Zayn Malik revisited One Direction’s 2014 single “Night Changes” in a nostalgic black and white Instagram video on Monday.
The 29-year-old “X Factor” alum, who was a member of the boy band from 2010 to 2015 alongside Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan, sang the song a cappella in the social media upload.
“Everything you ever dreamed of / Disappears when you wake up,” Malik sang.
“But there’s nothing to be afraid of / Even if the night changes,” he continued. “It will never change you and me.”
Malik didn’t caption the post, leading his Instagram followers to the comments section to speculate about his use of the throwback tune – especially given his rocky history with the band.
“Is he missing the good old days?” one user asked, while another wrote, “What the f–k? WHAT THE ACTUAL F-K!!! Come on comeback! COME ON REUNION TOUR!!!!!!”
A third commented: “If I got a nickel for every time Zayn sang a one-way song in 2022, I’d have two nickels. which isn’t much, but it’s weird that it happened twice,” referring to Malik singing “You & I” in June.
In the previous social media upload, which lasted just eight seconds, the crooner “Pillowtalk” brought the high note of the end of the 2013 ballad.
Malik’s former bandmates have also given their old songs a try over the years, with Styles, 28, singing “What Makes You Beautiful” on tour and with Lizzo at Coachella.
Meanwhile, Horan, also 28, performed “Fool’s Gold” and “Drag Me Down” during his 2018 “Flicker” world tour.
As for Tomlinson, the 30-year-old singer of “Walls” has included “Drag Me Down”, “Little Black Dress” and “Through the Dark” on his current “Walls” tour set list.
And last year, Payne, 28, played several songs from his boy band days at a 15-year-old’s birthday party in Brazil.
The “Strip That Down” singer appeared on Logan Paul’s podcast “Impaulsive” earlier this year and made headlines for criticizing Malik in the interview.
“Before we get too deep into this, there are many reasons why I hate Zayn, and there are many reasons why I will always be on his side,” Payne said in June, calling Malik’s “different upbringing” and “wrong understood” person.
“You can always look at the man for where he is and say, ‘Oh yeah, whatever, that man’s ad,'” he added at the time. “But at the end of the day, once you understand what he’s been through to get to the point, and whether he actually wanted to be there.”
The following month, Tomlinson dodged questions about the “beef” and told the co-hosts of “The Project” in Australia to “don’t argue.”