The Wanted have come back and insisted there is no rivalry between them and fellow boy band One Direction.
The Wanted's Max George said: "There's no rivalry there." And bandmate Tom Parker agreed: "They're British and they're doing their thing and we're doing our thing and I think it's just great with the two British bands in the US."
This follows comments made by One Direction's Liam Payne in Now magazine: "To be honest, we haven’t really got a problem with anyone. We’ve never really said anything about it. We’ve kind of ignored it.”
He went onto say, that from what he's heard, The Wanted have focused a lot on One Direction in their career.
The Wanted's Max George said: "There's no rivalry there." And bandmate Tom Parker agreed: "They're British and they're doing their thing and we're doing our thing and I think it's just great with the two British bands in the US."
This follows comments made by One Direction's Liam Payne in Now magazine: "To be honest, we haven’t really got a problem with anyone. We’ve never really said anything about it. We’ve kind of ignored it.”
He went onto say, that from what he's heard, The Wanted have focused a lot on One Direction in their career.
“But for me, The Wanted have made their career more about us than anything else,” Liam said. “They’ve only got themselves to blame. They do their dance music and we’ll do our rock’n'roll kind of thing. They’ve constantly compared us in the press. They rose to the bait, whereas we’ve said they can do what they want.”
In all fairness, his use of the word "they" could mean either The Wanted or the media, the people who create the who mess and rivalry to begin with.
He went onto add: “When we first spoke to them, when we were on The X-Factor, they were really nice. But then you hear these stories and can’t quite believe what people are saying."
The Wanted and One Direction are among the headliners at Z100's Jingle Ball in New York City on December 7. Should be interesting to see what goes on backstage.
We're just gonna choose to believe they're friends and the whole rivalry is just something created by the media. Maybe they'll pull an on-stage collaboration at Z100's Jingle Ball. TW1D all the way! We can hope.
Thoughts?
Posted By: Joe
In all fairness, his use of the word "they" could mean either The Wanted or the media, the people who create the who mess and rivalry to begin with.
He went onto add: “When we first spoke to them, when we were on The X-Factor, they were really nice. But then you hear these stories and can’t quite believe what people are saying."
The Wanted and One Direction are among the headliners at Z100's Jingle Ball in New York City on December 7. Should be interesting to see what goes on backstage.
We're just gonna choose to believe they're friends and the whole rivalry is just something created by the media. Maybe they'll pull an on-stage collaboration at Z100's Jingle Ball. TW1D all the way! We can hope.
Thoughts?
Posted By: Joe