As you may have heard right now, especially if you have a daughter or know of any girls under the age of seventeen, Zayn Malik has left One Direction after five years, according to a statement the band released on their Facebook page this afternoon. I know, I know. I’ll give you a moment to compose yourself.
At any rate, social media is being flooded with the big salty tears of fans who can’t understand WHY, ZAYN, WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS TO US?
Here’s just a sampling of the thousands of tweets:
I just found out that #ZaynMalik left my beloved @onedirection and I'm over here like: pic.twitter.com/d4r72oYDiG
— Lexi James (@LexiJamesMusic) March 25, 2015
https://twitter.com/FAJlTA/status/580786070457049088
MY LIFE IS OVER SOMEBODY KILL ME NOW. ZAYN IS GONE AND SO IS MY HEART. IM DEAD. LITERALLY DEAD.
— Leigh Durian (@leigh_durian) March 25, 2015
https://twitter.com/defiantcameron/status/580776433502576640
THERE IS NO ONE DIRECTION WITHOUR ZAYN IM CRYING
— natalie (@nataliekennison) March 25, 2015
ask me if I'm ok @zaynmalik pic.twitter.com/YVr48MbOsm
— alli fitz ⋆˙⟡♡ (@allicatttx) March 25, 2015
https://twitter.com/Caminah__/status/580816157269200896
https://twitter.com/aIpacaIum/status/580774500251254784
https://twitter.com/VlNYLHARRY/status/580792682772987904
https://twitter.com/HQonedirection/status/580771674808680448
Ladies. Ladies. Everybody just calm the hell down. Everybody knows that a boy bander is only out of the band so long as he doesn’t need money until the inevitable reunion tour in ten years. It’s only a matter of time.