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
Liam Payne has earned the title of Twitter Main Character of the Day after he dished the dirt on his former One Direction bandmates. It’s a title absolutely nobody wants, and essentially means you’ve angered a lot of people all at once and are about to experience the pile-on of a lifetime.
This week, former 1D star Liam appeared on Logan Paul’s Impausible podcast where, in an hour-long interview, he made a lot of headline-grabbing comments.
These included claims he and Louis Tomlinson hated each other while in the band, claims a band member threw him against a wall, and admitting there are ‘many things’ he ‘dislikes’ about Zayn Malik.
The singer also claimed One Direction was built around him, as when he had auditioned two years previously, Simon Cowell told him to come back and he would make something work.
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