Not so Sweet Disposition? The Temper Trap reveal Taylor Swift asked them for handwritten lyrics to hit song...proving then-beau Harry Styles inked wrong lyrics on arm

By Karishma Sarkari for Daily Mail Australia

Published: 01:46 EST, 28 January 2015 | Updated: 23:06 EST, 28 January 2015

Harry Styles has been caught over an apparent tattoo blunder after Australian band The Temper Trap told Pedestrian TV the One Direction band member has the wrong lyrics inked on his arm.

'Harry Styles has got the wrong lyrics tattooed - he's got like a portion of the pre-chorus of Sweet Disposition...but it's wrong,' frontman Dougy Mandagi said in the video.

In April 2012, the then 18-year-old heartthrob inked the phrase 'won't stop 'till we surrender' instead of 'won't stop to surrender'.

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Not so Sweet Disposition? Australian band The Temper Trap chat about the time Taylor Swift approached them backstage at the 2012 ARIA Awards requesting them to handwrite and sign the lyrics to their hit 2009 track, seemingly to settle an argument between her and then-boyfriend Harry Styles

Not so Sweet Disposition? Australian band The Temper Trap chat about the time Taylor Swift approached them backstage at the 2012 ARIA Awards requesting them to handwrite and sign the lyrics to their hit 2009 track, seemingly to settle an argument between her and then-boyfriend Harry Styles

When Harry started dating popstar Taylor Swift, around October, reports say she pointed out the lyrics of the 2009 hit song were wrong, but Harry didn't believe her.

So when the then 22-year-old singer bumped into the band backstage at the ARIA Awards in Sydney, in November of the same year, she asked them for handwritten and signed lyrics of the song.

'We were at the ARIAs...and her dressing room was next to ours and we get this knock on the door,' Dougy recounted.

'Our rights, our wrongs': Frontman Dougy Mandagi recounted the incident in the short video on Pedestrian TV confessing he wasn't sure whether to write down the correct or incorrect lyrics to the song

'Our rights, our wrongs': Frontman Dougy Mandagi recounted the incident in the short video on Pedestrian TV confessing he wasn't sure whether to write down the correct or incorrect lyrics to the song

Special request: The American popstar knocked on the band's dressing room door at the Sydney awards show with a sheet of paper in hand, saying she wanted to give the written lyrics to her boyfriend for his birthday

Special request: The American popstar knocked on the band's dressing room door at the Sydney awards show with a sheet of paper in hand, saying she wanted to give the written lyrics to her boyfriend for his birthday

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Wrong lyrics: Harry had the phrase tattooed 'won't stop 'till we surrender' instead of 'won't stop to surrender'

Wrong lyrics: Harry had the phrase tattooed 'won't stop 'till we surrender' instead of 'won't stop to surrender'

'She was like "Hey", you know, "I'm a big fan" blah, blah, blah,

'And she goes "Ahh it's my boyfriend's birthday soon I wanna give him a present - here's a piece of paper, can you please write down the lyrics to Sweet Disposition, sign it, I wanna give it to him"

'So I had this dilemma in my mind at that point - "do I write the wrong lyrics? Do I write the right lyrics?",' Dougy laughed.

'I kept it real, I wrote the right lyrics man', he added, prompting drummer Toby Dundas to joke: 'And they broke up soon after'.

After a whirlwind romance the pair called it quits over a row on holidays in January. 

Right at home: Hailing from Melbourne, the ARIA Award winners looked right at home as they performed Trembling Hands - the third track released off their second self titled album

Right at home: Hailing from Melbourne, the ARIA Award winners looked right at home as they performed Trembling Hands - the third track released off their second self titled album

Shaking it off: The then 22-year-old performed her hit song I Knew You Were Trouble on stage at the November ceremony

Shaking it off: The then 22-year-old performed her hit song I Knew You Were Trouble on stage at the November ceremony

However, it could be said, that Taylor never intended to give the lyrics to Harry as a gift but rather to prove she was right.

In March 2013, a source told UK newspaper, The Daily Star, that 'Harry didn't have a clue' about the incorrect wording and was especially embarrassed when Taylor proved him wrong.

'He wouldn't accept he was wrong until she asked The Temper Trap at the ARIA Awards back in November,' the unnamed source told the publication.

'Harry was so embarrassed he made Taylor promise not to tell anyone but that's all changed now they've split up.

'Taylor knows just how sensitive Harry is about it so she's planning to mock him in a new song,' they added.

Point of contention: It's understood Taylor had told Harry he had the wrong lyrics tattooed but he didn't believe her until she produced evidence of the band's handwritten note from the ARIAs

Point of contention: It's understood Taylor had told Harry he had the wrong lyrics tattooed but he didn't believe her until she produced evidence of the band's handwritten note from the ARIAs

A number of songs on the American popstar's 1989 album are believed to be about the pair's brief but intense relationship, although nothing specific about this tattoo has been decoded in her song lyrics.

Meanwhile, the now four-piece Australian band still get a giggle out of the whole story - laughing together heartily at the end of the short video.

As The Temper Trap finish up on their next album, they've partnered up with sports brand New Balance for a series of behind-the-scenes videos.

Moving on: The group, now a four-piece band after lead guitarist Lorenzo Sillitto left in 2013, are working on their third album, producing behind-the-scenes videos as the record comes together

Moving on: The group, now a four-piece band after lead guitarist Lorenzo Sillitto left in 2013, are working on their third album, producing behind-the-scenes videos as the record comes together

 

 

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