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
Niall Horan opened up about what his relationships are like with his former One Direction bandmates.
The 29-year-old singer was a guest on The Kelly Clarkson Show, when he was asked about his experience with Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, and Zayn Malik while on The X-Factor. Kelly shared that Niall and the other coaches on The Voice have a good camaraderie and secret group text.
She then asked him if he has a similar camaraderie with his One Direction members. “Especially on the show, we were so lucky.
You would see all of the other artists melting all of the time, over everything. We’re just 16, 17, 18, 19 whatever we were, it was great,” Niall said. Kelly contrasted her experience as a solo contestant on American Idol which she described as lonely, versus Niall‘s experience being in the boy band. “I would do it again, that’s why I’m doing The Voice,” Niall said of his X-Factor experience. “We speak constantly so it’s a cool little thing to have,” Niall said about how they still keep up with one another. Kelly also revealed that while working on a skit for The Voice, she realized something she didn’t know. “I thought One Direction won!” Kelly said, after learning they came in third. “I mean because you did, in life!
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