied that he ended their relationship over the phone, an allegation his ex has maintained.
“It was horrible, the worst time in my life,” Edwards wrote in her girl group’s 2016 book Our World. “A four-year relationship, two-year engagement ended by a simple text message. Just like that.”
But when it comes to looking back at his relationship with Edwards as a whole, Malik—who claimed in 2024 following his relationships with both Edwards and Hadid he had “never been in love”—the “Better” singer has admitted he was immature.
“From 17 to 21, I was in a relationship,” Malik said in an interview with Nylon published in 2024. “I was engaged. I didn’t know anything about anything at that point. I thought I did, because I was 21. I was legally allowed to do everything, but I didn’t know s–t.”
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