One Directions Harry Styles issues beautiful defense of teenage girls

Its kind of remarkable how much energy our culture spends belittling teenage girls and their tastes. But in a new Rolling Stone profile, One Directions Harry Styles shares a wonderful, impassioned defense of his young female fanbase. As profile-writer (and famed director) Cameron Crowe writes:

Asked if he spends pressure-filled evenings worried about proving credibility to an older crowd, Styles grows animated. Whos to say that young girls who like pop music short for popular, right? have worse musical taste than a 30-year-old hipster guy? Thats not up to you to say. Music is something thats always changing. Theres no goal posts. Young girls like the Beatles. You gonna tell me theyre not serious? How can you say young girls dont get it? Theyre our future. Our future doctors, lawyers, mothers, presidents, they kind of keep the world going. Teenage-girl fans they dont lie. If they like you, theyre there. They dont act too cool. They like you, and they tell you. Which is sick.

You can read the full profile on Rolling Stones website.