One Direction have spoken of their desire to be genuine.

Whilst the boyband are well-known for larking around, members like Harry Styles have engineered a more adult persona through alleged romancing and nights out on the town.

Speaking to Glamour magazine, Liam Payne said that they have never attempted to act as a "perfect" group of lads who always play by the rules. He said:

"I don’t think we’ve ever tried to be squeaky-clean. Nobody’s perfect."

Bandmate Harry Styles added: "The thing is, when you’re playing a part, eventually it goes wrong. Eventually someone’s going to see that that’s not who you are. So it’s best to be yourself from the get-go."

Payne meanwhile also commented on their fans' fever when they are out and about, revealing: "I don’t think it’s ever something we’ll get fully used to.…We kind of try to stay under the radar and not tweet where we are. Yesterday me and Niall [Horan] went out shopping in Amsterdam. And literally every single shop we went into, they had to close the shop because there were so many people outside. Some girl tried to pull my hair out. It’s quite mad."