Will Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik Break Up, Or Can They Avoid the Music Video Couples' Curse?

For every Beyoncé and Jay Z, there's a Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey. Where will ZiGi 's "Pillowtalk" fall?

By Rebecca Macatee Feb 04, 2016 10:12 PMTags

Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik are definitely an attractive couple, and if their "Pillowtalk" music video is any indication, there's some serious chemistry between them.

That said, we're slightly apprehensive about Zigi's future. Reason being? There seems to be a music video couples' curse, and Gigi's already been hit with it—twice. In early 2015, she starred in then-boyfriend Cody Simpson's "Flower" music video (they called it quits a few months later). 

Gigi went on to direct then-beau Joe Jonas and DNCE's "Cake by the Ocean" music video, which debuted in October 2015. But by early-November, Gigi and Joe were G.I. Joe no longer.

The curse even hit Gigi's younger sister Bella Hadid, who starred in The Weeknd's "In The Night" music video. The sexy clip premiered in December 2015, and just a few weeks later, sources confirmed exclusively to E! News that Bella and The Weeknd had "taken a break" from their relationship.

The Hadid sisters are in good company when it comes to this, though. Remember way back in 2002 when the original Bennifer gave us this gem?

Yes, that's Ben Affleck playing Jennifer Lopez's love interest in "Jenny From the Block." (If you, like us, somehow forgot this clip existed, do yourself a favor and watch it in full right now.)

J-Lo herself played Diddy's love interest back in his 1997 music video for "Been Around the World." Back then, he went by Puff Daddy and was, indeed, dating Ms. Lopez.

But J-Lo, much like Gigi, wasn't scared off by the music video couples' curse. In 2012, she and then-husband Marc Anthony collaborated for their "No Me Ames" music video, and in 2012, she enlisted boyfriend Casper Smart for "Dance Again." Jennifer and Casper did split after this video's release, but they've since defied the curse and rekindled their romance.

Unlike J-Lo and her boo, it doesn't seem likely Mariah Carey and her music video love Nick Cannon will head down the romantic relationship route again (she's now engaged to James Packer). That said, they are very friendly exes and co-parents, which makes Mariah's 2012 "Our Love" music video much easier to watch.

The same can be said for Britney Spears' 2011 "Criminal" music video, featuring her now ex-fiancé Jason Trawick. The pair split in 2013, but as Brit said in a statement at the time, "I'll always adore him and we'll remain great friends."

One former couple hit harder by the music video curse, perhaps, was Jordin Sparks and Jason Derulo. To be fair, they did split after the release of his 2013 "Marry Me" music video (!), and understandably, that break caused some tension.

 

Yet we can't blame everything on this music video couples' curse. Robin Thicke's "Love After War" video in 2011 featured his then-wife Paula Patton. By 2013, though, he'd moved on to co-starring in "Blurred Lines" with Emily Ratajkowski, and in 2014 (perhaps a non sequitur) Paula filed for divorce.

Then again, let's go back to the year 2000, when Jessica Simpson's "Where You Are" music video featured future ex-husband Nick Lachey. It was romantic and then some, but if you'll recall, so was Newlyweds.

There are countless others who've been hit by the music video couples' curse: Heidi Klum and Seal, Axl Rose and Stephanie Seymour, Ciara and Future, Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley...the list goes on.

There are also those, though, who have defied superstition: Beyoncé and Jay Z (obviously), Faith Hill and Tim McGraw, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, Chrissy Teigen and John Legend... The verdict's still out on Katy Perry and John Mayer.

But to Gigi and Zayn, let's just say may the odds be ever in your favor.

For more on the celebrity couples' music video curse, tune in to E! News tonight at 7 and 11 p.m.