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
One Direction star Liam Payne has expressed regret at including a Harvey Winestein character in one of the band’s top viewed music videos.
The 27-year-old singer and his bandmates Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and former member Zayn Malik all hammed it up for the 2013 track Best Song Ever.
In the music video for the multimillion selling single, the boys play a variety of characters. Credits in the video show the ‘cast’ as Niall Horan as “Harvey, the Studio Exec,” Harry Styles as “Marcel the marketing guy”, Liam Payne as “Leeroy the choreographer”, Louis Tomlinson as “Jonny, the Studio Exec” and former bandmate Zayn Malik as “the sexy assistant”.
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