The Recording Academy remembered Liam Payne throughout the 2025 Grammys on Sunday, February 2, practically 5 months after his death.
Footage of Payne throughout his One Direction days was proven on the high 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 have now completed some wonderful issues.”
Payne was launched into fame alongside Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik, who met when One Route was shaped on U.Ok.’s The X Factor in 2010. They launched 4 albums through the years earlier than Malik’s departure from the group in March 2015. The remaining 4 members launched their fifth album later that 12 months earlier than occurring an indefinite hiatus in December 2015.
Every member subsequently went their separate methods, kicking off solo singing careers through the years, however displaying one another main help. Previous to his sudden October 2024 dying, Payne was an enormous champion for his former bandmates when it got here to their music releases.
Whereas Kinds, 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 informed 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 dying, Kinds, 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.)
“We’re fully devastated by the information of Liam’s passing. In time, and when everybody is ready to, there will probably 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 probably be treasured ceaselessly. For now, our ideas are along with his household, his associates, and the followers who liked him alongside us. We are going to miss him terribly. We love you Liam.”
A preliminary post-mortem acknowledged that Payne’s reason for dying 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.
The Recording Academy remembered Liam Payne throughout the 2025 Grammys on Sunday, February 2, practically 5 months after his death.
Footage of Payne throughout his One Direction days was proven on the high 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 have now completed some wonderful issues.”
Payne was launched into fame alongside Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik, who met when One Route was shaped on U.Ok.’s The X Factor in 2010. They launched 4 albums through the years earlier than Malik’s departure from the group in March 2015. The remaining 4 members launched their fifth album later that 12 months earlier than occurring an indefinite hiatus in December 2015.
Every member subsequently went their separate methods, kicking off solo singing careers through the years, however displaying one another main help. Previous to his sudden October 2024 dying, Payne was an enormous champion for his former bandmates when it got here to their music releases.
Whereas Kinds, 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 informed 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 dying, Kinds, 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.)
“We’re fully devastated by the information of Liam’s passing. In time, and when everybody is ready to, there will probably 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 probably be treasured ceaselessly. For now, our ideas are along with his household, his associates, and the followers who liked him alongside us. We are going to miss him terribly. We love you Liam.”
A preliminary post-mortem acknowledged that Payne’s reason for dying 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.