Zayn Malik is one of those rare South Asian breeds that have gone on to achieve a cult following around themselves in the west. Especially among young girls who are considered to be the biggest target of any male celebrity or a band for top-level success in the market. While a majority of the credit goes to him not being raised in this part of the world and one direction, it indeed is amazing to catch someone admiring the culture that they belong, even when they haven’t been a part of it, always.
However, every now and then Zayn comes out and expresses his love for all South-Asian things like samosas, Indian food and Shah Rukh Khan. Something similar happened recently when he posted a Zayn Malik singing Teri Deewani video on his Instagram. The song which has originally been sung by Kailash Kher is one of those rare love ballads that continues to swoon millions of people.
Zayn decided to not take the usual lyrical note journey with his cover of the song and added a bit changes in it. And, while not all of them are great, Zayn Malik fans (especially South Asian) can’t help but fall in love with it.
The former One Direction member can at least be appreciated on his improved diction and pronunciation of Hindi words from the song. Check out the video of Zayn Malik singing Teri Deewani over here:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BfrZdT2HJEe/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_ufi_test
While some of the fans absolutely fell in love the cover.
Waking upto Zayn singing Teri Deewani is the best thing ever! @zaynmalik
— nothing (@wondereronearth) February 27, 2018
@zaynmalik 's beautiful rendition of Teri Deewani reminded me of my love for that song and @Kailashkher. Timeless.
— tina♡7🔗 (@tina_skylight) February 27, 2018
https://twitter.com/bvlgari_gal/status/968417466031452160
https://twitter.com/786kiddo/status/968417619475927040
@zaynmalik singing teri deewani is my new aesthetic. I've been listening to that clip on repeat for the past 10 minutes
— Pooja (@PoojaDaga21) February 27, 2018
https://twitter.com/mairanotmaria2/status/968318411712401408
BITCHSHS ZAYN JUST POSTED A COVER OF TERI DEEWANI BY THE FCUKINH KAILASH KHER AND IM CRYINH BC SO FUCKING UNDERRATED AND I CANT WAIT FOR HIS ASS TO DROP BROWN MUSIC pic.twitter.com/vIa9g3HMkk
— 💲 (@safuhhh) February 26, 2018
https://twitter.com/JessicxK/status/968279283843174400
https://twitter.com/eashamx3/status/968291511300448261
Others instantly abhorred it and even went on to ask the necessity of ruining the song for them?
zayn sounded like a dying walrus in his cover of teri deewani bye i had to turn off that shit in three seconds
— ceramic hippie chai queen (@mayonistan) February 26, 2018
Scratching nails on the board sounds better than Zayn Malik's cover of teri deewani.
— Curvy Sage (@girllitasf) February 27, 2018
"Teri Deewani" was one of my all time favourite song and then zayn malik sung it 😐
— KHURRAM NASEER 🇵🇰 (@BhattiGalSun) February 27, 2018
Zayn Malik's teri deewani cover was so cringy, had to hear the original 10 times to come out of that shock.
— L E E Z A. (@ziyadafreenaho) February 27, 2018
5 seconds of Zayn Malik's urdu song Teri Deewani and I'm like pic.twitter.com/QMGSSGTkNt
— Senior Insafi (@Sab_PK) February 27, 2018
Just listened to Zayn Malik's version of Teri Deewani and my ears are hurting. Why would you do that?
— pain (@KhaNuBya) February 27, 2018
https://twitter.com/astrophiIee/status/968506615107407873
After Listening Zayn Malik's "Teri Deewani" pic.twitter.com/HZp9RCvVhH
— Sufiiii (@iSofyaanRajput) February 27, 2018
The video of Zayn Malik singing Teri Deewani got so viral that it even reached the original singer of the composition – Kailash Kher – too, who expressed his excitement over the cover. He even went out to give Zayn a proposition of jamming together.
https://twitter.com/ZaynReport/status/968533476722003969
Interestingly, the news got big among the fans and because they loved it so much, Zayn decided to gift his fans another Kailash Kher’s popular track – Allah Ke Bande. Separated in two videos, Zayn definitely caught up with few glitches in the previous and got them right in this new video. This cover is certainly much better than the previous one, check it out here:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BfthUH5nWcS/?utm_source=ig_embed
There was a huge difference in opinion among the fans reacting to Zayn Malik singing Teri Deewani, but the next cover of Allah Ke Bande is definitely where Zayn shines.
Jyotsna Amla