The Wanted star Nathan Sykes has opened up about his split from Ariana Grande, revealing he's penned a song about her for his debut solo album.

Yep, the 21-year old singer has 'done a Taylor Swift' by reflecting on their failed romance, telling The Sun: "The most emotional song is about me telling myself not to be angry at the break-up because sometimes things just don’t work out. That’s life.

[related]"The time we broke up was really tough. The Wanted decided to take a break and I lost my grandad. I was not in the best place.

"She was my first grown up relationship. But sometimes you have to go into a place like that to be able to find the best music out of it."

Despite using their break-up as inspiration in the studio, Nathan went on to add that there is "no bad blood" between himself and the Love Me Harder singer.

He stated: "It’s important not to be selfish with writing so there’s no detailed version of events. And there’s no bad blood. She’s a lovely girl.

"We split because of the long-distance thing. There was that amazing moment at the start of the relationship where we both convinced ourselves, ‘Yeah, long distance won’t matter. It will be fine.’ But it was impossible.”

Grande is now dating rapper Big Sean, while Nathan is gearing up to the release of his solo LP.