Niall Horan recalls last meeting with Liam Payne: ‘He means his last memory was happy’ |

In 2024, when the news of Liam Payne’s death spread online, it shocked the entire music industry. His former ‘One Direction’ bandmates were the hardest hit, along with members of his family, including his son, Bear. Now, after Niall Horan also released a song dedicated to Payne, he is opening up about his time with the singer and what their last meeting was like.

Niall Horan on his last meeting with Liam Payne

The ‘One Direction’ singer, speaking to The Times, opened up about Payne’s death and what it was like to learn about it all. Not only that, the singer also remembered meeting him for the last time before his death in 2024.At the time, Payne, who was 31 when he died, traveled to Argentina to catch his friend at one of his concerts there. Videos and photos of Payne rocking out to Horan’s music were widely shared at the time. Speaking about the meeting, which he only met a few weeks before the news, Horan recalled, “I’m happy about that, it means his last memory was a happy one.”

Niall Horan says it was unbelievable

At that time, he also weighed heavily when he heard of his close friend’s death. He shared that he didn’t believe it at first and was in total denial. “It still feels surreal. The first day, I was like, ‘No, it didn’t happen.’She added that she keeps Liam alive in her memories, thinking about the times and memories they shared. “When I think about Liam passing, it’s sad, but it also makes me laugh and smile because of the memories we had,” Horan said. “I’ll go places and I’ll think of something stupid in a hotel or something random that makes me laugh,” he shared in the interview.

Niall Horan has released a tribute song to Liam Payne

As part of his latest album, Horan also released a tribute to his bandmate, titled ‘End of an Era’. Speaking about how he would like the song, Payne said, “I think it’s his kind of song. He liked Coldplay. He loved songs like ‘You & I’ by One Direction, songs that went somewhere.”Louis Tomlinson also released a song called ‘Dark to Light’, specifically dedicated to the late singer. In an earlier interview on the ‘Zach Sang Show,’ Tomlinson talked about the song and stated, “Those kinds of songs should be completely open to interpretation, because I think they have the power to heal. So I wouldn’t want to overstate anything like that. People will find what they need in that kind of feeling, you know.“Liam Payne died at the age of 31. In 2024, he allegedly fell from a third floor hotel balcony in Buenos Aires (Argentina).