Behind the scenes at Zayn Malik's ES Magazine cover shoot

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Zayn Malik is living the pop star dream – he’s got a record-breaking first album, relocated to LA, has a supermodel girlfriend, released an autobiography, ‘Zayn’, and has millions of adoring fans.

In an exclusive November cover interview with ES Magazine, he told Charlotte Edwardes about his struggles with anxiety, overcoming racism and wooing Gigi Hadid with steak and potato pie.

He’s also a prominent face in the fashion scene, often spotted on the red carpet, on stage or sitting front row at the Louis Vuitton show at Paris Fashion Week.

Bradford-born Zayn broke a lot of hearts when he announced his permanent departure from boyband One Direction in 2015, but the 23-year-old more than made up for the millions of crying emojis on social media when he treated fans to his debut solo album, Mind of Mine, a year after leaving his former band.

Zayn and Gigi

Mind of Mine was the first album by a British male singer to debut at number one on both the UK and US charts and this was also after he broke musical records with Pillowtalk for the most first-day and weekly streams for a debut artist track worldwide.

One Direction's Zayn Malik - In pictures

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The singer/songwriter is currently working on his second album.

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