Former One Direction singer Zayn Malik and his supermodel girlfriend Gigi Hadid have welcomed a "healthy and beautiful" baby girl.


Announcing the birth on Twitter, Malik, 27, shared a black-and-white picture of the baby girl's tiny hand clutching his finger.

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The post was captioned as, ''Our baby girl is here, healthy & beautiful to try put into words how i am feeling right now would be an impossible task. The love i feel for this tiny human is beyond my understanding.Grateful to know her, proud to call her mine, & thankful for the life we will have together x''


The announcement came hours after the singer teased his first new music since 2018 album Icarus Falls. New mommy Gigi too shared a glimpse of her baby girl on Instagram:


The couple have been dating on and off since late 2015.

Earlier, Gigi & Zyan had confirmed pregnancy in April amidst the lockdown. Hadid later went on to share photos from her stunning maternity photoshoot that went viral on social media in no time.


Coming back to the baby news, our heartiest congratulations to the new parents!

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