Liam Payne.
Karwai Tang/WireimageThe Registration Academy was remembered Liam Payne During the Grammys of 2025 on Sunday, February 2, nearly five months after his death.
Payne’s footage during his days in one direction showed at the top of the segment in Memoriam. His voice could be heard as the music played in the background.
“We never expected any of these happen, ”Payne said, before Chris Martin started singing. “We’ve done some amazing things.”
Payne set out in fame together Harry’s styles, Horaran, Louis Tomlinson AND Zayn Malikwho met when a UK direction was formed Factor x In 2010. They released four albums over the years before Malik’s departure from the group in March 2015. The remaining four members released their fifth album later that year before they went to an indefinite interruption in December 2015.
Each member then went on their separate ways, starting solo singing careers over the years, but showing each other great support. Before his unexpected death of October 2024, Payne was a great champion for his former gang shoes when he came to their music publications.

While Styles, Malik, Tomlinson and Horan were not present during Sunday awards, the remaining four members were briefly reunited at Payne’s funeral in November 2024 in England.
“(Liam’s death) was a awakening call to all of them. Before, they maintained sporadically contacts but had no close friendship at all,” one source said The weekly exclusively in December 2024. “They are all still mourning, but are controlling each other and feeling closer than they have in years. brought them together again.”
Payne died at the age of 31 after falling from a third floor balcony at the Casasur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires. The day after the death of Payne, Styles, Malik, Tomlinson and Horan issued a joint statement to mourn their former gang. (Each singer also shared special tribute on their social media sites.)
“We have been completely destroyed by the news of the passage of Liam. Over time, and when everyone is able, there will be more to say,” they said at the time. “But for now, we will take some time to grieve and elaborate on the loss of our brother, which we loved very much. The memories we shared with will be valued forever. For now, our thoughts are with his family , his friends and fans who loved him with us.
A preliminary autopsy stated that the cause of Payne’s death was “numerous traumas”, including hemorrhages in his chest, skull and belly. It is also widely reported that a partial autopsy found “pink cocaine” – a mixture of metafetamine, ketamine and MDMA – along with cocaine, benzodiazepine and cracking in the Payne system at the time of its death.