Shortest Twitter Hiatus Ever? Zayn Malik Returns!

It looks as though One Direction star Zayn Malik was getting withdrawal symptoms almost immediately after leaving his beloved Twitter. 36 hours ago, the Yorkshire-born star announced that he was leaving the micro-blogging website after receiving tirades of abuse - but fear not 1D fans, he's back!

Zayn took to Twitter on Thursday (August 23, 2012) to tell followers, "Sorry, I was getting some abuse on twitter but I dont want to let my fans down.So I am back!! :) x". Hurrah. Zayn was predictably inundated with a flurry of welcome-back messages from fans who were no doubt weeping into their keyboards on Tuesday when he told them, "The reason I don't tweet as much as I use to, is because I'm sick of all the useless opinions and hate that I get daily goodbye twitter :)".

The guys from One Direction have been teasing fans all week with news of a 'special announcement', that was finally revealed on Thursday. The X Factor super-group will follow up their massive debut album 'Up All Night' with a brand new single 'Live While We're Young' set to drop in October. The band's second album will hit shelves in November 2012. Delivering the massive news in a video message, singer Louis Tomlinson told fans, "We want to say a massive 'thank you' to you guys, 'cause we wouldn't be where we are today without you, so thank you".