Former One Direction member Liam Payne has been found dead in Buenos Aires | Music News

Police said the 31-year-old singer, who rose to fame in a major pop group, died while leaving a hotel in the Argentine capital.

Liam Payne, former member of world famous pop group One Direction, has died aged 31.

Police in Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires, said Payne fell from the third floor of the Casa Sur hotel in the trendy Palermo neighborhood on Wednesday. He suffered “serious injuries” and was pronounced dead at the scene.

In a statement sent by the Associated Press, Pablo Policicchio, spokesman for the Security Department of the municipality of Buenos Aires, said that the police were called to the hotel due to a report of “an aggressive man who may be under the influence of drugs or alcohol”.

Policicchio told the media that Payne “threw himself off the balcony of his room”. Other details were unclear, and authorities are still investigating his death.

Local media in Argentina reported that Payne was in Buenos Aires to attend a concert by former One Direction bandmate Niall Horan.

In 2010, Payne and Horan auditioned separately, along with Zayn Malik, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson, for the UK singing competition The X Factor.

Although none of the boys progressed individually, they were grouped together by record executive Simon Cowell and the other judges. They went on to become one of the most successful boy bands in history.

During the six years the members were together as a group, One Direction had six top 10 hits on the Billboard charts. The musicians finally disbanded in 2016. Their best songs include What Makes You Beautiful, Story of My Life and Perfect.

The band members all went on to pursue solo careers, with Payne releasing LP1 in 2019.

He last released it in March called Teardrops.

Payne is survived by a seven-year-old son, Bear Gray Payne, who he had with his ex-girlfriend, singer Cheryl Cole.

The One Direction singer appeared to post on social media platform Snapchat hours before his death on Wednesday.

He talked about riding horses and playing polo in Argentina while looking forward to returning home to see his dog.

“It’s a beautiful day here in Argentina,” he said in the video.