{"id":162143,"date":"2026-03-20T11:25:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T18:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=162143"},"modified":"2026-03-20T11:25:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T18:25:52","slug":"niall-horan-remembers-liam-payne-ahead-of-new-album-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/niall-horan-remembers-liam-payne-ahead-of-new-album-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Niall Horan remembers Liam Payne ahead of new album release"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Horan speaks about their final meeting<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Niall Horan<\/strong> has opened up about the emotions he experienced after the death of former group member <strong>Liam Payne<\/strong>. In an interview with GQ, the singer said he felt fear, sadness, and many of the difficult emotions that come with grief. Payne died in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2024 at 31 years old. The \u201cSlow Hands\u201d singer explained that he had seen Payne only a few days before his death, while he was touring South America. Payne had scheduled the trip to see Horan in his Buenos Aires show and renew his US visa in that same city. According to the singer, their meeting was positive, and the two shared laughs and memories.<\/p>\n<h2>The initial reactions following Payne\u2019s passing<\/h2>\n<p>After Horan finished his South American tour and returned home, Payne stayed in Argentina because of delays in his visa process. On October 16, 2024, Liam Payne died after falling from the third floor of a Buenos Aires hotel. The \u201cThis Town\u201d hitmaker said he found out while he was at home in bed watching television. He recalled getting the message about his passing and immediately having an emotional rollercoaster.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-162144\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Niall-Horan-about-Liam-Payne.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Niall-Horan-about-Liam-Payne.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Niall-Horan-about-Liam-Payne-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Niall-Horan-about-Liam-Payne-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Niall-Horan-about-Liam-Payne-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Niall-Horan-about-Liam-Payne-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Niall-Horan-about-Liam-Payne-860x484.jpeg 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>&#8220;I just remember getting a message, and I was just like, What?\u2026 I just didn\u2019t think it was real. Someone so young, you\u2019re not expecting to hear that they\u2019ve passed, especially someone that you\u2019ve just seen. I just went back from shock to sadness to anger.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<h2>Finding new confidence after stepping back<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NiallOfficial\/status\/2034300634997084344?s=20\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">my brand new album \u2018dinner party\u2019 will be yours june 5th . <\/p>\n<p>pre-order now at <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gfs2tt05iW\">https:\/\/t.co\/gfs2tt05iW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SxRZ28Ythx\">pic.twitter.com\/SxRZ28Ythx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Niall Horan (@NiallOfficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NiallOfficial\/status\/2034300634997084344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 18, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The artist also reflected on the memories that returned after Payne\u2019s death, including photos and videos from their years growing up together in One Direction. He revealed that those memories brought both nostalgia and pain. Following his former bandmate\u2019s funeral, Horan pulled away from the public eye for a while to grieve in private. This period inspired a new song titled \u201c<strong>End of An Era<\/strong>,\u201d which will be featured on Niall Horan\u2019s upcoming album, \u201c<strong>Dinner Party<\/strong>.\u201d The project is slated for release on June 5, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Horan speaks about their final meeting Niall Horan has opened up about the emotions he experienced after the death of former group member Liam Payne. In an interview with GQ, the singer said he felt fear, sadness, and many of the difficult emotions that come with grief. Payne died in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2024 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":162145,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,2386,7],"tags":[3851],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-162143","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-celebrities","9":"category-news","10":"tag-liam-payne"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162143"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162147,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162143\/revisions\/162147"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162143"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=162143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}