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's Niall Horan 'felt like a prisoner' during the band's heyday
mirror.co.ukNiall Horan has admitted that he "struggled" with the attention of One Direction fans during the band's heyday and that he 'felt like a prisoner' as they became famous across the globe.
The 27-year-old Irish singer has opened up about his time with the band in Dermot O'Leary's podcast, People, Just People. Niall made up one fifth of the boy band, along with Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson.
They were put together on The X Factor in 2010 after they auditioned individually. The band has been on a hiatus since 2016, with the members all launching solo careers in the wake of it.
Niall told Dermot, who hosted the ITV singing competition about the feeling of being trapped in the band, mainly due to their fanatic
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