Did you know the English songwriter from the band One Direction, Liam Payne, has sadly passed away?

Liam Payne was born on August 29, 1993, and passed October 16, 2024. One Direction was a band with the members Liam Payen, Harry Styles, and Nial Horan, Louis Tomlison, and Zayne. One Direction made popular songs like “What Makes You Beautiful,” “Kiss You,” “Best Song Ever,” and many others.

Payne died at the age of 31 from falling off of the third story of a hotel in Argentina. All of his fellow boyband members spoke out about it, posting tributes and heartfelt messages to social media. Payne and his girlfriend Kate Cassidy were in Buenos Aires Argentina for vacation before this tragic event. Little did Kate know she wouldn’t be coming home from vacation with her boyfriend, basically becoming the worst trip ever.

After Payne’s passing Cassidy has said that nothing that happened felt real. They found drugs such as crack, cocaine, and methamphetamine in his body.

As a One Direction fan myself, I found this very devastating because Payne and Styles were my favorite members. Payne’s girlfriend had announced and said that they had planned on getting married before he would die.

Payne had about 25 injuries after falling from the third floor. An employee from the hotel had called after seeing Payne on the floor unconscious but the employee didn’t know for sure if he was dead or not.

I asked some students around campus about his death, and how the news had affected them.

Claire Lee said, “I was a big One Direction fan and after I found out about his death I was almost in tears.”

Cydd Adriano said, “I didn’t really know who one direction was so I don’t really care as much.”

These were very different answers but we all have different tastes in music. Overall, this death was very devastating little me would be very devastated because I grew up listening to one direction. Rest in peace Liam Payne.