New York Post

Liam Payne said staying in One Direction would have ‘killed’ him: ‘End up a crazy child star who dies at whatever age’

Years before Liam Payne’s tragic death at 31, the singer spoke candidly about his time in One Direction on Jessie Ware’s podcast “Table Manners” in 2019. Payne said that the boy band, which was formed ...
Yahoo

Simon Cowell, Who Formed One Direction, Honors Liam Payne: ‘I Feel Empty’

“I feel empty. And I want you to know how much love and respect I have for you. Every tear I have shed is a memory of you,” Cowell wrote. “This is so difficult to put into words right now.” Cowell, ...
Daily Reporter

One Direction were the internet’s first boy band, and Liam Payne its grounding force

Liam Payne’s voice is the first one heard in the culture-shifting boy band One Direction’s debut single: “What Makes You Beautiful” launches into a bouncy guitar riff, a cheeky and borderline ...
Rolling Stone

Simon Cowell, Who Formed One Direction, Honors Liam Payne: ‘I Feel Empty’

After canceling Britain’s Got Talent auditions Thursday to mourn Liam Payne, Simon Cowell is paying tribute to the late One Direction star. On Friday, Cowell, the music executive who helped form One ...
The Republic

One Direction was the internet’s first boy band, and Liam Payne its grounding force

Liam Payne’s voice is the first one heard in the culture-shifting boy band One Direction’s debut single: “What Makes You Beautiful” launches into a bouncy guitar riff, a cheeky and borderline ...