One Direction hunk Liam Payne responded by tweeting: "Sad thing is @lukekook we are/where (sic) fans of your band, nice one man verbally attacking your own fans how very rock and roll of you ;)."
After the band's album release launch party, Luke posted: "Stop this malfunction. World realign please. Artists dying."
When a fan responded saying she liked both The Kooks and One Direction, the musician wasn't impressed.
He told her: "How can you be a fan of something that has no life? I honestly feel so depressed that you are into Kooks.
"I'd rather anyone who likes One Direction never follow me. You literally have no idea how upset I am."
He later backtracked and said he had been drinking and removed the tweets after facing a backlash from One Direction fans.
He then replied to Liam saying: "Man, I regret having a rant but the machinery of the industry pisses me off. I respect you do your thing.
"This whole thing now has gone too far. Gonna say I have my opinions but meant no offence, that's why I took down them there tweets. Love."
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