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
Louis Tomlinson Admits He Was ‘Bitter’ About One Direction Breakup: ‘It Just Felt Like Another Loss To Me’
etcanada.comLouis Tomlinson says One Direction’s split left him “mortified”. Opening up about the breakup in 2015, the musician said it took time for him to process the event. “When One Direction split up, I was mortified, I was absolutely gutted,” he recalled to The Times. “I was a bit bitter, I suppose because it just felt like another loss to me.
But I’ve a better understanding of things now, and there’s not as much anger. It is what it is.” The band was comprised of himself, Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Liam Payne, and was originally formed on the U.K.
competition show “The X Factor” by judge Simon Cowell in 2010. They were an immediate smash hit, becoming a global sensation overnight. READ MORE: Louis Tomlinson Falls And Breaks Arm After NYC Concert, Forced To Cancel Events In 2015, it came crashing to a halt, however, when the band announced they were going on hiatus.
The following year, Tomlinson’s mother Johannah Deakin died from leukemia. Two years later, his 18-year-old sister Félicité died from overdose.
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