In the year since Liam Payne's tragic death at 31 years old, his friends, family and fans have come together to reflect on his life and legacy.
Netflix paid homage to the late One Direction star this summer in his final on-screen project, "Building the Band," with aspiring musicians gushing effusively over the singer's impact. In a recent Rolling Stone UK interview, bandmate Louis Tomlinson reflected on the British group's early days on "The X-Factor," saying, "None of us would have admitted it at the time, because you have a lot of pride as a young lad, but we all looked up to him."
Indeed, at one point, he was fondly known among 1D fans as the reliable "Daddy Direction" who kept jokester Tomlinson, energetic Niall Horan, aloof Zayn Malik and life-of-the-party Harry Styles in line.
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As 1D went on to make five back-to-back albums that dominated sales and created a global fandom, the members grew more comfortable as songwriters. But it was Payne and Tomlinson who wrote the most, especially on later albums "Four" and "Made in the A.M."
