Such was One Direction singer Liam Payne, who struggled with problems: “I became someone I didn’t really know anymore”

Popyhtye Former member of One Direction Liam Payne died on wednesday after falling from the third floor of the Casa Sur Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The matter is reported by several British media such as Mirror, The Guardian, The Telegraphthe British Broadcasting Corporation BBC and news agencies AFP and Reuters.

Payne was 31 years old when he died.

According to Billboard magazine, Payne was joined by his former bandmate in Buenos Aires Niall Horanin for the concert on October 2.

Payne was born in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, UK, into a family of three children on August 29, 1993.

Payne’s journey to stardom got its first boost in 2010, when One Direction finished third in the British singing competition X Factor.

In addition to Payne, the boy band formed in the competition included Horan, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik. Malik left the band in 2015.

Although there was no victory in the X Factor, One Direction became the most popular boy band in the world, before it went on an indefinite hiatus in 2016. The band had time to perform in Finland in 2015.

The band sold more than 70 million records worldwide, including hits What Makes You Beautiful, Night Changes and Steal My Girl.

After the band went on hiatus, Payne signed on for a solo career.

He was excited.

“One Direction will always be my family. I’m excited to show what I can achieve as a solo artist,” he said at the time.

Payne released his debut single Strip That Down in May 2017, and it also featured an American rapper Quavo. The single reached number 10 on the US Billboard chart.

LP1-released his debut album Payne in 2019.

Vocalist often spoke in public about his struggles with drugs and mental health.

Payne said in 2019 The Guardianille in his interview that he had been in therapy for two years. He said that he started using intoxicants and anti-epileptic drugs to balance out the unusual ups and downs of his mood.

“I just needed a little help to keep myself steady,” she said.

According to AFP, Payne published a video on his YouTube account in 2023 in which he said he had been in rehab. In his video, he also talked about his efforts to stop drinking.

“I became someone I didn’t really know anymore. There were near misses.”

Last in , Payne said he was making his second solo album, and released Teardrops-single in March of the current year.

Payne also said last year that he had been drug-free for three months.

“I have been sober for more than 100 days now,” he said in a TV interview.

“I feel amazing and good, and the support I’ve received from the fans has been really amazing. I’m very happy,” Payne said in an interview.

Payne became a father in 2017 when he welcomed his then-partner, X Factor judge and former Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Colen with a boy. The couple broke up in 2018 after two years together.

One Directionin of the former members, Styles has undeniably been the most successful in his career – he has won, among other things, three Grammy awards and been nominated nine times – and Payne’s own solo career did not really take off in comparison. Payne’s relationship with the other former members of the band has been conflicted over the years.

However, after last year’s Grammy Awards, Payne congratulated Styles on his Instagram account. According to Payne, Styles has earned his success.

“Congratulations bro, God bless you,” Payne wrote.

Correction 19.10. 9:07 a.m.: Contrary to what was falsely claimed earlier in the story, Harry Styles has won three Grammys, not nine. He has been nominated for the award nine times.