Singer Harry Styles says he uses his breakups as inspiration for One Direction songs, but wouldn't say whether "Perfect" was written about his former girlfriend Taylor Swift.

Though the 21-year-old singer's bandmate Louis Tomlinson, who co-wrote the song with Styles, appeared to do it for him, reports mirror.co.uk.

"And if you like cameras flashing every time we go out, and if you're looking for someone to write your breakup songs about Baby I'm perfect," the lyrics say.

Talking about their songs, Styles said: "I think people interpret songs in different ways. I'm never going to tell someone what a song's about because I feel like it's up to them."

Tomlinson added: "I think everybody draws from personal experiences, so of course to a degree I'm sure that influenced some of it. Down to specifics to who that song is exactly about, that's fan's interpretation, I suppose."