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
Liam Payne on How the Industry Has Changed Since His One Direction Days: There's 'More Freedom'
billboard.comLiam Payne looked back on his time in One Direction during an interview with Apple Music on Wednesday (April 15).Promoting "Midnight," his new collaboration with Alesso, the pop star reflected on how much the music industry has changed since the days of his boy band beginnings. "I think we're all getting used to the way the music works now, and the way it is," he told host Brooke Reese."Because ever since my first stuff with the band, it's been 10 years, it's been nearly a decade since we started," he continued. "And the way that music's moved...
Like we were saying the other day, when an artist used to release a song and it went bad, they're like, 'He's over, he's finished, he's out.' Now you just go, 'Okay, it didn't work.' It just gives.
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