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## [Celebrity News and Gossip: James Arthur in Meltdown?](https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/Celebrity-news-gossip/bid/72652/Celebrity-News-and-Gossip-James-Arthur-in-Meltdown)
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Oh dear **James Arthur**! What’s happened? It wasn’t even a year ago that you were crowned **X Factor’s edgiest winner** – selling over **1.3 million copies** of your debut single **‘Impossible’**, making it the best selling winner's single ever! But fast forward 11 months and over **11,000 people** signed a petition for you **not to perform** on last Sunday’s X Factor. How have you **fallen out** **of public favour** so quickly – and why can we hear the alarms of an all-too-familiar** celebrity meltdown** ringing?
### The Rap Battle
James has always been a bit of a character – even when he rose to fame on The X Factor in 2012 he didn’t hold his tongue. Since then he has got into numerous Twitter rows with comedian Frankie Boyle, as well as 2010 X Factor winner Matt Cardle and One Direction’s Louis Tomlinson – who said that popstars should be responsible for their own promotion via Twitter anyway?
But his latest actions have caused actual consequences that have gone beyond Twitter, quickly losing his fans’ respect. Last month unknown rapper Micky Worthless mocked James Arthur and his reality X Factor roots in a rap diss. James – not one to take an insult lying down – responded not with a diss but with a homophobic slur that featured the word ‘queer’. Word travels fast on social networks with the slur provoking – and rightly so – an angry response amongst James’s Twitter followers. Comedian Matt Lucas even tweeted an angry response to the X Factor winner’s slur.
### Too Little Too Late?
James was quick to realise what he had said and apologised via Twitter stating 'I just have to say that I’m extremely disappointed in myself … Some of the things said in this rap can be mistaken for homophobic slurs and I assure you homophobia is something I do not believe in.'
Although announcing he was quitting Twitter for good the confrontations continued. Lucy Spraggan – James Arthur’s fellow 2012 X Factor contestant – responded angrily to his slur, tweeting 'people kill themselves everyday over words like queer.'
It was from this that James sent a string of abusive text messages to Lucy, which she has since posted on Twitter. One of his texts read 'Is it coz you’re a gay rights activist you had to say something as extreme as "people kill themselves every day over words like queer" are you for real?' Lucy has since posted a blog response to the messages, highlighting that although she doesn’t believe James to be a homophobic, she feels strongly about the use of homophobic language and believes something needs to be done about it as a whole.
### The Ex-Factor?
So what was made of James’s appearance on **Sunday night's X Factor**? The singer apologised – after a performance of his aptly named **new single ‘Recovery’** – for the **‘silly mistakes’** he has made this year and for abusing ‘his position as an X Factor winner’. It’s sad that **a talent so raw** has been **tarnished**, but it's even sadder that James felt it was ever ok to use **homophobic language** – because it’s never OK. Ever. James has apologised but it remains to be seen whether he ‘will get what’s coming to [him]’ as he sings in his second single **‘Ain’t Nobody Till Somebody Loves You’**. Or whether he will take some much needed media training that he originally turned down, and grow into somebody who produces **raw music** and **engages his brain** before he acts. Tell us what you think!
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- For all the latest James Arthur news check out his official website [here](http://www.jamesarthurofficial.com/uk/home)
- Check out James’s new single ‘Recovery’ [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd-I17R2iQg)
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## [Three Easy Steps to One Direction World Domination](https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/Celebrity-news-gossip/bid/70777/Three-Easy-Steps-to-One-Direction-World-Domination)
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One Direction make **world domination** look so easy! Next week I’m going on holiday to Canada to visit my relatives. I’ve asked my cousins if I could bring them anything, perhaps a selection of **British teas**, or some decent chocolate as I’ve heard theirs is awful, maybe even Royal Family paraphernalia complete with photo of adorable Prince George? No, they don't want any of that. What they desperately want to get their hands on are our shiny **One Direction books**.
### Mind Blowing
Yes I know One Direction are **totally famous** and yes they’re hot (I myself have a topless shot of Louis pinned up above my desk), but I couldn’t believe that this is what my Canadian relatives now think of when they think of Britain! How, in just over three years, have these **five normal lads** achieved levels of world domination comparable only to **The Beatles**? Here's my theory...
### Step One: Be Humble and Cute!
When Niall, Zayn, Liam, Louis and Harry auditioned separately for ***The X Factor*** in 2010 they hadn’t heard of each other let alone the name One Direction, and nor would they have guessed just how many **screaming fans** they would acquire (it turns out to be a lot!). But the boys delivered faultless performances, wowing the judges with their sharp vocals. Although the boys didn’t win, they came third and received the exposure needed to establish a fan base and nab a record deal via mentor **Simon Cowell**.
Number one singles followed, and their debut album ***Up All Night***, which narrowly missed out on the coveted number one spot, charted at number two in UK charts. But it was the album’s success in the US, debuting at **number one**, that confirmed that the band’s quest for world domination was well and truly underway.
### Step Two: Be Sociable
But what helped them be the **first British band** to have their debut album enter at number one in the US charts? Social media of course! The boys each have their own Twitter accounts as well as a joint one (@onedirection) which they use to communicate directly with devoted ‘directioners’. This **social media hype** stems back to when their record executives took to Twitter and Facebook to market the through a four-month, word-of-mouth campaign designed to build a firm international fan base before the boys even released a single in the US. And their gamble paid off, with singles sold before radio stations had even played the songs!
### Step Three: Be Ambitious
One Direction’s second album went to No. 1 in both the UK and US, and they became the first boy-band in US chart history to achieve two No. 1 albums in one calendar year. Singles **‘Live While We’re Young’** and **‘Kiss You’** were released. Arena tours of the WHOLE world were drawn up and the boys were edging ever closer to total world domination. But things wouldn’t be complete without a movie right? Right. The boy’s ***This Is Us*** movie was released in August 2013 to rave reviews, topping the American and UK box offices.
### World Domination Complete
- Number one singles AND albums = achieved
- Screaming fans = assembled
- Awards = won
- A successful movie all about their life as a band = released
- A new fragrance 'Our Moment' = launched
Phew! I’m too exhausted to pack for Canada, think I’m just gonna have to have a lie down and think of Louis!
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