Liam Payne MISSES One Direction Bandmates
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00:00 Liam Payne is showing appreciation for his boy band days.
00:03 The 29-year-old singer took to his Instagram on Wednesday
00:07 to share about an upcoming major milestone
00:10 for him and his One Direction bandmates.
00:12 Captioning the post, "Wow, I just got told
00:15 "we're about to make a billion streams
00:17 "on 'What Makes You Beautiful.'
00:18 "Never in the making of this song, so early in our career,
00:21 "did I think I would be looking at those numbers.
00:24 "What an achievement, boys.
00:25 "I'm so lucky not only to share this with you,
00:28 "but also this amazing fan base every day
00:30 "I'm learning about myself and what was all of this for.
00:34 "But now when I listen back
00:35 "and think of the power we all had,
00:37 "including you as a fan base,
00:39 "I'm so happy that for five years,
00:41 "we made such a great soundtrack to life for myself
00:45 "and everyone who got to listen,
00:46 "sharing laughter, pain, and everything in between.
00:50 "Miss you, boys.
00:51 "Lots of love, me.
00:53 "One Direction, which consisted of Liam,
00:55 "Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan,
00:59 "and Louis Tomlinson broke up in late 2015
01:02 "after Zayn announced he had left the band
01:04 "earlier that year.
01:06 "Even though the boys had a tough band breakup,
01:08 "they all went on to achieve solo success
01:11 "and seemed to have love for each other
01:12 "and show support when they can.
01:15 "Back in March, Liam and Louis reunited in London
01:17 "at the UK premiere of 'All of Those Voices,'
01:21 "a documentary about Louis' life and career.
01:24 "Liam suited up to support Louis at the red carpet event,
01:27 "and the two were photographed smiling
01:29 "as they walked together.
01:30 "Louis isn't the only One Direction bandmate
01:32 "Liam has reunited with in the past few years.
01:36 "In December 2017, Liam spoke with AXS Hollywood backstage
01:39 "at iHeartRadio's Jingle Ball,
01:41 "and he talked about playing video games with Niall
01:44 "and what he can do with his time
01:46 "since becoming a solo artist."
01:48 - One of the cool things about doing these festivals
01:52 is there are other artists here.
01:53 Tonight, Niall Horan's here.
01:54 He was saying you guys were actually just
01:56 getting some time away from everyone and playing video games.
01:58 - Yeah, we played a bit of Rory McIlroy golf,
02:01 which is good old fun.
02:02 I just hung out in the room, it was good.
02:04 - Do you think any collaborations will come out
02:05 of the artists you run into at these festivals?
02:08 - Sometimes that happens.
02:09 I just met with Logic for the first time,
02:12 who's obviously been that fantastic.
02:13 - He's the most amazing guy.
02:14 - Oh, he's wonderful, wonderful.
02:16 I mean, I really like his song.
02:17 I think it's important that it speaks to people
02:19 on so many levels, and although having a great deal
02:21 of success with that, also you're helping
02:22 a lot of people out as well, which is fantastic.
02:23 - Without a doubt.
02:24 So, we see a lot of video of you in the studio online.
02:28 So, when are we gonna hear what you're doing?
02:30 - I just go and I stand in studios
02:31 and just pretend I'm doing stuff all the time,
02:33 and then like, no.
02:34 We've been working a lot, and the thing is,
02:35 there's a lot of different things
02:36 moving around at the moment, and you know,
02:38 the industry's changed a lot in the way
02:39 that things are timed these days.
02:40 You don't really have to stick to a structure
02:41 of like, this is when the album's coming out anymore.
02:43 You can just drop whatever you want whenever you want,
02:44 which is, it's really accessible and nice, it's good.
02:47 - You know, Liam, you learned a lot
02:49 with the band, with the guys, One Direction.
02:51 Especially on tour, you guys never really had time
02:53 to relax and see the world.
02:54 Now that you're doing you--
02:56 - I went out bowling the other day,
02:57 which was quite fun, I was awful.
02:59 - I know, at least you had a chance to figure it out.
03:01 - I know, it was good.
03:02 I went out bowling, and I went,
03:03 I do a lot more going out and stuff now.
03:05 It's not as crazy as it used to be,
03:06 so it's a little bit more, when you're on your own as well,
03:08 it's like, if they see one of us,
03:09 and then they see another one,
03:10 then they know, it must be that guy.
03:11 But then like, now it's just like,
03:13 is it that guy, or is it not that guy?
03:14 Is that Niall, or Harry, or Louis, or Zane, or who is it?
03:18 Oh, it's Liam, never mind.
03:19 (laughing)
03:20 - So this is the first year as a dad for Christmas.
03:23 I mean, it's, well, you're not the kid anymore.
03:25 You're not the kid opening the gifts, or are you?
03:28 - I'm buying, yeah, I've got some growing up to do,
03:29 it would seem.
03:31 Oh no, it's fantastic, I can't wait to spend Christmas
03:32 with him, but it's just, everyone keeps saying to me
03:34 he's gonna be obsessed with the wrapping paper,
03:35 so don't spoil him too much.
03:37 So I'm, you know, he loves shiny stuff, and--
03:39 - You can put a rock in a box, and he'd be happy with it.
03:41 - Yeah, exactly, no, he's fantastic.
03:43 But it's hard, because everything's so cute.
03:45 It's a bit more selfish Christmas time,
03:46 'cause you wanna put them in all the cute clothes,
03:47 and dress them as a Christmas, put it in them,
03:49 whatever else, you know.
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