Define Taylor swift in one direction new song perfect. I CRIED pic.twitter.com/aPvCsbc1B9
— JOSEPH (@partin13glasses) October 16, 2015

#Perfect The song that one direction needed to get attention from, so they wrote it about the most successful person atm: Taylor swift
— VAMPS ADDICTED (@TheVampsJemmy) October 16, 2015

One Direction chorus sounds suspiciously similar to Style by Taylor Swift. Probably same writers
— Sean Neale (@_seanneale) October 16, 2015

The new One Direction song 'Perfect' sounds VERY similar to Taylor Swift 'Style'. Although it's nowhere near as good. Still alright though!
— Richard Williams (@rjwilliams88) October 16, 2015

is taylor swift gonna sue one direction bc perfect sounds a little bit like style better protect your asses boys @onedirection
— nic loves louis (@ladidas91) October 16, 2015

British press had reportedly cited the song 'could possibly be about Swift'.