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 fans are known for being pretty on the ball and the latest “dig” they’ve spotted on social media is a corker. Since Zayn Malik left the band he very publicly fell out with Louis Tomlinson after he went on to release a single with producer Naughty Boy, despite insisting he was quitting 1D for a “normal life”.
And now it seems that Liam Payne is the latest singer to incur his wrath. In a recent podcast interview, Liam, 28, claimed that his single Strip That Down did better than any of his bandmates’ solo attempts.
He bragged: “First song, billion streams. “I think it outsold everybody within the band, and I was the last to go [solo]. And I never expected that.”Liam also insinuated that One Direction was built around him being the lead singer as well as going in on Zayn’s family.
Liam said: “There are many reasons I dislike Zayn and there are many reasons why I’ll always be on his side. “If I had to go through what he went through, through his growth and whatever else.
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