Remember Zayn Malik? He was once part of the biggest boy band in the world but left earlier this year to live a normal life.

Well, it looks like he may have just signed a record deal with RCA Records – and is very happy about it too.

Zayn posted a bit of a cryptic tweet before the image, but says he wants to let the fans know “who I really am”.

And has since retweeted something which might help explain it a bit.

So there you have it! Zayn Malik is now all but officially a solo artist signed to the same label as Chris Brown, Justin Timberlake, Sia, Usher, and many other big artists.

His fans are being quite supportive about the whole thing – considering there were many who were outraged at the thought of him going solo when he announced his departure from One Direction.

Earlier in the week it had been reported that Zayn had been logging studio time with Malay, who produced Frank Ocean’s Channel Orange. The producer shared this picture of Zayn with his daughter.