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From the start, the global response to One Direction immediately inspired comparisons to Beatlemania - but is it fair to compare the two fan movements? The world had changed in countless ways between the 1960s and the 2010s but some things are timeless: boys who sing and have nice hair? They’re everything! This chapter details the conversations around One Direction’s musical offering compared to a band like the Beatles. Were they ever taken seriously as artists? Something that no one can deny about both fandoms is that they had power. What happened when that power was used for less than amicable purposes? And what happened to the journalists who interacted with the fandom? And who/what was Larry Stylinson? Featuring interviews from Vanity Fair’s chief critic Richard Lawson, Official Charts Company editor Carl Smith and One Direction songwriter Jamie Scott. Archive in this episode: The Beatles arriving in London, Â鶹Éç Radio News Report, 31 October 1963 Paul McCartney, the Wall Street Journal Ringo Starr, Associated Press Presenter: Maddie Grace Jepson Producer: Gráinne Morrison Written by Gráinne Morrison Assistant Producer: Zayna Shaikh Technical Producer: Ant Danbury Â鶹Éç Audio Editor: Andy Worrell Commissioning producers: Jonathan O’Sullivan, Sarah Gosling Commissioner for Â鶹Éç Music: Will Wilkin