At 20 Watts, we were pretty shocked to hear the news that Zayn Malik is leaving One Direction. In fact, some of us *coughmanagingeditorRikkiSchneidermancough* got pretty emotional. Hey, that’s what happens sometimes when you work at a music magazine. We’re a passionate bunch.
But we’re also focused. And we’ve decided to work together to tackle the topic at hand: who are we going to #ReplaceZayn with? Here’s who we’ve got.
Lyndsey Jimenez: “Hillary Clinton.”
Jackie Frere: “Kris Jenner.”
Sam Hanken: “Based God. Swag swag.”
Joey Cosco: “The Hamburger Helper hand.”
Jane Depgen: “[Famed Syracuse University Professor] Joan Deppa.”
Adam Gendler: “Morgan Freeman.”
Jake LiBassi: “Definitely Morgan Freeman.”
Jake LiBassi again: “Or Elmo.”
Erin Singleton: “[Famed Syracuse University Chancellor] Kent Syverud.”
Phil DeCicca: “Kim Jung Un.”
Katie Canete: “John Stamos.”
Tiffany Gomez: “Patchy the Pirate.”
Mikey Light: “MC Ride [of Death Grips fame.]”
Rikki Schneiderman: “He’s irreplaceable!”
Photo illustrations by Jane Depgen