Niall Horan has reflected on how it felt like “the right thing to do” when he rewrote one of his songs after his former bandmate Liam Payne died aged 31 in 2024
Liam Payne (L) and Niall Horan attend 102.7 KIIS FM’s Jingle Ball 2017 presented by Capital One at The Forum on December 1, 2017 in Inglewood, California.(Image: Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for iHeartMedia)
Former One Direction star Niall Horan has said he felt like he “had to” rewrite one of his latest songs after the death of former bandmate Liam Payne.
In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine for his upcoming album Dinner Party, Niall reflected how it felt like “the right thing to do” when he rewrote one of his songs after Liam passed away at age 31 after a fall from a balcony in Argentina, in 2024.
He said in the interview: “We wrote End Of An Era about four times, because originally the song to me meant, ‘all right, we’re moving on’.
“Looking forward to the future, looking back on the past with nostalgia, being happy with what you had, excited for what’s going to happen.
“We’d written that song a long time ago. And then it was like, ‘No, we need to return to this’ after Liam passed.
“John and Julian lived next door to Liam for a long time, and we all grew up together. For the three of us, it was actually quite a crazy experience to have to write a song like that, because you don’t ever expect to.”
Going on further, Niall said: “I remember myself and John stepping outside at the studio and writing these lyrics for 20 minutes. We started again and still had the chorus.
“Just a very weird experience for us all, but something that we all felt like we had to do for ourselves, for anyone who’s lost anyone, for the fans, for anyone that knew Liam.
“It felt like the right thing to do and something that we wanted to do — just terrible that we had to.”
Niall and Liam rose to fame back in 2010, along with Harry Styles, Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson when they all took part in The X Factor, where they would all be picked to form the boyband, One Direction.
The group disbanded in 2016 and where they all went on to pursue solo careers. All of the One Direction boys have gone on to talk about the death of their bandmate in recent months due to separate upcoming projects and tours.
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