Taylor Swift and Zayn Malik surprised fans when they announced that they had been working on a song together. The two singers caused a social media storm when they released the song "I Don't Want to Live Forever" as a soundtrack for the upcoming sexy film "Fifty Shades Darker."
The "Shake it Off" singer and songwriter posted the cover art for the single on her Instagram account and then shared a snippet of the song, which is now available on iTunes. Taylor Swift and Zayn Malik's collaborative song took the number one position on the streaming site. Taylor is quick to post a screenshot of the chart, captioning with, "Well that escalated quickly." A photo with Taylor Swift and her cat is seen posted on Zayn Malik's side.
Taylor Swift and Zayn Malik admitted that it was Gigi Hadid who first pitched the idea of the both of them working together when Taylor was spending time with Gigi and Zayn after her breakup with British actor Tom Hiddleston. According to a source, "When the opportunity came for Taylor to team up with someone on "I Don't Want to Live Forever," she immediately thought of Zayn. It's a sexy song, the perfect song for them to collaborate on." This should debunk rumors that suggest Gigi Hadid was jealous.
The 21-year-old model was happy for her 23-year-old boyfriend Zayn Malik, and 26-year-old best friend, after they have released the song that they have been working on. Gigi Hadid made sure to show her support on her social media by tweeting the artwork of the single with a huge smiley face, a praising emoji.
Taylor Swift wrote the song with Jack Antonoff, the boyfriend of Taylor's BFF Lena Dunham, and singer-songwriter Sam Dew. According to Antonoff, the team basically did it in one week, with Taylor recording at his house and Zayne Malik sending his parts from LA.
The film "Fifty Shades Darker" will hit the cinemas in February next year. Taylor Swift and Zayn Malik gave more bang to this raunchy movie starring Dakota Jonhson and Jamie Dornan.