Liam James Payne (born 29 August 1993) is an English singer and songwriter.
He rose to fame as a member of the boy band One Direction.
Payne made his debut as a singer when he auditioned for the British television series The X Factor in 2008. After being eliminated as a solo performer, he auditioned again in 2010 and was put into a group with four other contestants to form One Direction
F5ve have released their otherworldly new single ‘UFO’ today (October 17). Ahead of the song’s release, the Japanese girl group spoke to NME about the story behind the new single, their remarkable social media presence and how they’re bringing Japan’s unique subcultures to the world.‘UFO’ comes shortly after F5ve – originally known as SG5 – hit the big time with their May 2024 single ‘Lettuce’, a quirky but scathing diss track to a former lover that’s since become a viral sensation on TikTok.
Over a video call from Tokyo, the girl group told NME that ‘UFO’ tells the story of a girl who is exceptionally skilled at claw machines, which were popularised in Japan during the ’70s and have since become mainstays at arcades around the world. “The people watching her start thinking, ‘Oh, she’s so good, she must be an alien’,” Kaede said. “It’s a really fun and unique story.”The futuristic music video for ‘UFO’ was filmed in Akihabara – which member Miyuu describes as the “starting ground” of Japan’s idol scene – and finds the girl group performing inside a gacha ball, each of them caked in pale makeup and eerie all-white contact lenses.
They soon arrive on earth disguised as humans, but their unnaturally large pupils, awkward movements and fascination with claw machines soon give them away as extraterrestrial beings.“In the US, the word ‘UFO’ makes people think of aliens, but in Japan, it brings to mind things like claw machines and gacha games,” Miyuu said of their alien-like appearance in the music video, explaining that “it’s a playful word association that blends both Japanese and English” which takes inspiration from UFO-related connotations in each language.Despite being a global-facing act, F5ve unanimously agree on the.
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