Hi!
Hi! I’m Liam Payne and I’m here at Refinery29
to do a special event for my fans.
They’re upstairs right now and they think that they’re
going to come here to do a
congratulations video for Liam’s new single,
Strip That Down.
We’re so excited!
Hi!
What they don’t know is
they’re actually here to meet me.
Are you ready?
Let’s do it.
Okay, so we’re going to ask you a couple of questions.
So just look at the camera right here.
Tell me: what do you think about Liam?
Liam is my favorite person in the whole entire world.
His smile just makes me smile all the time.
Nothing matters more to me than his happiness.
I just love his personality and spirit.
Everything he does is just amazing.
His songs are incredible.
His dancing, obviously.
I love Liam because he’s so supportive
and he’s always been there for his fans.
He’s so humble.
He’s so sweet.
He’s honestly just perfect.
I currently have $2,000 saved up for Liam’s tour.
We have matching tattoos.
Like everything.
And so what do you think about Strip That Down?
I love Strip That Down.
Our favorite song is Strip That Down.
Oh, so good.
So good.
Okay, I’m going to play it for you guys.
(singing) You know I've been taking some time
and I've been keeping to myself...
Oh my...
Hello!
(singing) You know, I used to be in 1D
Now I'm out, free!
Holy $#!^!
Oh my god.
Hi there!
Hi.
Oh my god!
I must’ve blended in.
Hello!
Hi.
Hi there. How’s it going? Nice to meet you. I’m Liam.
How are you?
It's so nice to meet you.
How’s it going?
Good.
You okay?
Hi there!
How are you?
I’m Liam. Nice to meet you.
I’m going to sit down.
Let’s see if we can all fit on here.
Oh you’re here.
Oh my god.
Sorry.
It’s okay.
Are you so happy right now?
I’m so happy.
Are you crying a little bit?
A little bit.
Are you surprised?
Yeah, I’m surprised.
I like you more than my boyfriend.
What does your boyfriend have to say about that?
I don’t think he’s going to like that very much.
Oh dear.
Yeah.
You’re amazing.
Oh my god.
Sorry.
You’re making me go all shy now.
Is there anything that you want to know.
This is your chance to know everything now
or maybe not everything but a lot of things.
What is your inspiration for Strip That Down?
For Strip That Down,
I think for me I took so long to get into the solo mode.
It was kind of a bit of a depiction of
how I felt about becoming a solo artist and where
I wanted to go.
So I thought it was quite important to lay out the paint
before I get started.
Awesome.
Did you like it?
I do love it.
You have two songs on
the Billboard Top 100 charts right now.
—How does that make you feel? –Woo woo!
Just like that.
No, it’s amazing.
I can’t believe it. I’m so lucky.
I’m so fortunate.
And Zedd wanted me to collab.
And obviously they wanted to release when they did.
So we’ve got two in the charts at the moment,
the big B, which is great.
I love it.
What was it like transitioning into a solo artist?
It was a strange process because you kind
of have to look inside yourself a little about
what you’re like and also what people think of you.
But then also what you want to achieve
and that was kind of where Strip That Down came
from because that’s the kind of place where
I placed myself best.
And I didn’t really want to do a genre…
I’m just trying to see what happens.
Ever since you had Bear,
how’s it been balancing your career and being a father?
It’s not the easiest thing to do in the world obviously
because I miss my son terribly.
And I think you kind of almost gamble a little bit.
You might miss something.
I don’t want to miss those things in life.
When he speaks first and when he giggles
and stuff like that.
That’s the hard part.
But I know why I’m doing my job
and I have to go and do my job.
And I love doing my job.
It’s great.
But I love my family as well.
And I’m just very lucky that he’s got such a great mom.
Thank you for being fans of mine.
As a thank you from me personally,
we’re going to get you tickets to a show as soon as
they start.
No way.
Wait, really?
Yeah! Of course.
See you guys later.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
Is this the best day ever?
This is the best day ever.
Thank you so much.
Oh my gosh.
I wasn't ready. It would’ve been cuter.
Thank you.
It was lovely to meet you.
It was lovely meeting you.
Oh my goodness.
Oh my god.
Are you alright?
Are you going to be okay?
Come here. Turn around for a little bit.
I just waited so long for this.
That’s very, very sweet.
Alright.
I’m going to hand you over there.
Are you going to be alright?
Do this.
This always work.
Just like this.
Timeless.
It always works.
We just met Liam Payne!
Oh my gosh!
He was so sweet.
I couldn’t stop staring at his eyes.
Oh my gosh.
I’m so overwhelmed.
Refinery29, thank you so much for having me.
That was really, really special.
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See ya!