When Lorde was being outspoken and running her mouth, she was at least making critical and commercially acclaimed music that was actually listenable.
These glorified fratbros are making shiteous music (don't come at me telling me they've been #1 for 98549 weeks or whatever), so they should simmer down a bit.
And while what they said about Rihanna could be misinterpreted, how do you misinterprete "it sucks"
If you're going to be shady, hold on to your shade, live with it and don't backtrack.. If you don't have the ovaries to live with your words once it's out there, then don't say anything.