Zayn Malik has been a former member of British-Irish boy band One Direction for nearly a year now (okay, we're jumping ahead a little, but it feels a lot closer to a year than not).

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On March 25th it will be an entire year since he and the remaining One Direction members made statements about his departure.

Since departing, Malik took a little time out of the spotlight and then jumped right back in to start working on his solo venture with RCA Records.

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In a new interview with Billboard, the former boy band member dished how his friendships with Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson have suffered since opting out of the band they were all in together.

In his statement upon leaving 1D, he claimed he had "four friends for life in Louis, Liam, Harry and Niall," but that tune has since changed.

"The truth of it is you can think one thing about a situation and the total opposite can happen," he told Billboard, explaining, "I had every intention of remaining friends with everybody, but I guess certain phone numbers have changed and I haven't received calls from a lot of people. I've reached out to a few of them and not got a reply. Certain people have pride issues, but it's stuff you overcome in time."

On the bright side it seems like perhaps things between him and Payne are at least good. He mentioned Payne "would always give me credit in terms of vocal ability."

Would Malik mention Payne if things between them were rough? We don't think so, especially after learning during their X Factor days Malik was initially put off by Payne, but it seems like throughout their years together as bandmates they got beyond that to form a solid friendship.

Plus, since Malik's departure from 1D, Payne has mentioned him on Twitter like when celebrating the band's anniversary so it seems like they at least want to remain in each other's lives.

Which 1D members do you think Malik is in touch with? Take our poll below.

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We really hope the lads will be able to fix their friendships this year.

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Zayn Malik, One Direction, Liam Payne