Perrie Edwards has revealed the devastating impact of her public break up with One Direction star Zayn Malik , and how it affected her mental health. She spoke about the "dark" time as part of Louis Theroux's Girlbands Forever documentary, which explores the music industry for British singers over the last 25 years. Many former girlband members looked back at a time where record companies had no regard for 'duty of care', in an era when the stars' mental health was not taken into account.