Through the years, the singer has opened up about his time with the boy band and relationships together with his former bandmates – and he lately shared his hopes of reconnecting with one member earlier than his demise.
Liam Payne’s journey with One Route had many highs and lows — with the late star having spoken out a number of instances through the years about his expertise with the beloved boy band earlier than his tragic demise.
The 5 members of the juggernaut group — Payne, Harry Kinds, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, and Zayn Malik — have been put collectively on the 2010 version of The X Issue within the UK, occurring to a third-place end earlier than getting signed by Simon Cowell and catapulting to superstardom.
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The band went on to take the world by storm, amassing one of many largest and most passionate fan bases, and releasing 5 albums. And regardless of Malik leaving the band in 2015, and One Route occurring an indefinite hiatus in 2016, Directioners without end held out hope that they’d sooner or later see a reunion.
As a substitute, they mourned alongside Payne’s bandmates after the singer handed away on the age of 31 on October 16 after falling from his third-floor balcony on the CasaSur Palermo Resort in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Following the heartbreaking information, Kinds, Horan, Tomlinson, and Malik launched a joint assertion on social media.
“We’re fully devastated by the information of Liam’s passing. In time, and when everybody is ready to, there will probably be extra to say,” the assertion learn. “However for now, we are going to take a while to grieve and course of the lack of our brother, who we beloved dearly. The recollections we shared with him will probably be treasured without end. For now, our ideas are together with his household, his associates, and the followers who beloved him alongside us. We are going to miss him terribly. We love you Liam. Louis, Zayn, Niall and Harry.”
Tomlinson and Malik additionally shared particular person tributes. Learn them right here.
Within the wake of his devastating passing, TooFab is having a look again at Payne’s historical past with One Route, together with what he is mentioned about his expertise with the boy band and his former bandmates, and the hope’s he’d needed to reconnect with one member earlier than his demise.
Might 2017: 1D “Fantastic Time,” Slams Zayn’s Criticism
Throughout an look on the Weird Life with Dan Wootton in Might 2017, Payne shared that he did not perceive why Malik talked poorly about his time in One Route following his exit.
“It is vitally unhappy as a result of One Route was an exquisite, fantastic time in all of our lives. It was like uni, however on steroids,” he mentioned on the time. “It was mad. It was insanity. It was a lot enjoyable. I do not perceive how one can come out of that have and say the issues that he says typically. It does not make any sense to me, however there you go.”
June 2019: Darkish Days Throughout Top of Fame
Payne had opened up about struggles he confronted whereas a member of One Route. In an interview with Males’s Well being Australia for his or her July 2019 cowl story, the singer recalled darkish days throughout the peak of the band’s fame, saying he drank to manage.
“Whenever you’re doing tons of and tons of of [concerts] and it is the identical 22 songs on the identical time each single day, even if you happen to’re not pleased, you have to go on the market,” Payne mentioned.
“It is virtually like placing the Disney costume on earlier than you step up on stage and beneath the Disney costume I used to be pissed various the time as a result of there was no different option to get your head round what was occurring,” he continued. “I imply it was enjoyable. We had an absolute blast however there have been sure elements of it the place it simply received a bit bit poisonous.”
Payne additionally regarded again at competing on The X Issue. He was solely 14 when he auditioned the primary time. Two years later, he was put into One Route.
“It actually was the right storm. There have been so many eventualities that needed to fall into line for that to occur. It isn’t one thing that may simply be recreated or in all probability ever will probably be due to the way in which the Web was kicking off, the way in which The X Issue kicked off. I simply assume it was simply dumb luck.”
The “Strip That Down” singer additionally spoke about how being within the band impacted his psychological well being.
“It is tough when you’ve got the extent of fame that we had within the band,” Payne mentioned. “There have been lots of people in bother with psychological well being that are not actually getting the assistance that they want, and I believe that is a little bit of an issue in our business.”
“It is the identical s–t that occurs to everybody, that is been occurring for the reason that ’70s,” he added. “You realize what the traps are and if you’re fortunate sufficient, like me, to have the ability to get out of that state of affairs and again into a way of normality, then you understand it’s kind of completely different.”
See extra about Payne’s previous struggles with psychological well being within the hyperlink, beneath.
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July 2022: Publicly Trashes 1D, Zayn
Payne’s most notorious feedback about One Route got here throughout an interview with Logan Paul, wherein he appeared on his Impaulsive podcast.
The pop star trashed the boy band, and even claimed that it was constructed round him, which later prompted The X Issue to debunk his declare with video proof.
Through the interview, Payne additionally blasted his former bandmate, Zayn Malik, sharing his ideas on the “Pillowtalk” singer after Paul requested a few feud between Malik, Gigi Hadid, and Logan’s brother Jake that then referenced Malik’s alleged altercation with Yolanda Hadid.
“There’s many explanation why I dislike Zayn and there is many explanation why I am going to all the time, all the time be on his facet,” Payne mentioned. “If I had needed to undergo what he went by way of — together with his progress and no matter else … My dad and mom are overly supportive to the purpose the place it is annoying at instances. Zayn had a special upbringing in that sense.”
“Pay attention, I do not agree with any of his actions. I am unable to commend a few of the issues that he is executed. I am unable to be on his facet for that,” he added. What I can say is I perceive and your solely hope is that sooner or later of their life, the individual on the different finish of the cellphone desires to obtain the assistance that you just’re keen to present them.”
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Payne additionally shaded Louis Tomlinson, saying he had a wild and rebellious spirit that always led to them butting heads.
“I wasn’t used to rowdy guys and no matter else. … Louis was wild and [he was] desirous to be wild, that is his spirit, and in addition he is my finest mate now, however within the band we hated one another. Like, to return to blows — hated one another,” he mentioned.
With out naming names, Payne additional claimed that issues did come to physicality with one of many guys, with one member allegedly throwing him in opposition to a wall backstage. “I mentioned to him ‘Should you don’t take away these palms there is a excessive chance you’ll by no means use them once more,'” Payne instructed Paul.
February 2023: Celebrates Kinds’ Grammy Win
In 2023, Payne congratulated his former bandmate Harry Kinds after he received two Grammys, together with Album of the Yr, for Harry’s Home.
Payne took to Instagram, sharing a celebratory submit in honor of Kinds.
Alongside a picture of Kinds on stage wanting down at his trophy after profitable Album of the Yr, Payne wrote, “Wow … this picture is admittedly one thing to get up to, and while you write music such as you do Harry you deserve each millisecond of that second wanting down smiling on the trophy you have earned. God bless you brother congratulations.”
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July 2023: Apologies For Previous Negativity
Whereas Payne had beforehand issued apologies for the remarks he made about 1D and Malik on the Impaulsive podcast, he additional addressed them — and defined the rationale behind all of it — in a YouTube video in July 2023.
“Numerous what I mentioned got here from the incorrect place. I used to be so indignant at what was occurring round me and as an alternative of having a look inwards I made a decision to look outwards at everyone else and I simply assume, yeah, I took it out on everyone else, which is simply incorrect, actually,” mentioned Payne, who shared that he was celebrating six months of sobriety following 100 days in rehab.
“The entire thing as much as that time was only a scramble to remain related,” Payne added of the time main as much as his resolution to verify in to rehab. And whereas he mentioned he regretted his polarizing feedback, he additionally has come to consider the “life-changing” expertise “saved my life in a method.”
Payne mentioned he had a greater “grip on life and all the things that was getting away from me; I simply really feel like I’ve received extra of a deal with on it.”
Regardless of his hurtful feedback about a few of his fellow members of One Route, Payne mentioned that “the remainder of the boys actually caught by me after I wanted them most, they kinda got here to the rescue. Even Zayn, as properly, which is why I did ship him a bit thanks on-line.”
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October 2024: Attends Niall Horan Live performance
Only a couple of weeks earlier than his demise, Payne shared that he hoped to reunite together with his former bandmate Niall Horan. Payne and his girlfriend Kate Cassidy went to Horan’s live performance in Buenos Aires, Argentina on October 2, in line with E! On-line.
In a video shared on Snapchat — which was reposted on X — Payne revealed that he and Cassidy have been going to attend Horan’s live performance.
“I believe we would simply go and say howdy! It has been some time since me and Niall have spoken. We have got loads to speak about,” he shared within the clip. “And I wish to sq. up a few issues with the boy. No dangerous vibes or something like that. However simply … we have to discuss.”
It is unclear if Payne and Horan finally met up.
On October 16, Payne died after falling from his third-floor balcony on the CasaSur Palermo Resort. On Thursday, TMZ known as his demise an “obvious suicide” in a report noting {that a} police official, communications director for the Buenos Aires Safety Ministry Pablo Policicchio — the group accountable for the town’s safety — instructed the Related Press that Payne “had jumped from the balcony of his room.”
In keeping with the preliminary post-mortem, per TMZ, the autumn resulted in a number of accidents, together with “inside and exterior hemorrhage.” The toxicology report remains to be pending.
Following the information of Payne’s passing, the music business, associates, household, and celebrities are reacting to the surprising and sudden loss. See how stars are paying tribute within the gallery, beneath.