POP SONG REVIEW: “PILLOWTALK” by Zayn
A massively late look at the One Direction kid’s first solo hit.
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A massively late look at the One Direction kid’s first solo hit.
@thatkiraa
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 pm
his song with jisoo is peak
@rinvenderin
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 pm
you know… as an ex-directioner and someone who’s had a massive crush on zayn for like ten years, it’s time to accept the fact that his songs are ass
@SemiIocon
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 pm
Man, Todd comparing something positively to Imagine Dragons really takes me back
@aminakamran6969
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 pm
I see your point about the single. But Mind of Mine is still one of the best albums I’ve heard, excluding the interlude, even 9 years out.
@ursidae97
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 pm
Returning to old videos is such a ride because I get punched in the face by myself from ten years ago. Don't read that shit
@senoreverything6366
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 pm
nahhh this song slaps. the production is incredible and the performance is amazing
@Ahego99
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 pm
Forgot how much I hated this fucking song.
@ombrenightcores
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 pm
It’s 2025 and the fact that Harry Styles was the eventual record-breaking, AOTY winning, icon-status member of the group with a solo career shows that it wasn’t that everyone in 1D couldn’t make it on their own, but Zayn wasn’t going to be one of the ones that did
@SEHipple
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 pm
"He's no Nick Jonas" has got to be one of the best burns Todd's come up with.
@andrewkathe3471
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 pm
Zayne is a name that needs a Billy in front of it and the y removed
@domeatown
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 pm
…I actually really liked this song. And still do. And I didnt even like one direction.
The song itself is bad.
The conviction in the vocals holds up. even six years later.
Harry still sings like he is bored.
Zayne sang like he had nothing else to think about, and it aged really well.
@Lovebuggy1877
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 pm
I feel so attacked, I ended up listening to this in middle school and my mom had an aneurysm and I had to lie and tell her that the song was not about sex cuz she was screaming and crying
great video as always ❤
@FORTBLOX56
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 pm
Stevie Wonder singing about the racial problems in America sounds more like sex than this. This song might not be the worst thing ever, but one thing it definitely is not is sexy
@luckybear101
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 pm
I will say Zayn has much better songs. Hell, he even has better songs that are about sex.
@bhagirathpriyavrat821
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 pm
My roommate in college loved this song and would play this non stop. Yeah i wasn't roomates with him for long.
@raymundoaguirre2072
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 pm
So basically zayn left one direction in 2016 to make terrible 50 shades of gray music 😂
@theneonchimpchannel9095
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 pm
Why do all modern pop singers mumble like that? At least most of them do. It took me a second to realize he was singing in English. Did he record the vocals while eating peanut butter?
@andysee6996
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 pm
I saw someone cover Pillowtalk on The Voice tonight. Both the arrangement and the singing blew Zayn's original out of the water.
@janjanbinks1710
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 pm
It's so weird to me that nowadays none of the 1D members became huge success but Harry Styles. Like where is Zayn now? Last time I heard a song of his was that one song he made with Taylor Swift for the 50 Shades soundtrack.
@AugustRx
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 pm
it's called experimental sex and it's a metaphor for the cold war
@arisusan5124
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 pm
hold up is that a Calgary zoo mention??
@metroidotherm6170
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 pm
You know what would make this song worse? If CHRIS BROWN sang it, that would recontestualize the lyrics and that moaning sound in the background in some ugly ways.
@applemask
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 pm
We're STILL in the same mess
@lindaeasley5606
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 pm
Everybody knows having a tat gives street cred
@micksboxarchive
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 pm
"I dunno if you follow the news, but the UK is in a bit of a mess right now" is one of those sentences that tells you absolutely nothing about when a video was made
@rct3isepic
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 pm
Who decided that a large portion of this music video should look like watching an LCD screen from the wrong angle?
@jonahfalcon1970
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 pm
You know who else was a boy band with 4 members?
The Beatles.
@rowancrimes3828
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 pm
Watching the opening of this in late 2022 is a trip
@davidnissim589
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 pm
Looking back from 2022, I'm only realizing just how boring pop music was from 2016-2018
@pissqueendanniella4688
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 pm
This song does not have the energy to be something that would inspire any couple to have "wake up the neighbors" sex. Maybe "we'll ruffle the sheets a little bit, ba-bay" but even that'd be generous
@FineFictMen
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 pm
TMW Nine Inch Nails did hate sex properly than Zyan's.
@berserk1437
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 pm
This is technically also a One Hit Wonderland 😂
@stanstanminson6608
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 pm
9:24 "WHOA OH OH OH I'M
WHOA OH OH OH I'M
READY TO ROCK YOU
READY TO ROCK YOU"
@devindevon
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 pm
Coming to you from the future (2022). I'm sure you'll be thrilled to know that almost every hit song now sounds exactly like this shit. My expectations for 2023 are even lower.
@mucuspatty4649
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 pm
Oh cool, the video’s back
@landoman107
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 pm
I didn't know this was a thing lol
@BaileyVogtOut
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 pm
Blurred Lines on Xanax realness
@MealGin
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 pm
"because this kid is sooooooo threatening"
oof
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