Simon Cowell has congratulated Zayn Malik on his new solo record deal with RCA.
The former One Direction star broke the news he had signed a deal with the label on Twitter and now the Syco label owner has shared his words of support for his ex-client.
The music mogul revealed he had "been working on this [deal] for a while" for the star.
On Wednesday Simon wrote: "We have been working on this for a while and I am pleased to say congratulations to @Zaynmalik on signing with @RCARecords," he wrote on Twitter (sic)."
The 55-year-old label boss went on to compliment the new partnership, as he feels "they [RCA] are the perfect label for Zayn's solo career" and "whatever they release together will be special".
His next Twitter post read: "I believe they are the perfect label for @ZaynMalik's solo career and I am sure whatever they release together will be special(sic)."
Just before Simon had tweeted, Zayn posted a picture of him signing the deal, revealing how the new music will give him "the opportunity to show you who I really am", along with the hashtags "realmusic(sic)" and "REALME(sic)"
He wrote: "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 !! ... #REALME (sic)"
The 22-year-old has been busy spending time in the studio with a Grammy-award-winning producer on his new material in Los Angeles.
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