Blackpink’s Jisoo to collaborate with former One Direction singer Zayn Malik on surprise duet
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Jisoo will be collaborating with Zayn Malik for her upcoming single Eyes Closed.
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SEOUL – South Korean singer Jisoo of K-pop girl group Blackpink will be collaborating with English singer-songwriter Zayn Malik on her upcoming single Eyes Closed, to be released on Oct 10.
Set to expansive, genre-swirling production, the duet captures the nervous anticipation and thrilling freefall of diving into new love without looking back.
Jisoo, 30, disclosed the news via a poster on social media on Oct 8, writing: “Jisoo x Zayn. Digital single, Eyes Closed.”
She unveiled on Oct 6 a teaser hinting at the release of a surprise track. The image, posted on Instagram, featured a silhouette of her then mystery collaborator in the background.
She uploaded another teaser on Oct 7, showing her standing in the foreground with a male figure with his back turned behind her.
“Jisoo is releasing a new ballad duet with Zayn, some time this month,” an industry source told South Korean newspaper The Korea Herald on Oct 5.
The source did not provide further details about the collaboration, but hinted that Malik, 32, might have been invited to Blackpink’s recent concert in New York for a reason.
The former member of British boy band One Direction was spotted attending the girl group’s New York concert on July 27 with his five-year-old daughter Khai, whom he shares with his former girlfriend, American model Gigi Hadid, 30.
Shortly after the concert, he posted a photo on Instagram showing himself in the crowd holding Khai, both raising their hands in the air. It was captioned: “@Blackpinkofficial Thank you :) Me & Khai loved it.”
Jisoo is midway through Blackpink’s world tour Deadline, which began in Seoul in July.
She is taking a short break following the London shows on Aug 15 and 16. Blackpink are scheduled to resume the tour in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on Oct 18. They will be performing in Singapore from Nov 28 to 30.
Eyes Closed will be Jisoo’s first music release since her solo EP Amortage, released in February, which included the tracks Earthquake and Your Love.
Malik rose to global fame as part of One Direction, one of the world’s best-selling boy bands. He left the group in 2015 and has since pursued a solo career. He is set to kick off 2026 with his first-ever Las Vegas residency. THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK
