ZAYN is ready to usher in a new era rooted deeply in his heritage.
The multi-platinum artist has announced his fifth studio album, ‘KONNAKOL,’ set to arrive April 17 via Mercury Records.
Leading the charge is new single ‘Die For Me,’ dropping this Friday (February 6).
The album marks the former One Direction member’s most culturally inspired project to date, expanding on the eclectic sound fans first heard on his record-breaking 2016 debut ‘Mind of Mine.’
The album artwork features a snow leopard, a profound symbol in South Asia, signaling how deeply his heritage influenced the project.
Sharp-eyed fans may recognize the imagery from the end of each show during his recent Las Vegas residency.
Speaking on the new album, ZAYN shared:
“It’s that time again, I have been lucky enough to make a fifth studio album… KONNAKOL in its definition is the act of creating percussive sounds with one’s voice but what it means to me lies somewhere much deeper. It is a sound that holds the reverberation of a time before words existed. I have always drawn on my heritage for inspiration since I first started making my own music, this album is a development of that understanding, knowing more now than ever, who I am, where I come from and where I intend to go.”
The announcement builds on recent momentum for the Bradford-born singer, who just wrapped his first-ever Las Vegas residency, where he teased unreleased material from the album.
‘Konnakol’ follows 2024’s critically acclaimed ‘Room Under the Stairs,’ which he supported with his first-ever solo tour across the US, UK, and Mexico. He most recently collaborated with BLACKPINK’s Jisoo on ‘Eyes Closed,’ which earned a 2026 iHeartRadio Music Award nomination for Favorite K-pop Collaboration and debuted at number 10 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart with 43.9 million first-week streams.