<p id=”par-1_54″><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/liam-payne-faced-rejection-named-one-direction-leader.html/?swcfpc=1″>Liam Payne rose to fame</a> as a member of <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/one-direction/page/2/?swcfpc=1″>One Direction</a>. However, he was also a singer and songwriter in his own right. But, for his last live performance, he didn’t sing one of his tunes. Instead, he performed a song by another teen idol, who was a reported rival of Payne’s iconic band.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-liam-payne-performed-a-justin-bieber-hit-in-2022″>Liam Payne performed a Justin Bieber hit in 2022</h2>
<p id=”par-2_49″>The former One Direction singer and songwriter last performed live in 2022. Per<a href=”https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/liam-payne/2022/private-venue-london-england-4388072f.html” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”> Setlist FM</a>, Liam Payne’s final performance took place in April 2022 at a private birthday party in the Bahamas. His last public performance was two months earlier, on February 12, 2022, at a private London venue.</p>
<p id=”par-3_21″>He sang four songs. Payne performed “Heartless,” “Polaroid,” and One Direction’s “Infinity.” He closed the set with Justin Bieber’s “Love Yourself.”</p>
<p id=”par-4_30″>Performing this tune was ironic, as there was a reported rivalry between the members of One Direction and Justin Bieber. The teen idols were wildly popular around the same time.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-what-were-the-issues-between-one-direction-and-justin-bieber”>What were the issues between One Direction and Justin Bieber?</h2>
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<p id=”par-5_49″>As with the case of any young artists jockeying for the same audience, there was a bit of a reported rivalry between Justin Bieber and <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/liam-payne-best-singer-one-direction.html/?swcfpc=1″>the members of One Direction</a>. In an interview with<a href=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDiWpTFCc8I” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”> IMPAULSIVE</a>, Payne revealed, “This stuff just happens. We had a similar thing with The Wanted.”</p>
<p id=”par-6_26″>“With the Bieber one, I think it was me. We [One Direction] used to go back to the hotel and I’d get absolutely wasted,” he continued.</p>
<p id=”par-7_74″>“We used to play this game called Ring of Fire and every card would mean something. I was drunk and someone said something to me online about Justin Bieber, but I didn’t mean to offend him, I wanted to offend them. That’s where something can go wrong if you’re fighting with someone online for no reason. So I said ‘The only thing that’s different between me and him is that I haven’t been arrested.’”</p>
<p id=”par-8_60″>“Later, I was at an awards show and I thought I would go say hello to him. We started talking and I told him I did all of the things he did, but I’ve never been caught for them. And I said, ‘I’ve always really felt for you mate and in our situation, we all suffer from the same disease.’”</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-liam-payne-offered-to-mentor-new-artists-struggling-in-the-spotlight”>Liam Payne offered to mentor new artists struggling in the spotlight</h2>
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<p id=”par-9_31″>Having been famous on a global level, Liam Payne understood fame’s dangers. Therefore, he was always willing to lend a helping hand to mentor new artists who struggled in the spotlight.</p>
<p id=”par-10_26″>To IMPAULSIVE he said admitted he would talk to anyone who needed help. “I say this to every young kid coming into this business,” Payne began.</p>
<p id=”par-11_50″>“As soon as I meet them I say, ‘If you want to call me, and any help I can give you I will give you. And if I can’t I’ll find somebody who can.’ He added that as part of fame, it’s best if artists stick together rather than fight.</p>
<p id=”par-12_37″>Liam Payne died at age 31 of a fall onto the balcony of his hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Oct. 16, 2024. He is survived by <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/one-direction/page/2/?swcfpc=1″>his son with Cheryl Cole</a>, his parents, and two sisters.</p>