This. Is. Not. A. Drill. Zayn Malik shaved off his beloved beard and left just a teeny soul patch in its place.
The “Pillowtalk” singer, 23, of former One Direction fame, debuted the clean-cut style via Instagram on Thursday, September 29, and naturally, his rabid fan base had thoughts. While a select few were hesitant with praise — “You look different but still handsome 😍😍😍,” wrote @lovelygreeneyess — the vast majority of the 78,000 commenters were more than happy with the end result.
@billy_thhe_kidd: “Fine af.”
@greenxblue_larry: “Mr. Malik you have no right to kill us like this.”
@shanicemahazza: “I swear you just keep on descending from heaven !!!!!!! Xxxxxxxxx.”
@yaraahm666: “This is the reason why im alive rn.”
And one more made a very astute point of comparison. “Omg he looks like John Stamos,” @nicoleugaldebres said. (We don’t disagree!)
Malik, who’s been dating Gigi Hadid for close to a year, isn’t the only one to rile up the 1D fan base with his hair choices this week. Harry Styles put Us all in a nostalgic place with the release of his three AnOther Man magazine covers, and he’s sporting long tresses (just like the days of yore!) in one of the shots.
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