Watch Zayn Malik in Snakehips’ Brooding ‘Cruel’ Video

Singer battles loneliness in neon-hued clip with electronic duo

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Love always means trouble for former One Direction singer Zayn Malik. On his solo debut single, “Pillowtalk,” romance was both “a paradise and a war zone” ”“ and his latest collaboration with electronic duo Snakehips picks up from there. On the new song “Cruel,” Zayn sings in a plaintive neon light: “I’ve been by myself remembering you/ Your body hurts me.”

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