One Direction: The Totally Nuts Interview

One Direction’s latest autobiography Who We Are might be a perfect gift for Christmas, but at this most wonderful time of the year, we just want to know who in the band has been naughty and who has been nice. Guilty Pleasures caught up with the boys this week for some rapid questions.

It’s Christmas time boys, everyone wants to know who in the band has been naughty and who has been nice?
Niall: I have been great.
Harry: He helped an old lady across the street….but he actually left her half way. He wasn’t as nice as we originally thought.
Louis: Niall has been the naughtiest. He steals old ladies handbags.
Harry: That’s why he left her in the middle of the street.

What is your craziest story involving Sinitta?
Liam: Our craziest story is still from The X Factor when she came out with us dressed in leaves.
Harry: Niall slept with Sinitta. Wearing leaves.
Louis: That sounds like we’re joking but that did actually happen.
Niall: My favourite story about Sinitta is when she took a penalty on us in A League Of Their Own. She scored past Harry.

When did Simon Cowell last get cross with you?
Louis: Simon don’t really get angry though, does he, like? He don’t ever raise his voice.
Niall: Sometimes he will do that disappointed voice but he hasn’t done that in a while. I’ve never really seen him angry at all. Even with the people he works with. He just gets his point across in a relaxed manner.
Harry: He will be angry when he realises that Eric is Niall’s.
Liam: This interview is crazy.
Niall: I am going to have to do some serious apologising to Simon now!
Liam: I’ve not met the kid yet.

You’re on tour again next year – who is the worst for farting on the tour bus?
Liam: To be fair, Niall, you do just let rip at random occasions. And they are proud farts. They are not quiet ones. They are not smelly. But they are musical.
Zayn: The farts used to be worse, but now they are calmer.
Liam: Did you know that Niall can’t burp?
Niall: Yes. That’s something people don’t know about me. I had cholic as a child and didn’t have power over my muscles in my throat. The muscles moved down here [points to bum].

When was the last time one of you walked in on the other naked?
Louis: Someone just walked in on me having a wee, actually.
Liam: [To Louis] You walked past me having a wee the other day. The toilet in the hotel had a window and I was having a piss and then I turned round and he was looking at me.
Louis: A lot of hotels have windows in the bathroom.
Harry: The Standard in New York has windows where you wee. It’s ridiculous.

Harry – who would you rather be stuck in a lift with: Caroline Flack, Taylor Swift, or Kendall Jenner?
Harry: Erm… well I have had amicable relationships with all of them, so that’s a trick question.

All of them at the same time? Would that be fun?
Harry: I see what you are doing…I don’t know.

Would you give Caroline a shoulder to cry on now she’s single again or give her advice?
Harry: Erm… what a question!
[Publicist] Next Question!

Who did you last snog? With tongues? Zayn – we’re assuming Perrie?
Zayn: Yeah, my bird.
Liam: I love how Louis and I have girlfriends, but you’ve not asked like we are out snogging fans all the time.
Harry: Niall’s was Ariana Grande. And Caroline Flack at the same time. They were stuck in a lift.
Liam: That was Niall’s relationship advice for Caroline. And Sinitta was there as well. Wearing leaves.

[Printed Metro December 2014]

James Cordon begs Harry Styles to let him write for 1D

James Corden says he is constantly begging One Direction to let him write them a hit after he penned a tune in his new film.

The jolly 35-year-old comedian stars alongside Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo in music rom-com Begin Again and now he wants to use his new skills to help his mate Harry Styles.

‘I’d love to write with One Direction but I doubt they would let me. I’m constantly talking to Harry about letting me do anything,’ he revealed at the low key UK premiere at London’s Ham Yard hotel on Wednesday.

Corden also revealed he is working on a TV project with HBO – which is notorious for sex and violence filled shows like Game of Thrones and Sex & The City – however he’s not sure how extreme his own efforts will be.

‘Can I write a good sex scene? I’ve not given it a huge amount of thought!’ he laughed.

[Originally published Metro, Guilty Pleasures, Friday 4 July 2014]

Joel Compass: Make love to my music and Harry Styles should go solo

Joel Compass is hoping to become the soundtrack to the nation’s bedtime antics after his debut track Run became a hit on the airwaves.

The 20-year-old singer songwriter revealed his mates have already been getting their rocks off to his seductive beats.

‘One of my friends texted me the other day and was like “mate – she loved it.” And I was like “she loved what?” And he was just saying she loved it,’ the rising star told Metro.

‘I was confused and didn’t understand what he was saying, but then he said “we’ve done it to your music!” Why did you have to tell me that? But apparently she loved it so that’s good.’

The Londoner now likes the idea of the getting the whole nation horny and chuckled: ‘There could be some babies being named Joel!’

However the sexy undertone of his music has a simple explanation.

‘When I make music a lot of the time I have the idea of a girl listening to it in my mind. I think that is why my tracks end up like that – because that’s all I’m thinking about and she’s the subject of the song,’ he explained.

Compass – who is hotly tipped to rule the charts in 2014 – has written music with Rita Ora and Girls Aloud’s Nicola Roberts, produced a track for John Legend, and reckons One Direction’s Harry Styles could make it big as a solo act.

‘I went for dinner with Harry Styles and we got on really well. He’s such a down to earth guy and we both like Pink Floyd,’ he said.

‘He could go solo for sure. He could do that, 100%. Although I don’t know why he would do that now because [One Direction] are working so well together.’

Should Hazza ever decide to quit 1D, Joel hopes he will be the one he’ll call up to create some unique tracks.

Stepping up to the plate he said: ‘As a producer or if I was I were going to write for him I would 100% do it.’

[Originally published Metro, Guilty Pleasures, Wednesday 13 November 2013]

One Direction: Our tour bus stinks!

If you’ve ever wanted to know exactly what a One Direction star smells like it’s a mix between crisps and damp grass.

Liam, Louis and Zayn have revealed the smells that permeate their tour bus.

‘It sometimes smells of crisps,’ Liam said.

‘And it might smell damp because we always play football,’ added Louis – who was recently signed to Doncaster Rovers.

‘It’s the dew from the grass. It’s got a musky smell,’ he added.

While the band agreed there is a definite ‘man’ scent to the bus in general, Irish band member Niall Horan, 19, added to the conversation by lovingly telling Louis: ‘You smell!’

The band might want to spritz up their rolling quarters by spraying a bit of their debut fragrance, Our Moment, around the bus which finally hits stores this week.

‘There was a fan on Twitter who tweeted about it and started a petition for us to make one, and we thought why not,’ Liam said, revealing the origins of the fragrance.

With its pleasant tones of grapefruit and jasmine (among others), the bottled fragrance has much more of an appeal than the smell of the tour bus – although the boys said a lot of sweat went into creating their signature scent.

‘We’ve never had so many meetings, not even about the album. Not even about anything - to do this it takes so much work,’ Liam said about the creation process.

‘We were heavily involved. You wouldn’t believe,’ Louis added.

Meanwhile 19-year-old Harry Styles added: ‘It’s been a long and exciting process and we’re really proud to have made a One Direction fragrance.’

[Originally published Metro Guilty Pleasures 27 August 2013]

Neon Jungle: We’re not as much Trouble as you think

Neon Jungle may look like trouble but they insist they’ve never even been in detention.

The sassy pop quartet, consisting of Japanese-born Asami Zdrenka, Scottish girl Shereen Cutkelvin, both 16, and Londoners Amira McCarthy,17, and Jessica Plummer, 20, are hoping to emulate Little Mix in the charts –  but say don’t lump them in the same basket as The X Factor winners.

‘The only thing we really have in common is that we are four girls and we make music,’ insists Jessica after the colourful singers, signed to Sony, swung by Guilty Pleasures for a chat.

Asami is chuffed they are already in the same race as Little Mix.

‘I think we’d all take it as a compliment,’ she said of the comparisons. ‘Because, I think, their success, in quite a short period of time, has skyrocketed and if we can come anywhere close to that we would be grateful.’

But while they may look a little more bad-ass than the DNA singers, the girls promise they are well behaved.

‘We are the biggest geeks, really. People see our exterior and they paint this picture of what we’ll be like and, really, we’re the most goofiest people,’ said Jessica.

Amira confirmed: ‘I’ve never been expelled or suspended. I haven’t even had a detention before! That’s good.’

But the girls are hoping to gatecrash Little Mix’s social circle in the hope that Asami can get her hands on Harry Styles, who she fancies the pants off.

Confident Jessica revealed she too has a crush on a famous musician.

‘I’m rinsing J Cole’s album, Born Sinner, which I’m just obsessed with and so I’ve become a little bit obsessed with him. Like, I’m not joking,’ said the cheeky minx.

‘I’ve googled his age and he’s 28 so I’m thinking when I’m, like, 25, and he’s like 33, maybe something could happen?’

But she went on to say: ‘But then it could change, because last week it was Pharrell and next week it could be Snoop Dogg.’

The ladies are gearing up for the September release of their debut single, Trouble.

[Originally published Metro Guilty Pleasures 22 July 2013]

One Direction: Too busy to fight The Wanted

One Direction have refused to take on The Wanted in the boxing ring after their rivals threw down the gauntlet. The boyband said they were too busy to waste a day off settling old scores – and claimed their challengers had backed out of a fight before.

‘I already offered Max,’ revealed Zayn Malik when Guilty Pleasures grabbed him for a quick chat.

‘I asked him if he wants to fight. I’ve already said to him I’ll fight him and he didn’t want to.’

Louis Tomlinson added: ‘It is such b******* because they will not live up to their word.’ And Liam Payne claimed: ‘We’re all too busy anyway. When is this ever going to happen? We’d have to do it on a day off and that would be boring.’

The two bands have been feuding for months after Zayn tweeted that Max George had contracted a sexually transmitted disease. But the 1D lads claim they’re now getting tired of the exchanges. ‘I love an argument but it’s even got boring for me now,’ said Louis. ‘I mean… grow up.’

It seems a loving relationship between the groups may never come to fruition – even though they hit it off when they first crossed paths.

‘We met them on the X Factor and they were proper nice and we thought we really like you,’ said Zayn. ‘We looked up to them,’ Louis admitted.

Liam said he liked the idea of ending the row through music, with a battle-style duet. ‘Lets do one and call it The Homeboys Part II,’ he said. But Louis was more reluctant, saying: ‘I don’t think our musical styles would be suited. Our sound is quite different.’

One Direction are working on their third album, which the boys said will have a bigger, rockier sound.

They are currently on the road around the world on their Take Me Home tour.

[Originally published Metro Guilty Pleasures 7 June 2013]