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The singer, a member of One Direction, dies in the autumn at the age of 31

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The singer, a member of One Direction, dies in the autumn at the age of 31

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Former One Direction singer Liam Payne, one fifth of the British boy band, died outside a hotel in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires, local police confirmed on Wednesday. He was 31 years old.

The English musician was found dead after falling from the third floor balcony of the Casa Sur hotel. In a statement, the capital’s police added that they were called to the hotel in the Palermo neighborhood of the capital where they were warned of an “aggressive man who could be under the influence of drugs and alcohol”.

Buenos Aires police said Payne’s fall resulted in “extremely serious injuries” and he was pronounced dead at the scene, The Associated Press reports. Alberto Crescenti, head of public emergency medical services in Buenos Aires, confirmed Payne’s death in a statement to local media, via Todo Noticias and La Nación.

USA TODAY has reached out to representatives of Hotel Payne and Casa Sur, as well as the city of Buenos Aires, for comment.

Earlier on Wednesday, Payne appeared to post on Snapchat about her trip to Argentina, talking about riding horses, playing polo and looking forward to getting home to see her dog. “It’s a beautiful day here in Argentina,” he said in the video.

Payne is survived by his 7-year-old son, Bear, whom he shared with British singer Cheryl Cole; his parents, Karen and Geoff Payne; and his sisters, Rut and Nicola.

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Liam Payne’s rise to fame with One Direction

Payne rose to global fame as part of the since-disbanded pop group One Direction, along with Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson.

Payne auditioned twice for the British reality show “The X-Factor” before being catapulted to superstardom. He advanced after auditioning in 2008 and 2010 and was cut both times. However, in 2010, he was saved from elimination when Simon Cowell, Nicole Scherzinger and Louis Walsh put him in a band with fellow teenage soloists Styles, Horan, Tomlinson and Malik.

After their first single ‘What Makes You Beautiful’ became a worldwide hit, the group, who came third on ‘X Factor’, released their debut album ‘Up All Night’. As they released four more albums, they sold out arenas and stadiums around the world on four headlining tours and scored top 10 hits like “Story of My Life,” which Payne co-wrote, “Best Song Ever” and “Drag Me Down”. .”

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The band went on an indefinite hiatus in 2016 following the release of their fifth album, ‘Made in the AM’. All members, including Malik, who left the group in March 2015, pursued solo careers.

“It’s definitely very sad for us. But obviously, we’ll be back. So it’s not goodbye; it’s just, ‘See you later,'” Payne told USA TODAY in 2015 about his hiatus. “It’s like the that Tigger was saying, ‘Ta-ta for now’.”

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Payne, whose music was inspired by R&B, electronica and dance music, released several hit singles after the hiatus and released his first solo album, LP1, in December 2019. His 2017 track with Quavo, “Strip That Down,” charted. Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. His other hits include the Rita Ora duet “For You,” which appeared on the “Fifty Shades Freed” soundtrack, and the Zedd collaboration “Get Low.”

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Ahead of the release of his long-awaited debut solo album, Payne told USA TODAY at the time that it felt “really cool” to finally unleash it on the world.

“It took a long time to finish, not because it was hard to do, but we were having so much luck with the singles that we didn’t need to focus on making the album at the time,” Payne said. “I found myself and found my sound. And also in the band, we made albums very quickly – like two weeks of writing and then a month of recording. So I wanted to enjoy that experience a little more “

Her latest release, a single titled “Teardrops,” revealed lyrics about feeling “broken” in the midst of heartbreak.

In August, Payne was announced as one of the judges for an upcoming music competition show called “Making the Band” on Netflix. Filming was expected to take place over the summer with Scherzinger, Kelly Rowland and AJ McLean. Earlier this month, fans of Horan’s tour stop in Buenos Aires shared videos of Payne dancing inside a box at the Movistar Arena.

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Liam Payne was open about his struggles, addiction: ‘I had to leave’.

In recent years, Payne has spoken candidly about battling addiction and the mental health struggles he experienced during the height of 1D’s fame.

“It was just a case of growing up, really,” Payne told USA TODAY about the turning point that led to his sobriety journey. “Luckily for me at that time, I had the best people around me to make me realize different times in my life where I could be better. And obviously having kids completely changes the mindset in everything you do. Still I’m quite young – I’d like to think so at least – so I’ve still got a lot to learn, I’m still finding myself as a person”.

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She shared that therapy helped her find a healthy relationship with alcohol.

“I was helped to get sober by a (therapist) named Chip Somers, who also got Russell Brand through sobriety. I actually went to a meeting with Russell, where you tell stories and talk about different situations.” , Payne told USA TODAY. “It’s nice to find people who are going through the same thing as you.”

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Payne spoke about the difficulties with 1D’s fame

In a July 2023 video marking his return to YouTube, the singer shared that he realized he had “become someone I no longer recognized.”

“I had to leave to get better, let’s just say,” he shared. “It all got to this point where it was just kind of a struggle to stay relevant.”

Payne added: “That was the most important part, it was going back to the roots to find out why I like doing this, why I like making music for you guys. Who am I? What do I really mean? For you? You know, it’s a really privileged position that I’m in right now and I really want to take advantage of it.”

He revealed that he had gone to a “wonderful place” in Louisiana for almost 100 days to “go and get my head right”. Payne also shared at the time that he hadn’t consumed alcohol in nearly six months.

Payne described himself as “a bit scared” to tour again because “I haven’t tried (acting) in this new frame of mind and not having anything to lean on seems pretty daunting”. In August 2023, he was forced to cancel six shows in Mexico and South America after being hospitalized with a kidney infection.

In the video, Payne also apologized for “creepy” comments he made on a podcast in 2022 disparaging his former bandmates, calling his remarks “a struggle to stay relevant.” “The rest of the boys stuck by me when I needed them the most – they came to the rescue. Even Zayn,” she added.

In a 2021 interview with “The Diary of a CEO” podcast, Payne talked about how he “didn’t really like it” during his early boy band days, which he said were full of “pills and booze ” and “moments of suicidal ideation”.

“The day the band finished, I said, ‘Thank the Lord,'” he said. “I know a lot of people are going to be mad at me for saying this, but I had to stop or it would kill me.”

“On the side … the best way to secure us because of how big we were, was to lock ourselves in our rooms. What’s in the room? A mini-bar,” he said on the podcast. “So at a certain point, I thought, I’m just going to throw a party for one and it looked like this was going to last many years of my life.

“There were points where it was toxic and difficult. Don’t get me wrong, we had the best time, but … you don’t realize you have a choice at the time.”

Fans gather to mourn One Direction star

Reuters reporters at the scene in Argentina saw a crowd gathered outside the hotel, where dozens of police and emergency crews had cordoned off an area as night fell on the city .

A 25-year-old fan, Yamila Zacarias, said her family had made a lot of effort so she could see One Direction when they came to Argentina, but she had decided not to go because her parents didn’t have much money back then .

“It meant a lot to me because the band came into my life at this point where you’re trying to be a part of something, and being a fan of One Direction became something for me,” he said. . “That was the only time I got to applaud him.”

Violeta Antier, another fan, told Reuters she had come immediately after her sister told her Payne had died.

“I saw him two weeks ago at a concert by Niall (Horan), another member of One Direction. He was there, I saw him,” he said.

“It was fine.”

Payne had attended Horan’s Oct. 2 concert in Buenos Aires during the Latin American tour that spanned Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Peru and Colombia. The two had posted videos together and with fans.

This story has been updated to add new information.

If you or someone you know is struggling with substance use disorders, you can call the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357) . The service is free, confidential and available in English and Spanish.

Contribution: Fernando Cervantes, Cydney Henderson and Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY; Reuters

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