Jake Bugg has a bone to pick with One Direction, apparently. The singer/songwriter was interviewed by ShortList Magazine, and had a few unsavory things to say about the UK super-boy band. When questioned about 1D’s title of “rock star” status because of their anti-boy band behavior, his simple response was, “Who the f**k is saying that?” Oh okay.
“It’s my job to keep that X Factor s**t off the top of the charts,” he said in his interview slash manifesto. Bugg noted that despite the fact that 1D are compared to The Beatles for their new school British Invasion, that doesn’t make them talented. “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. They’ll be forgotten because young girls will grow up.” Eek! Wait until the Directioners hear that.
Meanwhile, two of One Direction have responded via Twitter. Check out Niall’s nice little pun on “bugg” below. Hopefully this mini beef doesn’t escalate – for Jake Bugg’s sake – because if the Directioners react, he’ll need an extra bodyguard…or twelve.
Really buggs me that artists we’re fans of ,flip on us in the press !
— Niall Horan (@NiallOfficial) February 22, 2013
Hi @jakebugg do you think slagging off boy bands makes you more indie ?
— Louis Tomlinson (@Louis_Tomlinson) February 22, 2013
A better question is: “Who is Jake Bugg?”
Really who this guy think he is calling 1D terrible go listen to one of his songs there horrible
Jake bugg horrible singer I can’t belive he is even famous
wat an asshole
Actually, he is pretty talented. Atleast he’s got artistic integrity.
LOLOLOL.
He’s got a point. Arron Carter, Hanson, The Jonas Brothers, N SYNC, LFO, every boy band disappears once their fans hit puberty and are completely forgotten. Give it 10 years and no one will care about them. Beiber will follow shortly.
They are not the next Beatles. They’re just another cute boy band, ready to be replaced by the next group of pretty-faced teenagers by the time they can grow facial hair.
Jake bugg is a giant jerk and he does not have artistic integrety
you do know that there is another generation right?
you do know there’s a thing called shaving and they allready have facial hair go look at a picture of zayn closley you’ll find some I’m not kidding. I’m really not kidding
i love your comments
he doesn’t even have any taste in singers he even thinks he good and he’s not
atleast jake didnt need a tellent show to make a name for himself
who friken really cares how the made they made a name for themselfs
Jake Bugg is BETTER than One Direction musicaly, or maybe is just me cause i love indie music but just think this: One Direction make me smile every day and make me stop hurting myself, while listening to Jake Bugg make me put depressive, sorry not sorry.
You should know, not everyone loves folk music. folk music is exclusive, that’s why most of you (the top 40s) don’t have any idea who he is.