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(FILES) This file photo taken on September 7, 2016 shows Zayn Malik arrives for the Tom Ford Autumn/Winter 2016 Menswear and Womenswear Collection presentation in New York. Zayn Malik, who found superstardom as a teen heartthrob with One Direction before a heated falling out, is publishing an autobiography at age 23. Publisher Penguin Random House on September 13, 2016 announced that "Zayn," described as the British singer's "first autobiography," would come out worldwide on November 1 and feature his thoughts, drawings and personal photographs. / AFP / ANGELA WEISS Image Credit: AFP

Former One Direction star Zayn Malik, who thinks about “alternative realities”, says he would have been at a university had he not become a singer. Speaking to VMAN 38, Malik, 24, admitted to the magazine that he’s been curious about what his life might have looked like had he not become a member of the One Direction band. “I think about alternative realities. I think I’d be at university and I would have done my English degree. I think I’d be looking for some employment to do with English lecturing or literature,” he said. Malik quit One Direction in 2015 and released his debut solo album a year later.