Teenaged singer Manika has been touring the States with One Direction – I know! How jealous are we! – and today, she’s told OK.co.uk a few secrets about just what goes on backstage with the 1D boys…

She began by saying, “They’re such nice people. They like to have fun. Backstage is kind of chilled.”

However, she went on to say that as her dressing room was right next door to theirs at a recent gig, she was perfectly placed to pick up on some exclusive secrets.

She explained first that the boys have “some serious super-fans” who pay a small fortune for rooms in the hotels the boys are staying in, while some simply camp outside waiting for a glimpse of the boys.

Others ride up and down in hotel lifts, praying that one of the 1D lads gets on!

Manika added that in one venue, Harry Styles and his band mates found a golf buggy which they decided they’d take for a quick spin on the freeway, and also that Zayn Malik rides a mini-scooter between his dressing room and canteen, given that he hates to walk anywhere.

She also revealed that the lads taught her a few ‘slang’ terms such as ‘chinwag’, and no matter where he is or what he’s doing, Zayn always wears two pairs of socks.

OK adds, “Manika’s latest single, Good Girls, is out in the US and she’s heading over to the UK VERY soon!”