It seems like One Direction is accused of plagiarism every time they drop new material. So naturally, the boys have been hit with allegations of stealing another person’s work when their new single, “Steal My Girl,” premiered online.
Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams threw some #truthtea in Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, and Liam Payne‘s faces Monday, claiming the boy band had ripped off from pop-punk group New Found Glory‘s 2006 single, “It’s Not Your Fault,” on their new song.
Williams, who is currently dating NFG guitarist Chad Gilbert, tweeted about the opening piano hook from “Steal My Girl,” writing:
Beginning of that new 1D song couldn’t sound any more like the beginning of @newfoundglory‘s “its not your fault” but pic.twitter.com/UFlFjImxrK
— hayley from Paramore (@yelyahwilliams) September 29, 2014
Gilbert himself also casted some heavy shade upon The X Factor alums, sarcastically applauding the young Brits of taking “reworking” the hook of his song, before backtracking on his comments in fear of the wrath from crazed 1D fans. (Spoiler alert: It didn’t really matter and he still received plenty of hate.)
Props to the @onedirection “steal my girl” single for reworking the “it’s not your fault” piano part into a top 40 single. Let me get a cut
— Chad Gilbert (@XChadballX) September 29, 2014
All you One D’z nuts fans.Second period is starting. Get to class and stop tweeting me.It’s not their fault so please stop your tweeting now
— Chad Gilbert (@XChadballX) September 29, 2014
Wow did not realize this was gonna be a story. It’s not a story. My original tweet was a joke anyway. Music influences music. No one cares
— Chad Gilbert (@XChadballX) September 29, 2014
However, upon learning that 1D fans will never really stopped annoying people who have scorned their idols, Gilbert changed his tone again and called on the band to put a stop to the hateful tweets Directioners were sending out (a.k.a. the Drake Bell approach to an Internet flame war).
.@onedirection Your fans spew the most racist/homophobic/sexist hate I have ever seen on the Internet… You have a platform to change that.
— Chad Gilbert (@XChadballX) September 30, 2014
Regardless of who copied who or whether or not both New Found Glory and One Direction may have stolen said catchy melody from Journey’s 1985 song “Faithfully,” one thing is clear: 1D fans get super crazy.
