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 shares exact moment One Direction was formed in mind-blowing text to dad
mirror.co.ukLiam Payne has shared the exact moment One Direction was formed back in 2010. The singer, 26, took to Twitter to post a screenshot of a text message he sent to his dad with the exciting news on July 23rd exactly one decade ago.
Not having the slightest clue of where the news would take him back then, Liam texted his dad: "I'm in a boyband." After sending the message at 8:09pm, Liam's life changed forever, and that of his bandmates' Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik - who quit the band back in 2015.
Sharing the screenshot of the text on Twitter with his 33.4 million followers, the father-of-one penned: "What a journey…" He continued: "I had no idea what we were in for when I sent this text to my Dad ten years ago
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