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 says he ‘felt like a prisoner’ in the band
thesun.co.ukNIALL Horan has said that he "felt like a prisoner" in One Direction, with the band achieving worldwide success after shooting to fame on The X Factor in 2010.
The 27-year-old star was just 16 when Simon Cowell and co. put him in the band alongside Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, and Liam Payne.
Zayn sensationally quit the group in March 2015, and the rest of the band went on an extended hiatus the following year. All five members have since launched successful solo careers, including Niall - who much prefers his current pace of life to the one he forged in 1D.
Appearing on Dermot O'Leary's podcast People, Just People, Niall was asked if he ever felt like a "prisoner" during the height of the band's fame.
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