Zayn Malik has returned on Friday with a brand new studio album, "Konnakol," on Friday.
The record — released via Mercury Records/Island Records U.K. — is a collection that houses the previously-released recording “Sideways” and lead single “Die For Me.”
"Konnakol" is Malik’s first since 2024’s "Room Under the Stairs" and fifth since parting ways with One Direction in 2015.
The British pop singer co-produced the new LP with Malay (Frank Ocean, Lorde), extending a working relationship that dates back to his debut solo album "Mind of Mine" (2016) and its followup "Icarus Falls" (2018).
Malik will go full bore with his promotional work in support of the new record. He’ll make his first late-night TV interview, with a performance on Jimmy Fallon’s "The Tonight Show" on April 21 and an appearance on "The Drew Barrymore Show" on April 23.
The former One Direction singer kicks off his largest solo tour to date, with a show at AO Arena in Manchester, England, on May 12.
Produced by Live Nation, the Konnakol Tour marks Malik’s first-ever solo arena trek and sees him visit major cities across the world including London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, and São Paulo, and is scheduled to close with a concert November 20 at Kaseya Center in Miami, FL.
The 33-year-old should be a match fit. Malik completed his first-ever Las Vegas residency earlier this year, where he debuted and teased unreleased material from "Konnakol".
The LP's title is a reference to the art of performing percussion syllables vocally, a style found in South Indian Carnatic music. “It’s that time again, I have been lucky enough to make a fifth studio album,” he said in a press statement. “Konnakol in its definition, is the act of creating percussive sounds with one’s voice, but what it means to me lies somewhere much deeper. It is a sound that holds the reverberation of a time before words existed.
He added, “I have always drawn on my heritage for inspiration since I first started making my own music — this album is a development of that understanding, knowing more now than ever, who I am, where I come from and where I intend to go.”
Malik made history as a member of One Direction and was the first to split from the band in pursuit of a solo career. He released his first single "Pillowtalk," and first album "Mind of Mine," in 2016.
Stream "Konnakol" below.
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