ah yes... november. the month that used to belong to one direction and their album releases and the inevitable album leak that always occured the week of said album release.
The documentary follows the tragic death of former Brit boy band member Liam Payne.
One Direction Stars Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik Have Reunited for Netflix Road Trip SeriesThe documentary follows the tragic death of former Brit boy band member Liam Payne.
Former One Direction stars Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik have reunited for a U.S. road trip documentary series for Netflix, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
The series will be directed by Nicola Marsh, who also helmed the Demi Lovato documentary Child Star, as well as Song Exploder and Stay on Board: The Leo Baker Story.
Tomlinson and Malik, who has a home in Pennsylvania, on their American travels are expected to discuss the tragic death of fellow One Direction band member Liam Payne, along with their own lives and careers.
The Netflix docuseries, likely to launch on the streamer in 2026, will be produced by Campfire Studios, which also worked on Unknown Number: The High School Catfish, Smartless: On the Road and America’s Sweethearts: The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders.
A year ago, Payne died after falling from the third floor of a hotel room in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was 31. In 2015, news that Malik was no longer a member of One Direction was followed the eventual split of the Brit boy band whose former members include Harry Styles and Niall Horan.
Neither Styles or Horan are expected to make appearances in the Netflix docuseries, which aims to attract legions of One Direction fans globally to the streaming platform. The Brit band were discovered by Simon Cowell and former Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger during the 2010 season of The X Factor.
They enjoyed the support of One Direction fans like James Corden, David Beckham and 5 Seconds of Summer. The Brit group went on to become a global sensation, becoming one of the best-selling boy bands of all time.
Campfire Studio’s Ross Dinerstein and Rebecca Evans will executive produce the docuseries.
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“When 1D lost, Liam turned to his dad with a ‘we made it this far’ face. His fellow band-mates, he says, were in pieces. He remembers first Harry, then Louis, Niall and Zayn bursting into tears. “A cameraman came over and said ‘can I get you boys for an interview?’ and I looked at all the boys crying, in their mum’s arms and I was like, ‘look, I’ll do the interview’ because I was the only one who was alright and so I went off to the side and did the after-camera interview for us. I just left them because I wanted them to have their moment and the cameras didn’t need to see them like that.””
— Liam to Rollacoster Magazine on being eliminated from The X Factor
(via thedailypayne)
theres something about the jonas brothers performing "night changes" in honour of liam and so many people in the crowd singing along that is beautiful and also devastating to me
remembering today how at the start liam would always open their songs bc he had the most experience, was a leader in that sense, they could always rely on him being steady during live performances, his penchant for singing in falsetto like it was nothing, adding extra riffs during their shows that kept performances interesting and dynamic
one of the greatest tragedies in life is that you will always be loved more than you will ever know. someone in class finds your presence inviting and warm, even if you’ve only ever exchanged a few words with them—maybe none at all. someone on the street loves your smile and it gets them down the next few streets. someone you used to be friends with still wishes to fondly call your name. someone you used to be friends with five years ago would give anything to be in the same room as you today. someone who regularly comes into work is disappointed when you aren’t there to brighten their day. someone missed you today. someone noticed you were gone. someone loves you when you’re there; someone loves you when you’re nowhere to be found at all. you think you have always disappeared when you’re no longer in the picture, but you’ve never left the frame.
actually I want to write an essay about how all the one direction members have been essentially forced by public expectation to verbalize their grief on social media only a day after liam’s death & then some of them (namely harry! lol) being scrutinized for their posts seeming ’calculated’ / ’written by PR’ / not ’genuine enough’. like. so what if they are? Imagine your childhood best friend dies and millions of people are waiting for you to say something that helps them deal with their parasocial grief. and then that very fame & loss of privacy being the thing that you all went through together as essentially children & the repercussions of that likely being a contributing factor to your friend’s death. the cycle. anyway. none of them owe us shit
liampayne: This piece is something close to my heart as iv been working on this on and off for a long time. Im using it to show my support to Choose Love who provide refugees and displaced people with vital aid and care 💙 @MrBeast
Still available for purchase through everpress, next batch goes into print in six days. Grab yours if you wish to support refugees through Choose Love, have a little keepsake and honour Liams work ❤️🩹
Designed and painted by Liam Payne to raise funds for refugees supported by Choose Love. These limited edition liam payne x choose love garm
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