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"The first step is totally acceptance. #geekoftheweek. You display just how much of a wannabe you are. : )," he wrote.

Max then retaliated, saying, "That's not very nice, @ZaynMalik. I was just starting to like you and your RnB songs, too."

And that's all it took for a full-blown Twitter war to break out between the insanely popular musical groups, as members of both bands began to weigh in and tweet support for their respective teams.

"Zayn Malik had his '1 Stripes' knickers in a twist, bro," Tom Parker of The Wanted tweeted in defense of his British bandmate.

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