Zayn Malik’s Grown-Out Beard Has Us Doing a Double Take Over His New Look

Zayn Malik ’s style and grooming evolution is forever keeping Us on our toes.

In a Friday, August 23, Instagram video, Malik, 31, showed off his latest facial hair style. The British singer, who sat singing with a red Supreme microphone, had grown out his beard to cover his entire face. The beard connected to his tousled mane through long sideburns.

In the clip, Malik dressed casually in a white button-down and matching slacks, but it was the beard that had fans in a tizzy.

“Give me the haircare routine cause how tf your hair grows that fast,” one fan wrote via Instagram comment as another added, “Damn the beard.”

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While Malik is not a prolific social media user, he last showcased his look earlier this summer. In a June Instagram selfie, the “Pillowtalk” singer rocked a closely shaved look, with just a smattering of stubble.

During his One Direction tenure, Malik was instructed to keep a clean-shaven look.

“There were certain restrictions in terms of the way that we could come outside of that young teen boy look. … I wasn’t allowed to keep it,” he told Complex in a March 2016 profile. "Eventually, when I got older, I rebelled against it and decided to keep it anyway. That was just because I looked older than the rest of them.”

Malik left the band in 2017 , quickly deciding to grow out his facial hair.

“That’s one of the things that is now quite cool. I get to keep my beard,” he told the outlet. “I also wanted to dye my hair when I was in the band, but I wasn’t allowed to.”

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Malik has rocked numerous hues in his hair, though it is currently his naturally brown, all of which is how he showcases himself .

“Fashion is always going to be used as a form of expression.,” he told GQ India in April 2021. “Fashion is part of how I express myself, but it’s not only the only way I express myself. Everything is related, though.”