Billboard, the esteemed American music and entertainment magazine, recently showcased Zayn Malik’s collaboration with the Pakistani band AUR in reimagining their 2023 chart-topping hit, Tu Hai Kahan.

In a post shared on their official Instagram account, Billboard introduced Zayn’s participation in the project, stating, “Zayn Malik has hopped on a remake of Tu Hai Kahan, the 2023 No. 1 hit from Pakistani trio AUR. ‘I love the song and have brought some of myself to it, I hope people love what we’ve done,’ he said of the new version, on which he sings in Hindi.⁠”

However, the post sparked a conversation in the comments section, with several users pointing out that the language Zayn is singing in is Urdu, not Hindi. “You intentionally wrote Hindi, didn’t you?” asked one Instagram user. Another simply pointed out, “Pakistani language is Urdu.” Yet another Instagram user stated in the comments, “URDU. He’s singing in Urdu!”

More and more Instagram users started pointing out the obvious. “He collaborated with a Karachi-based R&B hip-hop group and he was singing in Urdu. Get your facts straight Billboard.” Yet another said, “It’s literally a hardcore Urdu song, what Hindi?” Despite the influx of comments correcting the language, the caption remained unchanged.

As a result, singer Lauren Jauregui took to the comments to ask Billboard to fix their error. “There are a lot of comments here mentioning the actual language he’s speaking in: Urdu. Maybe correct the caption,” she requested, lending support to the scores of Pakistanis in the comments. At the time of publishing this article, the caption still remained unchanged. 

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