Liam Payne mirrored on forming One Route in his ultimate TV look earlier than his loss of life.
Netflix launched the trailer for his or her upcoming collection Constructing the Band on Tuesday, June 24, which confirmed Payne serving to create the subsequent large music group as a visitor decide alongside Kelly Rowland. The competitors present, which premieres July 9, additionally options Nicole Scherzinger as a decide and mentor and AJ McLean because the host.
“You bought a variety of work to do vocally,” Payne is seen telling one group. “I have to really feel that connection between you guys.”
In one other clip, Payne used his expertise within the music trade to supply recommendation about being in a boy band, including, “To have these bands put collectively shouldn’t be regular, we had been put collectively that approach.”
Months earlier than Liam Payne’s tragic loss of life, the previous One Route member filmed an look as a mentor on Netflix’s upcoming competitors collection, Constructing the Band. Us Weekly confirmed that Payne died at age 31 on Wednesday, October 16. He suffered “severe accidents” after falling from a third-story balcony at a resort in Buenos Aires, Argentina, […]
Payne’s perception got here after his time in One Route with Harry Types, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson. One Route was shaped on the U.Ok. version of The X Issue in 2010. The boy band went on to launch 5 studio albums from 2011 to 2015. Following Malik’s 2015 exit from the group, the remaining members went on an indefinite hiatus in 2016 and pursued solo careers.
Through the years, the previous band members confirmed help for one another’s particular person tasks however didn’t formally reunite in public as a gaggle forward of Payne’s loss of life in October 2024 on the age of 31 after falling from a resort balcony in Buenos Aires.
“We’re utterly devastated by the information of Liam’s passing. In time, and when everybody is ready to, there can be extra to say,” the remaining members of One Route mentioned in an October 2024 assertion. “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 can be treasured ceaselessly. For now, our ideas are along with his household, his buddies and the followers who beloved him alongside us. We’ll miss him terribly. We love you Liam.”
Types, 31, Malik, 32, Horan, 31, and Tomlinson, 33, reunited at Payne’s non-public funeral in Amersham, England, in November 2024.
“[Liam’s death] was a wake-up name for all of them. Prior, they saved in contact sporadically however didn’t have shut friendships in any respect,” a supply informed Us Weekly in December 2024. “They’re all nonetheless mourning however are checking in on one another and really feel nearer than they’ve in years. It introduced them again collectively.”
Earlier than his tragic loss of life, Payne filmed Constructing the Band, which follows 50 singers as they type six bands sight unseen and compete for the highest spot. Much like Love Is Blind, the contestants can’t bodily see one another, so that they depend on the sound of their voices to turn out to be a cohesive band.
“If everyone’s combating to be heard,” Scherzinger, 46, famous within the sneak peek, “then nobody’s gonna shine.”
Rowland, 44, weighed in as properly, saying, “When y’all had been mixing, y’all had been mixing. … We is likely to be trying on the winner proper right here.”
The primary 4 episodes of Constructing the Band premiere on Netflix July 9. New episodes drop the next two weeks on Wednesdays.