Zayn: Introversion, fatherhood, and VHS tapes
Happy Place
Fearne Cotton
4.7 • 15.6K Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2024
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
It can be tiring being anything but yourself. Musician Zayn has learnt to lean into what really makes him content.
In this chat with Fearne, Zayn talks through the quiet lifestyle he loves in Pennsylvania: painting, being outdoors, spending time with his daughter, and staying off his phone. He also explains how fatherhood has changed him, whether he's the parent he thought he would be, and what impact the new depths of emotion he feels has had on his music.
They chat about how to find the balance between sharing enough information with others to really connect on a deep level, while keeping some things private just for you. Plus, Zayn gives Fearne a very thoughtful gift...
Zayn’s new album, ROOM UNDER THE STAIRS is out now.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello I'm Fern Cotton and this is Happy Place, the show that explores emotional growth. |
| 0:07.0 | Today I'm chatting to Zane. |
| 0:10.0 | The writing process, I think any direct correlation to you know being a father is just like having a bit more depth to pull from you know when I'm talking about real life things like what was I going to write a song about 17 I just came out of school |
| 0:24.9 | I did my air levels like I've lived some life now I have this love for this you know this |
| 0:29.6 | other being that I never understood before and I don't have any fears or worries expressing that because it's such a good |
| 0:36.7 | feeling and beautiful thing that I've been through. I don't know it just feels like I want |
| 0:41.6 | to share that with the world in a mature |
| 0:44.1 | fatherly way. |
| 0:45.2 | Zane is a multi platinum selling artist songwriter, producer and philanthropist. |
| 0:52.3 | He's known for his absolutely skyscraping vocals and |
| 0:55.9 | hybrid pop and R&B style but he's been working on something a little bit different |
| 1:01.6 | recently. Room under the, his new album is his most personal work. |
| 1:07.0 | It's genre bending, he's leaning into a brand new sound, there are more soulful vocals and live instrumentation. The lyrics |
| 1:15.8 | explore the complexities of healing, stillness and growth. All themes we touch on |
| 1:21.8 | in this chat actually, fatherhood has changed him. He's learnt |
| 1:26.0 | patience from having a child, haven't we all? We talk about animals too and how we can learn |
| 1:31.9 | the art of being present with them. He's just generally |
| 1:35.1 | slowed his life right down. He'd rather spend his time in the countryside painting and |
| 1:40.5 | cooking than in a busy city always on his phone. |
| 1:44.3 | No, honestly, he talks about how he's perfectly happy to be off his phone for two or three days |
| 1:50.6 | at a time. |
| 1:51.6 | He just turns it off, so there's something for all of us to aspire to. |
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