Zayn Malik releases first song of 2024

Zayn Malik is back with new music. The 31-year-old singer and former One Direction member released the song “What I Am”.

It’s Malik’s first song of 2024 and the first single to debut from his forthcoming album, Room Under the Stairs, Malik’s first album in over three years, since Nobody is Listening in January 2021. “This song is the first release of a special project I’ve been working on for years,” Malik said in a handwritten note on Instagram.

Malik previously said that Room Under the Stairs will give listeners insight into him ‘personally as a human being,’ including his ambitions and fears.

Malik’s album is scheduled for release May 17.

Pokemon Legends, Z-A coming to Nintendo Switch

The Pokémon Company unveiled Pokémon Legends: Z-A, a new video game in the Pokémon franchise, and the app ‘Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket’ during a presentation on Pokémon Day.

The game will release on the Nintendo Switch family of consoles in 2025, and is described as “an ambitious new entry to the Pokémon video game series,”

“Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket” reimagines the experience of collecting Pokémon TCG cards in an innovative digital format. The app will allow players “to enjoy the thrill of opening booster packs and collecting cards showcasing special visual effects,” as well as introduce ‘immersive cards”.

50 years of ABBA celebration

The BBC will celebrate ABBA in April, 50 years after the Swedish pop music group’s Eurovision win.

BBC Two and BBC iPlayer will broadcast an evening of ABBA specials, including ‘When ABBA Came to Britain’ and ‘More ABBA’ at the BBC.

‘When ABBA Came to Britain’ is a 60-minute documentary revisiting “the magical time Agnetha, Anni-Frid, Benny and Björn spent in the UK from 1974 to 1982 and examines their ground-breaking legacy, from Eurovision to ABBA Voyage.”

The special features previously unseen interviews with ABBA, performances and news footage. In addition, BBC Radio 2 and BBC Sounds will present “Eras: ABBA”, a new series of its Eras podcast that will tell “the definitive story of ABBA in four, era-definind chapters.” Radio 2 will host a vote to learn listeners’ Ultimate ABBA Song.

Published in Dawn, Young World, March 30th, 2024