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
cult-like fan hype of Harry Styles.Gallagher, 54, blasted the former One Direction member, 28, in an interview with the Daily Star, calling him not a “real” musician” and rendering his music “worthless.”The oft-blunt guitarist gave his thoughts on singers who found fame on the U.K.
musical competitions series, “The X-Factor.” ”The X Factor’ is a TV show, it’s got nothing to do with music, it’s got nothing to do with music whatsoever, and anything that has come from that, that’s got nothing to do with music,” Gallagher said.Styles famously won the 2010 series of the show alongside former bandmates Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson.“You’re not telling me Harry Styles is currently in a room somewhere writing a song,” Gallagher continued, “With any joy, he’ll be surrounded by a lot of girls.He added, “I can assure you he’s not got an acoustic guitar out trying to write a middle eight for something.”The “Wonderwall” crooner previously denounced the “Watermelon Sugar” singer in 2017, when the latter released his first solo single “Sign of the Times.”Gallagher shook his head at his peers for collaborating on wiring songs with younger pop stars like Styles.
He told Absolute Radio at the time, “People of my age have let themselves go, they’re fat, balding idiots with fading tattoos.
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