“This is the collaboration nobody saw coming—and it might just be the most addictive slow-burn of the year.”
But here’s where it gets controversial: some fans swear the chemistry is so real they’re already shipping a secret off-screen romance, while others insist it’s pure performance magic. Which side are you on?
On 10 October 2025, BLACKPINK’s JISOO and former One Direction powerhouse Zayn Malik released “Eyes Closed,” a smoldering duet that feels like floating through zero gravity with a heart that’s both terrified and thrilled. The track dives head-first into the messy, electric rush of a brand-new relationship—the kind that looks impossible on paper yet somehow clicks in real life.
The teaser campaign was classic cloak-and-dagger: earlier this week JISOO posted a shadowy still of a male silhouette hovering behind her, the word “EYESCLOSED” glowing in neon, and the caption “a duet is near.” One cryptic promise—“two voices, one orbit”—was all it took for the internet to melt down.
When the song finally arrived, it opened with JISOO’s airy, almost whispered confession: “Time is standing still and I don’t wanna leave your lips / Tracing my body with your fingertips.” Zayn answers in that velvet falsetto of his, “I know what you’re feeling and I know you wanna say it / I do too but we gotta be patient.” From there, the two trade verses like lovers passing secret notes in class, each line more intimate than the last.
The chorus is where the real magic—and the controversy—lives. Over a bed of bubbling synths, a heartbeat-like kick, and gentle acoustic strums, they admit the obvious: “someone like me / and someone like you / really shouldn’t work, yeah, the history is proof.” Yet instead of walking away, they choose to leap blindly: “Oh, we should fall in love with our eyes closed / Better if we keep it where we don’t know / The beds we’ve been in / The names and the faces of who we were with.”
Translation? Forget the résumés, forget the ex-files, forget the odds. Just feel. It’s a sentiment that’s either wildly romantic or dangerously naive—depending on your last breakup.
Visually, the music video doubles down on the “love in uncharted territory” theme. JISOO and Zayn wake from cryo-sleep aboard a sleek spacecraft, drifting through zero-G corridors that stretch into infinity. They meet mid-air, voices intertwining as they glide toward a shimmering Saturn. The planet’s rings act like a cosmic witness to their impossible bond, and the final shot—two silhouettes silhouetted against a lavender sunrise—feels both triumphant and terrifying. After all, Saturn’s famous for its storms.
Timing-wise, the duet lands three months after Zayn was spotted at BLACKPINK’s New York concert on 27 July, his daughter Khai on his hip. He posted a simple thank-you: “@BLACKPINKOFFICIAL THANK YOU 🙂 ME & KHAI LOVED IT.” At the time, fans filed it under “celebrity sighting.” Now, it reads like a breadcrumb.
For JISOO, “Eyes Closed” is her first new music since February’s solo EP Amortage, home to fan favorites “Hugs & Kisses,” “You Love,” and “Earthquake.” She’s currently zig-zagging the globe on BLACKPINK’s Deadline world tour, which resumes 18 October at Kaohsiung National Stadium in Taiwan before sweeping through Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines, then closing with three explosive nights at Singapore National Stadium (28–30 November).
Zayn, meanwhile, is gearing up for his very first Las Vegas residency at Dolby Live at Park MGM, launching 20 January for a seven-show run that promises to be as intimate as it is grand.
So, is “Eyes Closed” a one-off experiment or the start of a longer creative partnership? And more provocatively: does ignoring red flags in the name of chemistry ever actually work out? Drop your hottest take in the comments—let’s debate whether love should ever be navigated with eyes wide shut.
