When I was ten years old, I had my heart broken for the first time. It was 2015, the day of my grandmother’s birthday, and One Direction had just announced via a Facebook post that Zayn Malik was leaving...

To leave a boy band because of creative differences is one of pop music’s most tired cliches. But in the case of Zayn Malik, there might be no example more warranted. Videos of old One Direction concerts...