Liam James Payne (born 29 August 1993) is an English singer and songwriter.
He rose to fame as a member of the boy band One Direction.
Payne made his debut as a singer when he auditioned for the British television series The X Factor in 2008. After being eliminated as a solo performer, he auditioned again in 2010 and was put into a group with four other contestants to form One Direction
Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Former One Direction star Liam Payne has opened up about the scars he has been left with after finding fame so young.The singer, 29, entered The X Factor in 2010 and was placed into a group with the four other members of the band - Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan.
But the group have been on an indefinite hiatus since 2016 as they all went their separate ways after reaching meteoric heights and being one of the best selling boybands of all time.
However, in a radio interview, Liam opened up about the scars he has been left with after finding fame so young as he says he was not sure he knew exactly what he was signing up for.
On Colombia's W Radio, Liam stated: I don't really know if I knew what I signed up for when I started and I've been doing my job since I was 14-years-old I've been very lucky to hold the job for that long which is great but I do think it definitely left scars on me. "You have to unpack a lot of stuff before you start this job.
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