It was good that I had a protein fix before arrival, because the entire party ended up waiting about three and a half hours for Zayn to arrive. Journalism 101: carry the right materials for your stakeout. Dumplings in one hand, vodka tonic in the other. IвЂ™d like you to know that I had leftovers, so for the entirety of the party, I had a frozen bag of dumplings in my purse while I danced - I mean, investigated - the penthouse, waiting for Zayn to arrive. I began my plan of attack at 8:30 pm, fueling up for my totally-professional stakeout at Milk Studios by stuffing my face with dumplings before walking over to the party. After following his journey to singularity on social media, I was stoked to perform my own brand of investigative journalism: was Zayn indeed created from the bones of Zeus himself (explaining his ridiculously chiseled face)? Did his hair glow with the secrets of a perfectly toned grey-haired coiff? Could he actually sing the crooning, stoner ballads of his album without heavy backup? Perhaps most importantly: was his very public lovefest with Gigi Hadid actually kind of legit? The single time I saw One Direction live, Zayn Malik hadnвЂ™t dropped his last name yet but had freshly dropped his white British boy-band. Heavy-hitting questions for a hardened reporter on the beat. Maybe through 10 bodyguards and some velvet rope, but no matter. What IвЂ™m saying is I scored an invite to ZaynвЂ™s Mind of Mine album release party last Friday, and I could finally, potentially, stare my favorite not-disgraced-just-escaped kind-of-teen definite-Idol in his face. Or the gold-pixelated kerning, sans-humanoid face? Details, people. Or rather, his PR did (shout out!) and I was staring a crisp black invitation to ZaynвЂ™s listening party in the face. It had finally happened: my number one senpai noticed me. You can also see what weвЂ™re up to by signing up here. The archives will remain available here for new stories, head over to Vox.com, where our staff is covering consumer culture for The Goods by Vox. Thank you to everyone who read our work over the years.

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