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Zach Sang Show

Zayn on Purpose, Parenting, Painting, Pakistani Heritage, Warhammer, and New Album ‘Konnakol

Zach Sang Show

Sangasong, LLC

Music, Tv & Film

4.6685 Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2026

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

We join Zayn in NYC to discuss his new, fifth album ‘Konnakol.’ A record rooted in the South Asian tradition of Konnakol where syllables are performed percussively. Think of it as historic beatboxing. It’s a record steeped in his Pakistani heritage and influenced heavily by the legendary Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.


We talk about all this (and Nusrat’s connection to Jeff Buckley), while also diving into some of the record’s sexy, sultry R&B tracks — one night stands, power dynamics, late night romps — it’s all in there too. Zayn opens up about his creative process, working again with Malay (Frank Ocean), appeasing his inner child, and of course as a proud father, how Khai has reshaped his sense of purpose and joy.


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0:00.0

Hi, beautiful human. I'm Zach.

0:07.3

That's Zane.

0:09.8

This is, I'm so excited to be talking to you.

0:12.1

I really, you, okay, brother, you talked about something that I find interesting because I do think it's attached to this body of work.

0:23.0

Aging.

0:23.7

Yeah.

0:24.2

Getting older.

0:25.1

Yeah.

0:25.7

You feel it?

0:27.9

Yeah, definitely.

0:31.4

Yeah, I definitely feel older and wiser, a lot more mature in the last few years, definitely, especially since my daughter's

0:43.3

been born.

0:44.1

One of the things I wanted to know about was confidence, right?

0:46.1

Because there's so much that's funneling into this new project.

0:48.7

It's very much an exploration of where you come from, who you are today, and very much where you're going.

0:55.4

Uh-huh.

0:57.1

And there's also a different look into your heritage.

1:01.1

Yeah.

1:01.6

That comes through in quite literally every facet to this album.

1:07.3

Yeah, definitely.

1:08.3

Yeah, it was something I wanted to definitely explore a bit deeper on this record.

1:13.6

Because you've done it before, right?

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