Fans React To Former Boy Band Member’s New Look That Makes Him Almost Unrecognizable

It’s no secret that our society is heavily biased towards celebrities. Whether it’s a bad or a good thing is a topic for another time or maybe just a matter of each person’s opinion. Either way, it doesn’t change the fact that it is how it is. 

Sometimes people can overly freak out when a celeb they like does even a casual thing like posting a photo on social media. After all, fans always find even the smallest details to obsess over. The perfect example of such an event happened recently. 

Sometimes even a rather small action done by a celebrity can send their fans into a spiral of excitement

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Here, recently former boy band One Direction member Zayn Malik posted a photo on his Instagram page

A former boy band member, now solo singer, stuns fans with his unrecognizable look in a new Instagram post. 

Back in the 2010s, the boy band One Direction took the world by storm. The band consisted of five guys Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, and the late Liam Payne. 

In 2015 it was reported that, at least at the time, the band had broken 6 Guinness records throughout their run. They were the first group (and first UK group) to debut at No.1 with their first four albums in the US; the highest debut by a UK group on the US singles chart; the most popular dance game track on Just Dance 4; most followers on Twitter for a music group and most subscribers for a band on YouTube. 

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Overall, the group sold over 70 million records worldwide and won nearly 200 awards such as Artist Global Recording Artist of the Year by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry in 2013 or Artist of the Year by Billboard in 2014. They were such a big deal that often the “fan hysteria” was comparable to the one of Beatlemania (the fan frenzy of the British rock band the Beatles). 

All we mentioned is just the tip of the iceberg of how the band’s success looked like. Basically, they were a very huge deal in the first half of the 2010s. Then, in 2016 they took a hiatus, which at first was promised to be a temporary break but later turned to a permanent split, which let each member pursue solo careers. 

The simple photo quickly gathers a lot of attention from fans and various Instagram pages due to the way singer looks in it

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And so, they did pursue those careers, Zayn getting a head start by leaving the band first. Yet, all these years fans kept bringing up the rumors of a possible reunion, which the band didn’t do prior to L. Payne’s death, but have released a joint statement paying tribute to him.

While the 1D mania might have passed its peak, it doesn’t mean that the artists do not have loyal fans, who still (at least partially) freak out over the things they do to this day.

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People start gushing (or criticizing) his looks or expressing their surprise that he’s a The Last Of Us fan

Here, a few days ago, Zayn Malik, now aged 32, posted a photo on his Instagram account with over 50M followers, which sent some people into a frenzy. In this photo, he’s sporting a full, bushy beard and a baseball cap from the HBO show The Last of Us.

The people found plenty of things in this simple pic to go nuts over. For instance, many were amazed that the singer is a fan of the show, whose name is on his cap, and kept asking him whether he liked season 2 or even asking him to marry them. 

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His bushy look, of course, gathered a lot of attention too. Some pointed out that he looked like a trucker, while others revealed they couldn’t take their eyes off the picture. You know, to each its own. 

A few even noticed that Zayn’s former bandmate, Louis, with whom he has a friendship full of ups and downs, liked the photo, which was a big deal for the directions. 

Essentially, what this simple photo shows is that sometimes a celebrity doesn’t have to do that much to send their fans into a spiral. And while that doesn’t turn into a self or other threatening matter, we don’t think there’s really anything that wrong with it. 

They also quickly notice that Zayn’s former bandmate Louis liked the post, which becomes another big point of discussion

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