Zayny baby! Let’s rap. First you quit British boy band One Direction; then you blithely go on vacation with your fiancée Perrie Edwards; then you let some rumors fly about possibly getting married at Disneyland. And now, a major haircut and a nose piercing? You wanna tell us what’s going on?

Zayn, who has not appeared in public since he announced his split from 1D, walked the red carpet at the Asian Awards in London with his mama on Friday. Cute. And while it seems like a lot is changing for Zayn, we know one thing for sure:

He’s definitely still hot.

Nice.

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