Zayn Malik quits 1D: The most apoplectic Twitter reactions from Directioners

'I WANNA SLAP SOMEONE DEAD'

Zayn Malik has quit One Direction. That 50ft bronze statue of him in Leicester Square will have to be torn down, and Zaynville will have to be switched back to its original name of Stoke.

Fans are beside themselves. How can the time space continuum continue to function when there are four members of One Direction instead of five?

Here are a selection of the most crazed reactions, which I will be updating as they come in until we have something resembling a post-modern art piece about 21st century hyperbole.

Finally, apropos nothing, here's my favourite piece of Zayn Malik fan fiction.