Zayn Malik

One Direction’s Louis Tomlinson is still upset about Zayn Malik’s dramatic departure from the boyband. We heard how all of the band’s members felt “misled” by Zayn after he quit. Zayn’s explanation was that he wanted to be “a normal 22-year-old.” Almost immediately, smugly entered a recording studio with producer Naughty Boy.

Louis, who was super close to Zayn during their four years in the band, has taken this upheaval all too personally. About a month ago, Louis fought with Zayn’s producer, Naughty Boy, over a perceived slight. That scuffle was a defining moment for for 1D fans, who cheered when a member broke the kumbaya facade pushed by 1D’s management. One month later, and Louis is still raging. He must be watching everything that Zayn and Naughty Boy do on Twitter, which seems obsessive. Here’s what provoked Louis:

Replace this . pic.twitter.com/Dis0Tfd7cz

— Naughty Boy (@NaughtyBoyMusic) May 6, 2015

“Replace this” does sound like a challenge, right? Louis should have ignored it, but he didn’t.

Remember when you were 12 and you used to think those Mac filters for your pictures were cool haha ! Some people still do HA!

— Louis Tomlinson (@Louis_Tomlinson) May 6, 2015

Naughty Boy, thrilled to see Louis take the bait, struck back where it would hurt most. Many people believe Louis does have the weakest voice in 1D, so this remark had to sting. But Louis wasn’t going down without tossing some more mud.

@NaughtyBoyMusic Jesus forgot you were such an in demand producer …. How does it feel to be riding on the back of someone else’s career ?

— Louis Tomlinson (@Louis_Tomlinson) May 6, 2015

Then Zayn stepped in with the final word, which was sort of amazing. I feel bad for Louis, but the dude shouldn’t have gotten into a public argument. How embarrassing.

@Louis_Tomlinson remember when you had a life and stopped making bitchy comments about mine ?

— zaynmalik (@zaynmalik) May 6, 2015

Semi-related: Noel Gallagher has a new interview with Rolling Stone where he laughs at the “normal 22-year-old” thing: “Have you met any normal 22-year-olds? They’re f***in’ sh*t-for-brains. What are you talking about, you f***in’ idiot? God. You might have wanted to be a normal 22-year-old, but you won’t want to be a normal 25-year-old.”

Louis Tomlinson

Zayn Malik

Photos courtesy of WENN

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