All posts tagged: Payne

Niall Horan Pays Tribute To Liam Payne On Heartbreaking New Song

Niall Horan Pays Tribute To Liam Payne On Heartbreaking New Song

Published by Sam Flores

Niall Horan is opening up about his former bandmate Liam Payne’s death. The ex-One Direction star recently sat down for an interview with GQ Hype, where the subject of Liam came up during the course of the conversation. Liam died in October 2024 at the age of 31, after falling from a balcony in Argentina while under the influence of numerous substances. Shortly before his death, he attended Niall’s concert in Buenos Aires, with the two also catching up while they were both in South America. “It was great,” the Slow Hands singer recalled, claiming the two quickly fell “back in like it was 10 years ago” when they met up. “[Liam] seemed in good form and we had a good laugh, good reminisce.” Liam Payne and Niall Horan with One Direction bandmates Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik and Harry Styles in 2014 Niall later got the message that Liam had died, admitting: “I just didn’t think it was real. Someone so young, you’re not expecting to hear that they’ve passed, especially someone that you’ve just …

Harry Styles on still mourning Liam Payne: ‘It’s so difficult to lose a friend’

Harry Styles on still mourning Liam Payne: ‘It’s so difficult to lose a friend’

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the inside track from Roisin O’Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Harry Styles has revealed his profound struggle to discuss the death of his former One Direction bandmate, Liam Payne, as he prepares to release his highly anticipated fourth studio album. The 32-year-old singer’s new record, Kiss All The Time, Disco, Occasionally, due out on Friday, is said to be inspired by moments when artists are compelled to “discover themselves” and embrace vulnerability. Speaking to Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, Styles admitted his difficulty in addressing the tragedy. “Full transparency, it’s like something that I, even the idea of talking about it, I struggle with that a little bit even,” he confessed. He elaborated on the complexities of public grief following Payne’s passing. “I think there was a period when he passed away, where I really struggled with kind of like acknowledging how strange it is to have people kind of like own part of …