Niall Horan Praises Taylor Swift As A Songwriter, Katy Perry’s ‘Teenage Dream’ Song

Niall Horan praised Taylor Swift’s talent in songwriting and Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream” song.

On Wednesday, Horan joined Zane Lowe on FaceTime for Apple Music. They talked about a variety of topics and a number of his famous friends, Billboard reported.

The former One Direction member mentioned Swift and praised the “Delicate” artist’s talent, saying that she is “one of the greatest songwriters of her generation.” Swift writes or co-authors most of her singles and she also collaborates with other artists for the lyrics of their songs.

For instance, she co-wrote Miley Cyrus’ “You’ll Always Find Your Way Back Home” with American singer Martin Johnson for the film “Hannah Montana: The Movie.” She also wrote Little Big Town’s “Better Man” and Kellie Pickler’s “Best Day of Your Life.”

“I sometimes will sit here and I’ll play some chords and then I'll go, ‘What would Taylor do right now?’” Horan said.

“I actually said it to Taylor. It was her birthday and I sent her an email and I was like, ‘There’s very few artists around now that you could say that, when you’re sitting writing a song, you’re like, ‘What chord would Taylor choose now? Would she go minor? Would she stay it a bit straighter?’ Taylor Swift is one of those and she deserves everything she gets.”

Aside from Swift, he also recognized Paul Simon, Tom Petty, Stevie Nicks, Don Henley, and Ed Sheeran. Horan said that their tracks were successful because they didn’t beat around the bush with the lyrics.

“It’s just poetic, it’s storytelling, it’s straight down the middle stuff and just, yeah, you can literally just see the picture being painted in front of you, which is something to behold and something I’m sometimes jealous of,” he continued.

Horan also praised Perry’s “Teenage Dream” song. In fact, he considers it the best pop song.

“[It’s] arguably the best pop song of the last 20 years. I absolutely think it’s genius. Just from the construction of the riff to the verse pre-chorus, the Swedish verse pre-chorus, verse pre-chorus, middle it, breakdown,” Horan said.

Meanwhile, Perry and Swift were good friends, but they had a falling-out. Fortunately, the two celebrities have already forgiven each other and reconciled. According to the “Roar” singer, they now text a lot.