Zayn Malik has done his first sit-down interview in six years. Here are 10 things we learnt. - Mamamia

"My music teacher recommended I get singing lessons and... then she said, 'I think you should go on X Factor. I think you've got a good chance.'"

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Zayn Malik wanted to be the "first" to leave One Direction. 

The singer admitted he "selfishly" wanted to be the first one to strike out on their own and leave the boy band. 

After realising there were things going on in the background, where other members didn't want to sign new contracts, Malik took it as a sign that he needed to get out. 

"I think I'd known for a minute," he said. "There was a lot of politics going on, certain people were doing certain things [and] certain people didn't want to sign contracts so I knew something was happening so I just got ahead of the curb.

"I completely selfishly wanted to be the first person to make their own record... I was like, 'I'm going to jump the gun here for the first time. I'm passive but when it comes to my music and my business, I'm serious about it and I'm competitive. I wanted to be the first to go and do my own thing."

After asking his parents to return home to regroup, his decision to leave was then final.

He then moved to London as he was "on a mission" to create music. 

After Cooper suggested it must have been stressful to break out in a solo career, Malik agreed. 

"It's a very different experience standing by yourself on stage," he said, and "a whole different workload" when performing entire songs by himself rather than splitting up verses between band members. 

"I just kinda had to make an adjustment," he said. 

"I started practicing a lot more, singing a lot more [and] making sure I could sing [an entire song] for three minutes."

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