The ex-One Direction member makes us listen more closely than ever before.
"I've done this before, but not like this," Zayn Malik sings in "BeFoUr," released today (March 17). It's a fitting sentiment for his latest song, off his solo debut Mind of Mine, due out March 25. While he first teased "BeFoUr" last November, not long after he left One Direction, he now sounds lost in his own world throughout this moody R&B track about contemplating a split—not from the boy band this time, but a love interest who refuses to be straight with him. To thumping bass, Zayn sings as if he is muttering under his breath, forcing us to listen more closely than ever before. Hear for yourself below.