Grey hair's the in thing now

ON two magazine covers that singer Zayn Malik has graced in the last few months - for Billboard and L'Uomo Vogue (as well as the racy video with his girlfriend, Gigi Hadid) - he looks every bit the young, brooding pop star. The requisite smoldering stare, perfectly manicured stubble and bad boy tattoos are all in tow.

And then there's the hair.

Malik, 23, a former member of the musical group One Direction, peers out in both images from beneath a silver mane. This isn't a case of a young man going prematurely grey, but a premeditated decision by the performer, who has a penchant for dyeing his hair and then broadcasting it to his 6.5 million Instagram followers.

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