Zayn Malik confirms that he and Gigi Hadid are a couple

Zayn Malik and Gigi Hadid have been keeping all of us guessing for weeks, but the former OneDirection singer has finally confirmed that he and the Victoria’s Secret modelare dating. The 23-year-old spoke about his relationship with the blonde beautyfor the first time, during a radio interview on Tuesday.

Whiletalking with Westwood One’s Zach Sang and the Gang radio show, the singerconfirmed that he and Gigi are an item. “Was it cool to have your girlfriend inthe video?” asked one of the radio presenters, referring to the 20-year-old’sappearance in Zayn new solo song “Pillowtalk.”

The "Pillowtalk" singer confirmed that he is dating model Gigi Hadid Photo: Getty Images

“Yeah itwas cool,” he responded adding, “That was something different, and yeah, weenjoyed it. It was fun. We had a lot of fun on set.”

The interviewer Jillian Gutowitz then added, "No one easier to make out with than your own girlfriend, right?" Zayn handled that question like a champ and replied, "Exactly. I like what you've done there."

During theinterview, the singer also discussed his upcoming solo album. His first soloalbum is set to released on March 25, exactly a year on from when he left OneDirection. When quizzed about whether he had organized this, he replied “Itjust happens to be coincidence. Maybe it’s a sign.”

The "That’s WhatMakes You Beautiful" singer revealed he was really happy with the reception tohis first single "Pillowtalk." “Yeah I’m over the moon at the minute I neverreally expected that reaction so to get that it’s really cool,” he said.

The couple often posts pictures of each other on their respective Instagram pages Photo: Instagram/@zayn

“I wrote[Pillowtalk] shortly after I left the band…we wrote that song around the timewhen I was feeling those emotions. I don’t want to be too specific about whatit is about. It is obviously quite personal to me and something that happenedin my life,” he continued.

Zayn concludedthe interview by saying that he is hoping to relocate to America. “If I’msuccessful enough and do well enough I would love to call [California] home oneday.”