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"Drag Me Down" follows November's "Night Changes" and is the
first single the group, which came to prominence on British
televised singing competition "The X Factor" in 2010, has put
out since Malik said he was quitting the band in March.
The foursome -- Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Niall Horan and Louis
Tomlinson -- posted a video message on Twitter announcing the
new single.
"It's the first song from the new album that we've been working
very, very hard on," Payne said in the video.
In a separate post on his Twitter feed, Payne called the move "a
bit of a surprise".
The news came after Malik himself tweeted a picture on Wednesday
of him signing papers at RCA Records.
"I guess I never explained why I left, it was for this moment to
be given the opportunity to show you who I really am! #realmusic
#RCA," he wrote.
Malik quit after five years with One Direction, saying he wanted
to "be a normal 22-year old who is able to relax and have some
private time out of the spotlight".
(Reporting By Marie-Louise Gumuchian)
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