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
Robbie Williams Says Of Liam Payne Tragedy: “I Am The Problem If I Do Nothing. We Are The Problem If We Don’t”; Applauds Chappell Roan For Pushing Back On Pressures Of Fame
deadline.comRobbie Williams told Deadline on Saturday that Liam Payne’s tragic death had hit him hard: “We’re processing a world-wide shock.
I’m sat in depression, and I’m sat in sadness. A huge part of that is Liam-shaped.” Williams called for action around the way society handles fame and celebrity, saying, “Nothing seems to change and if isn’t me, then who?… I am the problem if I do nothing.
We are the problem if we don’t.” Payne, a former member of the band One Direction, died on Wednesday after falling from the third-floor balcony of room at the Casa Sur Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
He was 31. Like Payne when he joined One Direction, Williams was aged just 16 when he shot to fame with the band Take That in 1990.
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