London: Former One Direction member Zayn Malik has revealed that he left the band because there was no room for him "to experiment creatively".


Zayn Malik. Pic/Santa Banta

"If I would sing a hook or a verse slightly R&B, or slightly myself, it would always be recorded 50 times until there was a straight version that was pop, generic as f***, so they could use that version," Malik told mirror.co.uk.