One Direction Hit Back At Jake Bugg On Twitter

One Direction have responded to claims made by singer/songwriter Jake Bugg after he called them "terrible" in a recent interview.

When asked by ShortList how he felt that people were calling Harry Styles and Co 'rock stars', Bugg responded: "Who the f**k is saying that?

"Oh, I'm pretty sure they have a good laugh. But it's easy to, isn't it? When you don't have to write any songs."

He continued:  "People [call them the new Beatles] because they broke America, but that don't mean a thing.

"I mean, [One Direction] must know that they're terrible. They must know... Calling them the new rock stars is a ridiculous statement. And people should stop making it."

Making reference to Jake's remarks, 1D member Niall Horan tweeted: "Really buggs me that artists we're fans of ,flip on us in the press !"

Louis Tomlinson then added: "Hi @JakeBugg do you think slagging off boy bands makes you more indie?"

Bugg is yet to issue a response to The X Factor group's tweets. Keep it MTV.co.uk for more on this story…

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