Zayn Malik, the Pakistani-British singing and Taylor Swift, squad leader extraordinaire, just came together for the new Fifty Shades Of Gray sequel, Fifty Shades Darker. Naturally, this has sent the internet into a crazy meltdown with people not being able to contain their excitement for two of the most talked about singers coming together.
The song by Zayn Malik and Taylor Swift came out on iTunes as a suprise
The song, called, “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever” appeared quite unexpectedly in the iTunes Store in United States just a little while before 9:30 am Pakistan Standarad Time on Friday, December 9, 2016. It sent the fandoms of both the singers into a frenzy over the collaboration.
Both the singers teased fans with posters of the song shortly before release
Z | T | 50@fiftyshades #fiftyshadesdarker @itunes pic.twitter.com/m4meFS4F79
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) December 9, 2016
#IDONTWANNALIVEFOREVER @taylorswift13 @FiftyShades https://t.co/29qTancSJT@AppleMusic pic.twitter.com/yxXL739E9R
— zayn (@zaynmalik) December 9, 2016
And then, Taylor Swift posted a short snippet of the song
#fiftyshadesdarker#idontwannaliveforever pic.twitter.com/Q51nqZ4ppX
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) December 9, 2016
Within just three hours of the tweet, it had been retweeted by more than 31 thousand fans.
It’s being speculated that the collaboration came about because of Gigi Hadid
Both the singers are related to Gigi Hadid, with Zayn Malik in a relationship with her and Taylor Swift being one of her “squad” members.
I blame Gigi Hadid for Zayn and Taylor's collab
— busé (@knewbetterbuse) December 9, 2016
This is how people on Twitter have been reacting to the surprising development
#idontwannaliveforever "Zayn and Taylor"
I'm shook
The fandom is shook
Harry is shook
The world is shook
The aliens are shook— Lukeisapenguin|-/ (@saleeeexx) December 9, 2016
Zayn and Taylor Swift is the strangest collab but this song is so freaking amazing. #IDontWannaLiveForever
— Moana ? (@nadia_garciacx) December 9, 2016
zayn and taylor: #idontwannaliveforever
world: pic.twitter.com/wOLNbXAE02
— alena (@ZAPSG0LD) December 9, 2016
When you're listening to #idontwannaliveforever and then realizing zayn and taylor made it together pic.twitter.com/5dxWHmg2UZ
— Amy (@Real_Amy_Adams) December 9, 2016
Can’t wait for the song to be officially dropping on YouTube.
Cover image via: elle.com