A Twitter argument has broken out between One Direction’s Louis Tomlinson, his former band mate Zayn Malik and producer Naughty Boy.

DJ and music producer Naughty Boy posted a picture of himself and Zayn on Twitter, writing.

A Tweet following that by Louis seems to have sparked a spat on the Social Media site.

A war of words between Louis and Naughty Boy has followed.

Zayn, who quit the band in a shock announcement in March, made his first public appearance at this year’s Asian Awards. He also debuted a new look, a shaved head at the ceremony.

The former One Direction star took his mother as his date for the evening, leaving fiancee Perrie Edwards at home.

The 22-year-old was presented with the award for Outstanding Contribution to Music and thanked his former One Direction band mates.

He said: “I’d also like to take this moment to thank four of the best guys that I ever met whilst being in the band and doing all the amazing things that I did.

“Some of the things that we did will stay with me for the rest of my life.”

Zayn Malik
Zayn has been working with Naughty Boy on solo material (Joel Ryan/AP/PA)

DJ Naughty Boy – real name Shahid Khan – was also at the event.

Shortly after Zayn quit One Direction, Naughty Boy posted a demo of song I Won’t Mind, featuring Zayn’s vocals, online only to delete it 12 hours later.

Naughty Boy said: “I wouldn’t call it working (with Zayn). We’re good friends, and I think in this business it’s hard to make good friends, so that’s what I’m here for. That’s why I’m there for him right now.”