Overview
- In a newly released Apple Music interview with Zane Lowe, Styles speaks at length for the first time about losing his former One Direction bandmate.
- Styles says it remains hard to talk about Payne, noting it felt strange to see others ‘take part’ of his pain, and he remembers Payne as having the kindest heart and wanting to be great.
- Liam Payne died in October 2024 at 31 after falling from a third‑floor hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, with reports citing drugs and alcohol.
- The One Direction members reunited for a private funeral in November 2024 and issued a joint statement at the time saying they were devastated and would grieve in private.
- Styles’ comments arrive as he readies a March 6 album release, ‘Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally,’ a Manchester launch show airing on Netflix Sunday, and a ‘Together, Together’ world tour starting in May with dates including 12 at Wembley and 30 at Madison Square Garden, plus stops in Mexico City and São Paulo.