One Direction and Wolfram von Eschenbach don't have anything common other than strong performances in immense arenas. Sonically 1D is rooted more in synth-pop of the 1980s, only acutely refined and commercialized, while the Wolfram von Eschenbach emerged from the German nobility, was influenced largely by poetry, and later even knighted. Also Eschenbach's solo material (+ material with Turheim) was performed and discussed decades after his death. Them both being lyricists is very shallow grounds for comparison.