Liam Payne, a former member of One Route, has died. He was 31.
Payne died after falling from the third flooring of a lodge room in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in line with state police reported by ABC and CNN.
Per CNN, Payne fell from a balcony on Costa Rica Road within the Palermo neighborhood.
Born on Aug. 29, 1993, in Wolverhampton, England, Payne rose to fame after his audition for the fifth season of The X Issue in 2010, in entrance of judges Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole, Dannii Minogue and Louis Walsh.
Payne had beforehand auditioned for British tv sequence in 2008 however was eradicated within the competitors. When he returned two years later, it was a efficiency of Michael Bublé’s “Cry Me a River” that led to his placement within the newly fashioned boy band that might be known as One Route, mentored by Cowell. Fellow bandmates Niall Horan, Harry Types, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik accomplished the group.
Whereas they didn’t win that season of The X Issue, One Route grew to become one of many best-selling boy bands of all time, identified for hits like “What Makes You Stunning,” “Night time Modifications” and “Steal My Woman.” The group went on an indefinite hiatus in 2016, after Malik had departed the band a yr prior.
Payne later signed to Capitol Data U.Ok. as a solo artist in 2016 and launched his debut single “Strip That Down” that includes Quavo the next yr.
Along with collaborating with different prime artists, together with DJ Zedd and J Balvin, his music had been streamed over two billion occasions as of 2018.
He additionally launched his debut EP First Time in August 2018 after which his first solo studio LP1 the next yr. Payne has had a number of songs land on the Billboard Sizzling 100 chart, together with “Strip That Down,” which peaked at No. 10. Different tracks reminiscent of “For You” with Rita Ora, “Get Low” with Zedd and “Bed room Ground” additionally made their means onto the chart. His newest launch was his single “Teardrops” earlier this yr.
Payne shared a son, Bear Gray Payne, born in 2017, along with his ex-girlfriend (and X Issue decide) Cole. He was at the moment courting influencer Kate Cassidy.
Payne additionally confronted a number of controversies later in his profession, together with when he stated on Logan Paul’s Impaulsive podcast in 2022 that he would at all times “dislike” former bandmate Malik, insisted that One Route was fashioned round him and that he was probably the most profitable solo artist exterior of the band. (Many pointed to Harry Types as proof he was improper.)
Payne later apologized for his feedback, saying he lashed out resulting from his “personal frustrations” at his profession. Extra just lately, his ex, Maya Henry, accused the singer of harassing her and her household after they broke up in 2022.
Final yr, the singer additionally opened up about his sobriety journey, sharing in a YouTube video that as of July 2023, he was six months sober after spending 100 days in a rehabilitation facility. He added that a part of his motivation to get assist was to be a greater father to his son.
“I simply wanted to take a bit little bit of outing for myself usually because I type of grew to become someone who I didn’t actually acknowledge anymore,” Payne stated within the video on the time, including, “I simply type of really feel like I’ve bought extra of a grip on life now.”
The artist had traveled to Argentina for Horan’s live performance, which occurred Oct. 2 on the Movistar Enviornment in Buenos Aires. He was seen in lots of fan movies cheering on his buddy’s efficiency and interacting with the gang.
Along with his son, Payne is survived by his dad and mom, Karen and Geoff; and two older sisters, Ruth and Nicola.