Noel Gallagher Claims Harry Styles Doesn’t Work as Hard as ‘Real’ Artists: He’s Got ‘Nothing to Do’ With Music

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One man’s opinion. Noel Gallagher likely made himself a few enemies after claiming that Harry Styles is not a “real” musician because of his reality TV past.“The X Factor is a TV show, it’s got nothing to do with music, it’s got nothing to do with music whatsoever, and anything that has come from that, that’s got nothing to do with music,” the former Oasis member, 54, recently told the Daily Star newspaper, arguing that X Factor alums don’t work as hard as “real” musicians do.The “Watermelon Sugar” singer, 28, entered The X Factor UK in 2010 as a solo artist before Simon Cowell put him in the group that would become One Direction.

Styles and bandmates Liam Payne, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson signed a recording contract after finishing the competition in third place.

The Dunkirk actor released his first solo single, “Sign of the Times,” in April 2017, one year after the band announced their hiatus.“You’re not telling me Harry Styles is currently in a room somewhere writing a song,” Gallagher continued. “With any joy, he’ll be surrounded by a lot of girls.

I can assure you he’s not got an acoustic guitar out trying to write a middle eight for something.”Many Styles fans did not take kindly to the rocker’s comments, and they didn’t hesitate to share their displeasure via social media. “Flops always trying to stay relevant by mentioning Harry’s name,” wrote one Twitter user (who had a picture of Styles as their profile photo). “Noel gallagher, yet again, has an opinion no one asked for,” another fan tweeted.Though Gallagher questioned the Eternals star’s songwriting abilities, Styles defenders were quick to note that he is credited as a writer on every track on both of his albums.