A beef quickly escalated between One Direction‘s Louis Tomlinson and UK producer Naughty Boy after the latter posted several messages that seemed to point at Zayn Malik’s exit. He also shared a demo recorded by the former 1D member called “I Won’t Mind.”
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Tomlinson took to social media after with a direct message for the music producer.
Wow @NaughtyBoyMusic you’re so inconsiderate pal , seriously how fucking old are you ? Grow up ! #masterofallwisdom
— Louis Tomlinson (@Louis_Tomlinson) March 30, 2015
Naughty Boy shot back at Tomlinson and from there the twosome found themselves in a very public war of words.
@NaughtyBoyMusic I was talking about the video you tweeted . Clearly trying to wind the fans up ! Well you succeeded anyway . Fair play
— Louis Tomlinson (@Louis_Tomlinson) March 31, 2015
@Louis_Tomlinson calm down. was talkin bout Louis Walsh cuz he didn’t let someone through on X factor. Look @ the date of the tweet. #2014
— Naughty Boy (@NaughtyBoyMusic) March 31, 2015
After the exchange, Naughty Boy had another message.
no one is against anyone here. the fans made all of us. not just a chosen few. the love is alive. hate just doesn’t belong there.
— Naughty Boy (@NaughtyBoyMusic) March 31, 2015
While the remaining 1D members hadn’t tweeted anything as of press time, Tomlinson tried to bring the attention back to the fans.
Always have struggled to bite my tongue
— Louis Tomlinson (@Louis_Tomlinson) March 30, 2015
Anywayyyyyyyyyyyyyy
— Louis Tomlinson (@Louis_Tomlinson) March 30, 2015
Big love to all our fans ! Seriously thank you you guys have been unbelievable , can’t wait to play Cape Town . Gonna be a BIG show !!!
— Louis Tomlinson (@Louis_Tomlinson) March 31, 2015
Malik confirmed his split from 1D last week. Shortly after, he spoke to The Sun and shared he was working on solo music.