Some parents will do anything to seem cool to their kids. In Zayn’s case, he decided to collaborate with one of his daughter’s idols.

In a Tuesday (March 31) interview with SiriusXM’s The Pulse, the former One Direction member spoke about upcoming album, Konnakol, and sharing his music with his five-year-old daughter, Khai, to get her opinion on his work.

In a clip from the interview, host Joe “Brady” Blum asked the “Pillowtalk” singer if he, like other artists, tests out if new music works by getting his daughter to be the judge of it.

“She loves my music and she definitely gives me an opinion,” Zayn replied. “You know, she does this thing where she does like thumbs up, thumbs down, thumb sideways and if you get a thumbs up and a thumb sideways, it means it’s pretty good.”

Khai gave her opinion on the tracks on the album as well. “She gave me a double thumbs up for a few songs and there was like a side one for one or two, I think, that she wasn’t really into,” said Zayn.

How Khai really directed Zayn’s musical path, though, is with her love of K-pop.

“She’s into TWICE. She’s into BLACKPINK,” explained Zayn. “And that was kind of, you know, a big reason behind why I did the feature with Jisoo, if I’m being honest, because my daughter’s such a big fan, and I wanted to be cool, you know.”

Last year, Zayn and Jisoo partnered up for the Billboard Hot 100 hit single “Eyes Closed,” dropped just months after Zayn brought Khai to see BLACKPINK live. The singer seems to think that his mission to impress his daughter was successful.

“I got some good dad points for that,” he said before sharing that he’s always thinking of his daughter when making new music.

Zayn’s fifth solo studio album, Konnakol, drops on April 17. The next month, the star will embark on the Konnakol Tour, his first headlining arena and stadium tour as a solo artist.

Watch the full clip of Zayn speaking about Khai below.