There's a tidal wave of tears around the world as fans mourn One Direction star Liam Payne. Minutes after his death, a sea of fans gathered outside his hotel in Buenos Aires. Simon Cowell, who gave Payne his start, is now pausing all "Britain's Got Talent" auditions out of respect. A 16-year-old Payne auditioned for the music mogul in 2010 on the British version of "X Factor." Cowell went on to form the boy band One Direction.
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00:00For one generation of fans,
00:01One Direction was as big as the Beatles were
00:04back in the 60s, and when news of Liam Payne's death broke,
00:07it sparked an outpouring of grief around the world.
00:10Alison Hall reports.
00:12There is a tidal wave of tears around the world
00:15as fans mourn One Direction star Liam Payne.
00:18Minutes after his death, a sea of fans
00:21gathered outside his hotel in Buenos Aires.
00:24They even broke out in song.
00:26How many nights would you take to count the stars?
00:30Simon Cowell, who gave Liam his start,
00:32is now pausing all Britain's Got Talent auditions
00:36out of respect.
00:37Liam.
00:37Fly me to the moon.
00:39A 14-year-old Liam auditioned for the music mogul
00:43in 2008 on the British version of The X Factor.
00:47Why me?
00:49And two years later, he was back.
00:51That was extraordinary.
00:53Thank you so much.
00:54Cowell went on to form the boy band One Direction
00:57with breakout star Harry Styles and his bandmates
01:01becoming teen idol sensations.
01:03♪ You don't know you're beautiful ♪
01:06When the global superstars came to the US in 2012,
01:09it reminded many people of the Beatles,
01:12who took America by storm way back in 1964.
01:17Hi, Inside Edition, we're One Direction.
01:20Ah!
01:21It was pandemonium, just like Beatlemania.
01:24Ah!
01:26Debra's daughter, Michaela, then 14 years old,
01:29conducted one of the first US interviews with the boy band.
01:32I'm really enjoying New York.
01:34Yeah, me too.
01:35After One Direction broke up in 2016,
01:37Harry Styles, Liam Payne, and the others
01:40launched solo careers.
01:42♪ I was always gonna live fast, die young ♪
01:45But Liam never reached the superstar status
01:48of Harry Styles.
01:49♪ Water, moon, sugar, high ♪
01:52It's just, it's very hard when you're not the superstar
01:56after this group to define yourself.
01:59He had a lot of trouble defining who he was
02:02as a solo artist.
02:03Liam, who has a seven-year-old son,
02:05said he paid a high price for fame.
02:07He was open about his battle with addiction.
02:11But rock bottom, I mean,
02:14I don't even know if I hit it yet.
02:16The surviving members of One Direction,
02:17including Harry Styles, put out a statement
02:20saying they are completely devastated,
02:22adding that the memories they shared with Liam Payne
02:24will be treasured forever.