Without Zayn Malik, One Direction become four goofy white guys shouting

It’s common to think boyband members are interchangeable puppets – in fact they all bring something distinctive to the mixI’m a fan of One Direction’s music. It’s very efficient pop music that doubles as ecstatic, funny, and emotionally complex arena rock. Becoming a fan of One Direction’s music has inadvertently and perhaps inevitably drawn my focus toward the individual members of the band, my favourite of which was initially Zayn Malik, who has now left them in order to live the l