Zayn Gets Real About Long-Lost Friends (And Possibly 1D) On 'Good Years'

Zayn is in full-on album promo mode! Just a week soon after making the world wonder what a "Rainberry" is, the 25-year-old is back with however another taste of Icarus Falls.


His latest, "Good Years," arrived on Thursday (December 6) to remind us that no one nails a falsetto quite like Z. While the bulk of his buzz tracks this year have been hazy R&B jams, this one is a genuine pop ballad, with Zayn getting introspective about his past over a sparse piano medley. "I'd rather be anywhere, anywhere although here," he sings. "I close my eyes, I visualize a group of a thousand tears / I pray to God I didn't waste all my good years."


If you are a One Direction fan who's thinking those lyrics might be referencing Zayn's self-described unhappy days with the boy musical group, you're not the only one. After the track's release, Directioners began speculating as much, taking into account lyrics like "nothing in the world could bring us down," which would be a play on One Direction's post-Zayn single "Drag Me Down."


Stoking those rumors even further was a cryptic tweet posted by Zayn's former 1D bandmate Louis Tomlinson just hours immediately after "Good Years" surfaced. Genuine confused. What a hypocrite!" The tweet read.


Of course, Zayn's new song could also be about literally anything else and have nothing to do with One Direction, and we won't know for sure unless he chooses to open up about it.


Up until then, anticipation for Icarus Falls is sky-high — the 27-track album arrives on December 14, and includes the previously released tunes "Rainberry," "Sour Diesel," "Let Me," "Entertainer," "Fingers," "Too Much," and "No Candle No Light" with Nicki Minaj.