
The song may be about similar situations, but Zayn is feeling-or expressing-things differently now." Fuse's Jason Lipshutz described "Pillowtalk" as "a sexy, engrossing R&B track." Brennan Carley of Spin praised the lyrics and Zayn's vocals, stating he "demonstrates a mastery on modern R&B within seconds. This isn’t another simple tune about broken hearts it’s about love being both a paradise and a warzone. Writing for Forbes, Hugh McIntyre commented the song "is decidedly grown up, complete with plenty of x-rated words and adult imagery and themes. Within two days of release, the music video had garnered over 21 million views. The song trended at #1 on Billboard's Most Shared Songs and acquired 100K downloads in the United States. The song recevied the most first day streams by a male artist on Spotify. In the 24 hours after the song's release, "Pillowtalk" went to #1 on iTunes in 60 countries and reached #1 on the worldwide iTunes charts, making him the first artist of 2016 to debut at the top. "Pillowtalk" was a massive success for Zayn, debuting at #1 on the US Billboard 100, the UK Official Singles Chart and the Australian ARIA Charts.

ZAYN - PILLOWTALK REMIX (Audio) ft Lil Wayne.

On Feburary 4, 2016, Zayn released an acoustic 'Living Room Session' recording of "Pillowtalk". Zayn also conducted a number of radio interviews with The Hits Radio, Capital FM, BBC Radio1, KIIS FM US/UK and Vodaphone Big Top 40. Zayn ultimately cancelled his appearance on Norton's show and did a one on one interview with Zane Lowe for Beats 1 Radio instead, where he confirmed his album title. The music video would air on MTV later that night. The Graham Norton Show initially confirmed Zayn would appear on the show on January 29th, to coincide with the release of the single. Zayn tweeted a photo of himself shirtless with the text "Zayn. I'd love to hold you close, tonight and alwaysĪ place that is so pure, so dirty and rawīe in the bed all day, bed all day, bed all day Nobody but you, 'body but me, 'body but us
