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The Recording Academy remembered Liam Payne in the course of the 2025 Grammys on Sunday, February 2, almost 5 months after his death.
Footage of Payne throughout his One Direction days was proven on the prime of the In Memoriam section. His voice may very well be heard as music performed within the background.
“We by no means anticipated any of this to occur,” Payne mentioned, earlier than Chris Martin began singing. “We now have completed some wonderful issues.”
Payne was launched into fame alongside Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik, who met when One Course was fashioned on U.Okay.’s The X Factor in 2010. They launched 4 albums over time earlier than Malik’s departure from the group in March 2015. The remaining 4 members launched their fifth album later that yr earlier than happening an indefinite hiatus in December 2015.
The 2025 Grammy Awards turned up the amount on music’s greatest night time. Trevor Noah returned to the Grammy Awards stage on Sunday, February 2, internet hosting the ceremony for the fifth yr in a row. New voices akin to Chappell Roan and Teddy Swims supplied stiff competitors for Grammys favorites — together with Taylor Swift and Billie […]
Every member subsequently went their separate methods, kicking off solo singing careers over time, however displaying one another main assist. Previous to his sudden October 2024 demise, Payne was an enormous champion for his former bandmates when it got here to their music releases.
Whereas Types, Malik, Tomlinson and Horan weren’t in attendance throughout Sunday’s awards present, the remaining 4 members briefly reunited at Payne’s November 2024 funeral in England.
“[Liam’s death] was a wake-up name for all of them. Prior, they stored in contact sporadically however didn’t have shut friendships in any respect,” a supply advised Us Weekly exclusively in December 2024. “They’re all nonetheless mourning however are checking in on one another and really feel nearer than they’ve in years. It introduced them again collectively.”
Payne died at age 31 after falling from a third-floor balcony on the CasaSur Palermo Lodge in Buenos Aires. The day following Payne’s demise, Types, Malik, Tomlinson and Horan released a joint statement to mourn their former bandmate. (Every singer additionally shared separate tributes on their very own social media pages.)
One Course alum Liam Payne died on October 16, 2024, on the age of 31. That night, Us Weekly confirmed Payne had fallen to his demise from a third-floor balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The singer had sustained a cranial fracture and different severe accidents that have been too extreme for remedy. Native emergency responders […]
“We’re utterly devastated by the information of Liam’s passing. In time, and when everybody is ready to, there will likely be extra to say,” they mentioned on the time. “However for now, we are going to take a while to grieve and course of the lack of our brother, who we liked dearly. The reminiscences we shared with him will likely be treasured perpetually. For now, our ideas are together with his household, his buddies, and the followers who liked him alongside us. We’ll miss him terribly. We love you Liam.”
A preliminary post-mortem said that Payne’s reason for demise was “a number of traumas,” together with hemorrhages in his chest, cranium and stomach. It has additionally been extensively reported that a partial autopsy discovered “pink cocaine” — a mixture of methamphetamine, ketamine and MDMA — together with cocaine, benzodiazepine and crack in Payne’s system at the time of his death.
