Calvin Harris has found himself in an online feud with former-One Direction star Zayn Malik by rushing to girlfriend Taylor Swift‘s defence.
It all began when 22-year-old Zayn retweeted a post, which suggested that Taylor was being a little, well, greedy by not releasing her music on streaming services like Spotify.
“[People] can still listen to my music if they get it on iTunes,” Taylor’s quote to Time magazine read on the post. “I’m always up for trying something. And I tried it and I didn’t like the way it felt. I think there should be an inherent value placed on art.”
Taylor’s “inherent” thoughts were essentially laughed at in the post through a comparison to the relaxed attitude of Miley Cyrus.
“You know, I’ve made my money. If no one buys my album, cool. It’s fine. I’ve got a house, and I’ve got dogs that I love. I don’t need anything else,” read Miley’s quote, which was placed alongside Taylor’s for maximum effect.
It wasn’t long before 31-year-old Calvin stepped up to defend Taylor, tweeting to Zayn, “You’ve made your money? Cool…fuck the 99% of musicians who depend on these services to survive right? Yeah fuck em.”
@FemaleTexts @zaynmalik You’ve made your money? Cool…fuck the 99% of musicians who depend on these services to survive right? Yeah fuck em
— Calvin Harris (@CalvinHarris) August 17, 2015
If u don’t get what it means when a successful artist uses their celebrity to benefit every other musician and songwriter in the industry…
— Calvin Harris (@CalvinHarris) August 17, 2015
Calvin went on to suggest that Taylor is using her “celebrity” to stand up for other musicians who might not have a voice as loud as hers, before things got personal.
“While u kids are refresh voting teen choice awards there’s some poor fucker in a basement making your new favorite record trying to survive,” Calvin tweeted, probably referring to Zayn’s 1D days. Is now a good time for someone to tell him about Harry Styles and bae Tay?
While u kids are refresh voting teen choice awards there’s some poor fucker in a basement making your new favorite record trying to survive
— Calvin Harris (@CalvinHarris) August 17, 2015
Anyway, Zayn was all like, “Ha you just made an absolute fool of yourself mate,” and “You clearly didn’t understand what I just said either.” Then he looked to his inner-douche and said, “I suggest you calm your knickers before them dentures fall out.”
@CalvinHarris ha you just made an absolute fool of yourself mate
— zayn (@zaynmalik) August 17, 2015
@CalvinHarris you clearly didn’t understand what I just said either
— zayn (@zaynmalik) August 17, 2015
@CalvinHarris so i suggest you calm your knickers before them dentures fall out
— zayn (@zaynmalik) August 17, 2015
Oh and I write my own shit too dickhead
— zayn (@zaynmalik) August 17, 2015
Clearly having had enough of someone almost a decade his junior (Zayn, not Taylor), Calvin wrapped things up with what we’re assuming was a good dose of piss-off sarcasm.
@zaynmalik all good, it was the quote not you personally mate
— Calvin Harris (@CalvinHarris) August 17, 2015
@zaynmalik best of luck, genuinely. You’ve got a great voice
— Calvin Harris (@CalvinHarris) August 17, 2015
“All good, it was the quote not you personally mate,” the DJ wrote. “Best of luck, genuinely. You’ve got a great voice.” So genuine.
Segway: Zayn’s ex-fiancée Perrie Edwards and Little Mix joined Taylor on-stage for her “1989” tour in Santa Clara over the weekend. Call it a coincidence, but public digs are usually calculated.
