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A photo posted by Perrie Edwards ?????? (@perrieeele) on Apr 2, 2015 at 12:23pm PDT

Zayn Malik and his fiancée, Perrie Edwards (of Little Mix), went on a romantic vacation last week. She Instagrammed these pics to let everyone know that Zayn is perfectly okay after all of the drama and fallout after he escaped One Direction. The fans of 1D still aren’t okay. Madame Tussauds even started using a tissue attendant after fans kept bursting into tears around the group’s wax statues. The Zayn effect may spread to another British pop act. Sony execs are reportedly concerned that Zayn may pull Perrie away from Little Mix. That’s interesting, considering how fans accused Perrie of being the Yoko of One Direction.

Countless 1D stories continue to surface, and I’ll cover some of them in a moment. First up — the four remaining 1D members gave their first post-Zayn interview to The Sun:

Liam Paine: “It’s been a tough few weeks, probably the toughest since the band was formed five years ago. We’re gutted that Zayn chose to leave, but now after a few performances as a four piece, we’re feeling confident and are determined to carry on stronger than ever.”

Niall Horan: “We’re looking forward to seeing all our fans on tour this year. The fans are amazing. They are so loyal. All we want to do is make them proud and return their faith in us with a brilliant tour and an amazing new album.”

Louis Tomlinson: “All four of us are 100 per cent committed to staying in One Direction and we want to thank the fans for being so incredible during this time. We have so much more we still want to achieve. Our gigs in South Africa were some of the biggest the country has ever seen, so it’s exciting for us to keep breaking records for British music worldwide.”

Harry Styles: “It’s very exciting to be working on our fifth album, it shows how incredible the fans have been. A huge thank you to them for everything they’ve done for us. All the love to them.”

[From The Sun]

They sound very chipper in this interview, but I suspect these young men are on a very tight leash. All non-PR reports say the 1D guys feel extremely betrayed by Zayn. We already talked about how Louis Tomlinson popped off on Twitter last week. Reports indicate that the other members are upset about losing their 5-piece bonus. Zayn’s departure prevents them from receiving an extra £2 million for completing the contract as a unit. There’s also the rumor that Zayn dumped the group via text message after he left the tour. If that last detail is true, that’s cold. And it turns out that Zayn’s unimpressive new demo is actually a rejected 1D song from over a year ago.

Here’s another vacation photo of Perrie and Zayn from his Instagram account, which is still filled with many photos of Louis. Aww.

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A photo posted by niazkilam (@zaynmalik) on Apr 1, 2015 at 5:54pm PDT

Photos courtesy of Zayn Malik/Perrie Edwards on Instagram & WENN