Harry Styles Says Taylor Swift's Songs About Him Are Good: "We Write From Personal Experience" 

Harry Styles Says Taylor Swift\'s Songs About Him Are Good: "We Write From Personal Experience"

Celebrity News Nov. 10, 2014 AT 2:15PM By Esther Lee

Harry Styles defended his ex-girlfriend Taylor Swift and her new songs about him in a Google Hangout on Sunday, Nov. 9. Credit: David M. Benett/Getty Images; James Devaney/GC Images (inset)

They\'re in the clear! Harry Styles defended his ex-girlfriend Taylor Swift for mining their 2012 relationship -- and its beautifully painful aftermath of course -- for material in her wildly successful new album,

hosted by One Direction on Sunday, Nov. 9, Styles was asked by their documentary director friend Ben Winston what it was like to be the speculative subject of songs like "Out of the Woods," "Style," and more.

"We write from personal experience," Styles, 20, responded. "I think everyone does. So it would be hypocritical of us to be like, \'Oh, you can\'t write about us.\'"

Taylor Swift and Harry Styles are seen walking around Central Park on December 02, 2012 in New York City

in a recent interview that much of the subject matter for her latest album was based on her relationship with Styles. The singer alludes to various instances in their well-documented relationship in lyrics of songs like "I Wish You Would," the aptly-titled "Style," and "All You Had to Do Was Stay." The most telling tune about Styles, though, is seen in the second single from

, "Out of the Woods," which Swift told the mag was a look back at an anxiety-riddled relationship.

"Every day was a struggle," the former country singer told

. "Forget making plans for life – we were just trying to make it to next week."

Styles, though, even went as far in his Google Hangout to praise his singer-songwriter ex-girlfriend for her talent. "She\'s really good, so... they\'re good songs," the British heartthrob said of Swift\'s latest work. "So I\'m really lucky in that sense."

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