I think a lot of people would sooner admit to a murder than admit that they gave poetry a bash in their formative years but, nevertheless, a lot of us did try to express our incredibly dumb emotions in the form of a poem or two. It’s an art form that 1% of the time is a beautiful way to render some intangible truth tangible but 99% of the time is mostly just people who have been broken up with trying to get revenge. Trying to convey your ~truth~ through poorly executed art is something nearly all of us go through, and it appears former hottest One Directioner Zayn Malik is not immune.
Not content with bathing in the adoration of millions for his singing ability, jawline, and body alone, Malik has taken to Instagram to share himself in a medium monopolised by whimsically dressed alcoholics and people who conspicuously use notebooks in public. The results are definitely results.
His first one, simply titled Morning Zoem, accompanied a photo of his face illuminated by a toy lightsaber and seemed to focus on themes of alienation, digital communication, and flesh acrobats (?):
https://www.instagram.com/p/BejVygMns8-/?hl=en&taken-by=zayn
His follow up, an untitled piece, again seems to focus on alienation, with added elements of obscene holes:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bel6VbWnIXf/?hl=en&taken-by=zayn
Going to be honest with you, I have no fucking idea what the next one is about but I will take a moment to pay mad respects to these dope Rocko’s Modern Life socks:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bemk7MhnJvy/?hl=en&taken-by=zayn
Other than the awkward start (“lines of linear“? No thanks), this one is probably my favourite so far, some good lyrical flow and some strong imagery. Put these as lyrics over some fuzzy riffs and you’ve got yourself a 14-minute-long stoner metal song:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BerIGTtHxh2
The follow up is a quick step backward, delving into some hand-handed imagery about trolls and phones:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BerzszRnyLy/?hl=en&taken-by=zayn
I am forced to admit that “I do not profess a political manner / but Oprah does and I still stan her” is an incredible rhyming couplet:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BetdM25Hpad/?hl=en&taken-by=zayn
Next up we see what appears to be the results of someone feeding a neural network a thesaurus and using it to populate one of those big vertical signs people put up in home kitchens that say dumb shit like “In this house we laugh big, eat lots, fart a bunch, pray to Baal, skip dinner, fear the Illuminati – and we NEVER say sorry.“:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BevMoZbHxUI
I had trouble reading the next one both because of the layout and typesetting and also because my eyes kept being drawn back to “JUST WAITING FOR BEES“. Truly, we are all just waiting for bees.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bey09ObnuzS/?hl=en&taken-by=zayn
I’ve chosen to believe that his most recent one is about the films Deep Blue Sea (those words are in there) and Zoolander (it says “blue steel“). Overall it seems kind of melancholic, but so is every poem.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Be2MdtDHcCG/?hl=en&taken-by=zayn
Are these lyrics for an upcoming album? Is he just bored? Did he just figure out how to use Photoshop and doesn’t know what to do with this newfound skill except poetry? We can only wait and see.
