Headline : Liam Payne’s Best Moments in One Direction

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Liam Payne gave the world so much in a short time. That’s why the pop world is reeling this week in shock and grief over the tragic news of his death on Tuesday. People loved Payne because he had so much warmth and emotion in his songs, his voice, and his spirit. As his One Direction bandmate and friend Harry Styles said, “His greatest joy was making other people happy.” There are so many moments to remember Payne by — moments that capture his humor, his boyish energy, his songwriting brilliance, and the open-hearted joy he took in music, the way he could light up an entire stadium with his smile. These are just a few of the Payne moments that sum up why the world loved him and why we’ll always remember him.

In the 2013 classic “Story of My Life,” a hit he co-wrote, Payne sings the most bruised lines alone: “She told me in the morning she don’t feel the same about us in her bones/It seems to me that when I die these words will be written on my stone.” As in so many 1D songs, the boys tell the story together, tossing the mic back and forth. In the video, there’s a childhood photo of Payne posing with his family, then morphing into the adult Payne, gazing into the mirror as he sings the key line, “Although I am broken, my heart is untamed still.” It’s a moment that encapsulates everything people loved and connected to about him. —R.S.

Payne was known for taking his role in the band extremely seriously, even though he was still just a kid when One Direction was getting started. In One Direction’s This Is Us documentary, he admitted that his no-nonsense approach to the group meant he butted heads a lot with Louis in particular, who was often full of mischief. The other guys took to calling him “Daddy Direction,” a name that stuck. “He’s the daddy you trust to book your holiday,” Louis quips in a clip from the film. Later, Zayn jokes that Payne was eventually corrupted and became just as goofy as the rest of his bandmates.—J.L.

Payne, born Aug. 29, 1993, happened to share a birthday with none other than the King of Pop, Michael Jackson. During One Direction’s first stadium tour — 2014’s “Where We Are” — Payne marked the serendipitous coincidence at their Aug. 29 gig at Chicago’s Soldier Field, when he broke out into a cover of Jackson’s 1987 Bad hit, “The Way You Make Me Feel,” and absolutely nailed the high notes. Payne had definitely been prepping for this moment as well: A few weeks prior in Philadelphia, as Louis Tomlinson was introducing the band, 1D’s keyboardist and musical director Jon Shone started playing the lead riff of “The Way You Make Me Feel,” and Payne — already donning an MJ-esque fedora — didn’t miss a beat as he jumped into the cover. “Liam, was that rehearsed?” Tomlinson asked after. “It was,” Payne quipped. “Jon comes up to my room late at night and we dance and stuff, you know. It’s not a big deal.” —J.B.

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