Liam Payne: Fame in a flash and why it wouldn't happen again

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🗓️ 17 October 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Former One Direction star Liam Payne has died at 31.

Payne had been in the limelight since 14 and formed One Direction at 16 as part of reality show X Factor. With the band, his rise to fame was swift, and they became one of the most successful pop groups worldwide.

But some former X Factor contestants have remarked about a lack of support while on the show, something about which Dean Piper, former showbiz columnist at the Mirror, tells Niall Paterson, "upon reflection, I'm sure that there's a lot of people that look back on those times that think 'God, we didn't really look after them at all'."

Our arts and entertainment editor Claire Gregory also joins Niall to talk about Liam Payne’s story and discuss the challenges of fame.

Producer: Emma Rae Woodhouse
Editor: Philly Beaumont

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1:05.6	a very sad day, particularly for fans of Liam Payne, The former One Direction singer has died aged just 31.
1:14.5	Now, of course, the detail is still emerging at the time of recording, but what we know
1:18.4	is that he was pronounced dead at the scene after falling from the third floor balcony of his
1:23.8	hotel in Buenos Aires in Argentina. What we're not doing today, though, is examining what exactly happened at that hotel.
1:31.2	You can head elsewhere for that.
1:33.6	Instead, we want to focus on Liam Payne's roller coaster into global stardom at such a young age.
1:40.2	The success that he and his bandmates enjoyed, but success at a cost. Here with me, Sky's Arts and Entertainment Editor, Claire Gregory. Hi, Claire. Hi there. Also with his Dean Piper, a showbiz journalist turned PR consultant. He was actually at the mirror. At the time One Direction came to fame, he interviewed the X-Factor judges and contestants many a time. Good to see you, Dean. Hi guys.
2:01.6	Okay, before we get started, let's have a listen to Liam, on stage at the X Factor, back in 2010.
2:08.6	Liam, how are you?
2:12.6	How are you? I've seen you in a long time.
2:14.6	I've been a while. Two years, yeah?
2:16.6	Two years, yeah?
2:18.3	Two years, yeah, two years.
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