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5 Seconds of Summer's Ashton Irwin thinks Taylor Swift seems "destructive".
The 21-year-old rocker has admitted he isn't keen on dating the 'Bad Blood' singer as he believes she would be a bad influence.
He said: "[Taylor] feels a little destructive to me. I think it's interesting, I think it's cool - she's a deep thinker."
The 'She's Kinda Hot' hitmaker explained his comments by saying her poor history with relationships and habit of subsequently writing songs about them would likely mean some great songs would be created if they dated.
He said: "She has a lot of songs about some messed up relationships. I think some good songs would come out of it."
Taylor, 25, has been seeing Scottish DJ Calvin Harris for almost 10 months but has previously dated stars including Jake Gyllenhaal, Taylor Lautner, John Mayer and Harry Styles.
But that didn't stop Ashton's bandmate Michael Clifford flirting with her at a party earlier this year.
During an interview with Howard Stern, he confessed he tried to hit on her while "drunk" but was unsuccessful.
The band recently released their second studio album 'Sounds Good Feels Good' which has topped the charts in 10 countries including the UK, US and Australia.

James Franco's band has signed a record deal.
The '127 Hours' actor's band Daddy - which also features multi-instrumentalist Tim O'Keefe - has been snapped up by Kobalt and will release a The Smiths-inspired album and film in 2016.
James and Tim said of the news: "We are really excited to partner with Kobalt on our upcoming Daddy album and film.
"Kobalt has the right forward-thinking approach to work with a project as unique as ours, where we see our work not only existing within the music realm, but extending into the film, art space and beyond on an independent basis."
The album will be titled 'Let Me Get What I Want' in reference to The Smiths' 1984 song 'Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want' and will feature the band's bassist Andy Rourke on every track.
The 37-year-old star has previously penned numerous poems influenced by the Salford-based band's songs which will form the basis for the new music.
And the accompanying movie will be created by each track's video being put together to form an hour-long art film.
James has previously praised frontman Morrissey for inspiring his own creativity.
He said: "The Smiths' songs provided inspiration for the poems, lending tone and situation.
"I originally wrote this sequence as a way to use one medium (music) to influence another one (poetry)... [But] once I had the sequence, Tim and I took the material one step further and turned the poems inspired by songs back into songs of their own."

Brian McFadden is working on a new album.
The former Westlife singer revealed he's working on his fifth studio album following the release of his 2012 record 'The Irish Connection'.
He made the announcement while performing at Bush Hall in London on Tuesday (03.11.15), where he premiered a handful of new songs from the as-yet untitled collection.
During the intimate show he joked around with the crowd by telling anecdotes about his life such as his struggle to give up smoking and joking about how he uses gay dating app Grindr causing plenty of laughs among the crowd.
And as well as playing tracks from his previous albums, the 35-year-old star returned to classic Westlife tracks, despite their split in 2012.
The 15-track set was complete with an encore featuring two of the band's biggest hits, 'Uptown Girl' and 'Flying Without Wings, the latter of which he dedicated to the crowd.
Before kicking off the hit single, he said: "I want to dedicate this to the most important people in the room which is all of you who are here tonight.
"You've been here since I started in Westlife, since when I left Westlife, the stuff I've done wrong, and all the s**t I've done. You've all been standing there. So this one's for you."

Good Charlotte are making a comeback.
The 'Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous' hitmakers - who have been on hiatus since 2011 - announced on Twitter yesterday (03.11.15) that they have got back together, prompting the hashtag #WelcomeBackGC to trend worldwide.
And the group also teased a new song, 'Makeshift Love' on website Alternative Press, marking their first new music since 2010 album 'Cardiology'.
Speaking about the decision to reform, Benji Madden admitted he and his bandmates - bassist Paul Thomas, guitarist and keyboardist Billy Martin, and drummer Dean Butterworth - agreed with his twin brother, frontman Joel Madden, to wait until they "genuinely" had something to say.
He told Spill magazine: "Good Charlotte was incredibly special to us. Five years ago, we shut down the website, the merch store, the entire band ... That was our way of taking it back and making it ours again.
"We all decided we would wait until we felt genuine about saying something to the world again.
"Joel wasn't feeling like he could come back until he meant it, and we all agreed, we couldn't do anything our hearts were not in."
The group released five albums before going on hiatus.
Last year, Joel and Benji released an album, 'Greetings from California', as The Madden Brothers.

Ariana Grande and David Guetta are among acts confirmed for Capital's Jingle Bell Ball with Coca-Cola.
The annual two-day event at The O2 in London will feature a jam-packed line-up of stars including the 'Problem' hitmaker and French DJ.
After being announced for the show, Ariana said: "I'm so very excited because I'm a festive person and it's going to be a blast, I'm so excited! I'm going to be the funniest, most festive person you've ever seen!"
Both artists will perform on the first day of the Ball on December 5, where other acts including Years & Years, Jason Derulo, Jess Glynne and Nathan Sykes will also grace the stage.
Former The Wanted singer Nathan said: "I'm very excited to be back, it's always a great venue to play, there's always such a special atmosphere at the Jingle Bell Balls. There's always so many great artists and it always comes with a great fan base as well. Everyone's there to have a really great time, so yeah, I'm really looking forward to it."
The second day will feature a performance from 'Black Magic' singers Little Mix who previously played at the event in 2012 and 2013.
And Perrie said: "We love doing the Jingle Bell Ball, everyone is on top form for a good laugh and a good boogie and it's a good chance to catch up with our other artist friends!"
Tickets to the show go on sale on Friday (06.11.15) at 8am.

CeeLo Green will receive the Outstanding Achievement prize at the MOBO Awards.
The 'Forget You' hitmaker will be honoured with the accolade at a ceremony at the First Direct Arena in Leeds this evening (04.11.15) where he will also perform.
Speaking about the prize, he said: "I am honoured by this acknowledgement, especially so young in my career.
"And it is all the incentive anyone would need to continue doing what I love."
During his extensive career, the 41-year-old musician has performed as part of Gnarls Barkley and Goodie Mob and he will follow in the footsteps of former recipients Boyz II Men, TLC and Sean (P Diddy) Combs.
The MOBOs - which stand for Music of Black Origin Awards - will also feature performances from Rita Ora, FKA twigs, Stormzy, Krept and Konan, Lethal Bizzle, Naughty Boy, Lianne La Havas and Ella Eyre.
Krept and Konan lead the nominations with four nods in the Best Male, Best Hip-Hop Act, Best Song and Best Album categories, while JME is also in the running for four wins in the Best Album, Best Song, Best Male and Best Grime Act.
Elsewhere, FKA twigs and Lianne La Havas are each up for three prizes.
Earlier this week Wiley became the first recipient of the inaugural Mobo Paving the Way award, for which he was honoured with a paving stone at Bow School in east London where he was educated.

Adele regrets working with Damon Albarn.
The 'Hello' hitmaker, 27, teamed up with the Blur frontman for a number of tracks on her new album '25', but none of them made the cut, and she wishes she'd never met him.
Speaking to Rolling Stone magazine, she said: "It ended up being one of those 'don't meet your idol' moments. And the saddest thing was that I was such a big Blur fan, growing up. But it was sad, and I regret hanging out with him."
Damon, 47, kickstarted the feud between the pair two months ago when he branded her "insecure" and hit out at her for wasting his time, but Adele, who has three-year-old son Angelo, says the only reason she didn't include their collaborations on her LP is because "none of it was right."
She explained: "None of it suited my record. He said I was insecure, when I'm the least insecure person I know."
She added: "I was asking his opinion about my fears, about coming back with a child involved -because he has a child - and then he calls me insecure!"
Meanwhile, the long-awaited third album, which comes four years after her last, is set for release on November 20.

Rihanna rejected a song written by Sia and Adele.
The 'FourFiveSeconds' singer, 27, is currently working on her eighth studio album but declined a track co-written by the superstars despite their incredible writing credentials.
Sia, 39, - who has already released 'Alive' which she also penned with Adele - said: "We wrote three songs in two days and none of them made the cut and this was one of them.
"I said to [Adele], 'Do you mind if I pitch it to, say, Rihanna?' And she said, 'Yeah, but can you take my vocal off it because I don't want my vocal floating around out there on a demo'.
"So I went and re-cut the vocal and everybody in my life was like, 'You can't give this away to anybody'."
Despite others insisting she kept the track for herself, she offered it to Rihanna for her new album 'Anti' but doesn't think it was "edgy" enough for her.
She told Ryan Seacrest: "Well actually I believe she did [get a chance to consider it] and she passed.
"We sent it to her, but it's not really her so I don't know why I thought that. It is a smash, but she's a little more edgy."
The track - titled 'Bird Set Free' - will now appear on Sia's seventh album 'This is Acting' due to be released in January.

Hozier has criticised Pope Francis for his attitudes towards homosexuality.
The 25-year-old singer has hit out at the leader of the Catholic Church insisting he should be actively encouraging Catholics to accept the LGBTQ community, not just saying he doesn't "judge" them.
He said: "This is one of the paradoxes and weird hypocrisy of that organisation [Catholic Church]. The pope came here last year and said, 'Who am I to judge with regards to somebody's sexual orientation?' I think it is important to differentiate between lip service towards something and actually making change. I think it is hopeful, but saying this in 2015, 'Who am I to judge?' is something that should have been said 100 years ago."
The Irish star - who has remained tight-lipped on his own sexuality - went on to explain how the church's "irrational aversion to homosexuality" was one of the reasons he wrote his global hit single 'Take Me To Church', which was nominated for Song of the Year at the Grammy Awards.
In an interview with 'Larry King Now' guest host Kelly Osbourne, he said: "It is one that has institutionalised gender inequality as well, dangerous policy over contraception and, in this case, it still harbours an irrational aversion to homosexuality. Which in my view I think that is why I was driven to write 'Take Me to Church.' I think the church provides an excuse for homophobia."