Liam Payne - Singer

Liam Payne is an English music artist and songwriter. He is one of the original members of One Direction before he started pursuing his solo career during their long hiatus. His voice can be heard in their famous hits, such as What Makes You Beautiful and History. As an individual artist, his debut single Strip that Down was released on May 19, 2017. His first solo album is still in the works and is expected to come out soon.

Prior to his solo endeavor, Liam has worked on remixes of One Direction’s You and I and Steal My Girl. He used the nickname “Big Payno” and “Payno.” He also did the same for Cheryl Cole’s I Don’t Care. In his personal life, Liam now fathers one child while in a relationship with Cheryl.

Early Life

Liam was born Liam James Payne on August 29, 1993, in Wolverhampton, England, UK. He was born prematurely, precisely three weeks before the due date that resulted to his sickliness as a child. Doctors have noticed that his kidneys were scarred and dysfunctional when he was younger. Tests were constantly performed on him until he was four years old. Growing up, he had 32 injections throughout the day to ease the pain.

Despite that, he still became active in school, especially in the athletics department. In fact, he joined Wolverhampton and Bilston Athletics Club under the cross country running division. However, he was only placed on the reserved list of players after failing to become a member of the English National team that played in the 2012 Olympic games. He also learned boxing when he was 12 after suffering from bullying in secondary school.

He studied in St. Peter’s Collegiate School before he made his decision of taking up Music Technology at the Wolverhampton College’s Paget Road campus. Before that, at the age of 12, he already performed for the  Wolverhampton Wanderers football match. He also played the role of Tony Manero in Saturday Night Fever when he became the member of Pink Productions Theatre Company.

Family

His family remains to be private to this day but are often seen with him in pictures. His mother Karen Payne was a nurse while his father, Geoff Payne, was a fitter. Liam is the youngest of three. His older siblings are all girls, namely Nicola and Ruth.

Son

Last March 22, 2017, Liam and her girlfriend, Cheryl, announced the birth of their son. His son’s full name is Bear Grey Payne and is fondly called “Cub” by Liam and Cheryl. When asked about the name, he explained that she let her decide over it reasoning “I wasn’t going to fight her about it, she’s the one who’s done all the work, isn’t she?”