gUyS, iT's FiNaLlY hErE.

zAyN mAlIk ReLeAsEd HiS dEbUt SoLo Lp, MiNd Of MiNe (Or Is It "MiNd Of MiNdd," LiKe ThE iNtRo TrAcK wOuLd HaVe Us BeLiEvE?), ToDaY, mArCh 25 -- ExAcTlY oNe YeAr AfTeR hE aNnOuNcEd HiS dEpArTuRe FrOm OnE dIrEcTiOn. AnD iN kEePiNg wItH ZaYn'S oDd sTyLiStIc ChOiCeS fOr ThE tRaCkLiSt, A fEw QuIcK FiRsT iMpResSiOnS oF tHe (YeS, vErY sExUaL) aLbUm ArE aBsOLuTeLy In OrDeR.

We KnEw It WoUlD bE a HiGhLy ChArGeD r&B aLbUm, BuT wE dIdN't KnOw JuSt HoW mUcH iNfLuEnCe ZaYn WoUlD aBsOrB fRoM tHe WeEkNd, pRoBabLY tHe ALbUm'S siNgLE bIgGeSt iNfLuEnCe. Is Z LEarNiNg tO eMbRaCe HiS sExUaL pOwEr ViA dAtiNg giGi hAdiD WhiLE tHe WeEkNd coZieS uP wItH hEr SiStEr?

It ShOuLd Be MeNtIoNeD tHaT tHeRe'S a SoNg HeRe CaLLeD "LiKe I wOuLd" -- NoT tO Be ConFuSeD wItH tHe 1D sOnG "i WoULd" On WhIcH zAyN sInGs ThE cHoRuS. i MaiNtAiN ThAt "It'S yOu" SoUnDs LiKe InDiE pOp BaNd ThE aNtLeRs, WhIcH bRiNgS mE a LoT oF jOy. TrAcK 10, "fOoL fOr YoU," sOuNdS LiKE wHaT i'Ve ALwaYs ImAgInEd HaRrY sTyLeS's SoLo CaReEr WoUlD bE: PiaNo-AnD-dRuM-hEaVy, OrNaTe RaInY-dAy PoP.

"wRoNg" FeAtUrEs KehLAni, wHoSe DyNaMic DeLiVeRy Is A wElCoMe ChAnGe FrOm ZaYn's OfTeN sTaTiC meLodIes (StiLL sUnG bEaUtiFuLLy, FoR tHe ReCoRd), AnD tHe AlBuM's MoSt BeAuTiFuL sOnG iS a TwO-miNUtE iNtErLuDe SunG iN uRdU, z'S fAtHeR's NaTiVe PaKiStAni LaNgUaGe.

MiNd Of MiNe MaY nOt QuItE bE tHe TrIp InSiDe ZaYn's BrAiN pRoMiSeD bY tHe TitLE. bUt It'S a StArT. WelCoMe To ThE rEsT oF tHe WoRlD, z.