One Direction Shred Video Ruins Your Crush on Harry Styles

No pop star is safe from criticism — or a good YouTube "shred."

Artists from Creed to The Who have fallen victim to the shred, a technique that dubs over cringeworthy audio on live performance videos

One Direction's loyal fan base probably won't appreciate the latest one, though. YouTube user SamRick recut the boy band's American Music Awards performance of "Story of My Life" with audio that sounds more like bad karaoke.

Mashable did not make this video, so please, Directioners, don't send us mean threats via Twitter.