1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,040 Speaker 1: Well, we always love getting this man on the show. 2 00:00:02,120 --> 00:00:04,240 Speaker 1: I mean when One Direction first came out, what are 3 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:07,760 Speaker 1: we talking nine years ago, close to nineteen years ago, 4 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:10,520 Speaker 1: the boys came into our studio for the very first time. 5 00:00:10,920 --> 00:00:12,840 Speaker 1: This man has got a brand new single out. It's 6 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:14,440 Speaker 1: called Stack It Up. You're about to hear it in 7 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 1: a second. But Liam Payne, welcome back mate. You going, Oh, 8 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:20,919 Speaker 1: very very good mate, Thank you very much for chatting 9 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:23,320 Speaker 1: to us. Greetings from Australia. Do you miss this place? 10 00:00:24,239 --> 00:00:27,560 Speaker 2: Sure? Yeah, I've got very fond memories of Australia. But 11 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 2: I hope to come back at some point. But it 12 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:30,600 Speaker 2: just seems to have been ages. 13 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 1: I know. Sarah actually just took Nicole Scherzinger up on 14 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:37,520 Speaker 1: the bridge climb Liam and took her over the bridge. 15 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:39,519 Speaker 1: She freaked out. It was a bit high for her. 16 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 2: Oh, I love the bridge claims. I've got such good memories. 17 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:46,120 Speaker 2: I mean, the jumpsuit's a bit excessive, yeah, it is. 18 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:48,240 Speaker 1: Have you ever Warner jump suit? Have you had any 19 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:51,200 Speaker 1: fashion disasters over the years when you look back when 20 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:53,240 Speaker 1: you first started your career, Liam. 21 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:57,560 Speaker 2: Oh my god, I'm definitely Jesus. I've definitely had a 22 00:00:57,600 --> 00:00:59,800 Speaker 2: lot of fashion disasters. I mean where I'd go most 23 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 2: on the fashion sometimes maybe dodgy haircut. 24 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 3: Why isn't it? 25 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:07,240 Speaker 2: I mean that that that crap stays with you forever 26 00:01:07,319 --> 00:01:11,080 Speaker 2: because obviously the internet now, so you just can't really 27 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:11,920 Speaker 2: get away from it. 28 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 1: What were you in high school? What did you? Did 29 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:16,280 Speaker 1: you have tips in high school? What did you do 30 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:16,840 Speaker 1: with your hair? 31 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:21,560 Speaker 2: Did I have tips in high school? Were you blonde? 32 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:22,960 Speaker 1: The very end of your head? 33 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 2: I could confirm I definitely didn't have no T I 34 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:36,760 Speaker 2: p with the P people. No I didn't. You know what, No, 35 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 2: I didn't. I didn't have I didn't have tips in 36 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:43,120 Speaker 2: high school. I mean I had like the typical like 37 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:46,920 Speaker 2: justin bib haircut. I feel kind of everybody goes through 38 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 2: that stage, like long like surfery, I don't care kind 39 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 2: of thing. I mean, it's not a lot of places 40 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:53,640 Speaker 2: to surf in Warhampton, as many as there are in Australia, 41 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 2: But yeah, it was that was that was my go 42 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 2: to for school. 43 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 3: Speaking of Babes, you came out to defend him the 44 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 3: other day, do you reckon? It's pretty courageous what he's done, 45 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 3: isn't it, coming public with all of his struggles because 46 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:08,080 Speaker 3: I mean, so many artists and you would have seen 47 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:11,080 Speaker 3: this over the years, so many artists have to you know, 48 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:13,680 Speaker 3: have to hide away the truth of what they're dealing with. 49 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:16,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, it's difficult to come out with those 50 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 2: kinds of things online, I think, and in my from 51 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 2: my perspective, I definitely don't condone any of the things 52 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 2: that he did because there was you know, there was 53 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:28,079 Speaker 2: a moment where he was just being absolutely outrageous or 54 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 2: some things. But you know, to come clean and admit 55 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 2: to a lot of that sort of stuff and then 56 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:35,120 Speaker 2: try and show where you're going not rather than you know, 57 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 2: where you've been sort of situation. I think it's good. 58 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:39,639 Speaker 2: And the thing for me was, you know, I thtick 59 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:41,680 Speaker 2: up for all kinds of causes and different things and 60 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:43,960 Speaker 2: whatever else. But the difference for us as a band was, 61 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 2: you know, we had I had four of the brothers 62 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 2: who were going through exactly the same thing, and we 63 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 2: always kept each other grounded. So that's a different thing. 64 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:53,239 Speaker 2: Whereas for Bebes, I mean, he was just on his own, really, 65 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:55,680 Speaker 2: wasn't he. You know, all this money, all this fame 66 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 2: and power, and you know, it's a difficult thing even 67 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 2: being the boss in that situation, Like we all struggled 68 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:03,280 Speaker 2: as kids to realize that we were in charge. There's 69 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 2: a lot of responsibility, and you don't really learn that 70 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:08,520 Speaker 2: responsibility until you're older. So you know, I think I 71 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:10,079 Speaker 2: just think people can cut him a little bit of 72 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:12,639 Speaker 2: a break he's had. You know, he's been very fortunate 73 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:14,680 Speaker 2: and he should be extremely grateful for everything that he 74 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:16,960 Speaker 2: has and has managed to achieve. But at the same time, 75 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:18,640 Speaker 2: that road's never easy. 76 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 1: Was there any decisions looking back where you thought maybe 77 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:23,919 Speaker 1: we were too young to make that call at the time. 78 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:25,800 Speaker 1: Now that you're you're a bit older and you can 79 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:28,280 Speaker 1: you can say that maybe it was the wrong call. 80 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:31,520 Speaker 2: No, I mean, I think we had phenomenal people around 81 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 2: us at the time. I think you know, the time 82 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 2: when when when everything got most sketchy for me was 83 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 2: when I became a solo artist, because the responsibility is 84 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:40,520 Speaker 2: more on you and I, I mean, I just hadn't 85 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 2: really figured out who the hell I was, so, you know, 86 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 2: being stuck in this position and then you can't really 87 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:48,240 Speaker 2: put there's no eject button, there's no stop button, you 88 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 2: can't just turn it half, which just led me to 89 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:53,560 Speaker 2: make him a load of stupid decisions really on a 90 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 2: number of different things are going. Yeah, exactly, and it's 91 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 2: just you know, you do it in front of in 92 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 2: front of the world media, and you know, we owe 93 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 2: we're all to ourselves to help them out a little 94 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 2: bit more as everybody's just trying to you know, one 95 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 2: make a living and two provide some entertainment in the 96 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 2: food dark world sometimes. So we'll speak, you speak sometimes 97 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 2: when I'm not talking about tips. 98 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:16,880 Speaker 1: Or tips speaking of them. 99 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:18,800 Speaker 3: I mean, Harry Styles did say the other day he 100 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 3: didn't think you guys could. He'd love to get back 101 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:23,240 Speaker 3: together if he didn't think you could, because you're all 102 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:25,360 Speaker 3: so different. Now, do you feel the same. 103 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 2: I think that's a bit of a loaded question of that. Yeah, sorry, no, 104 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:34,440 Speaker 2: I don't. I don't know'st I mean, I don't really know. 105 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:36,800 Speaker 2: I haven't seen, you know, or heard from Harry in 106 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:38,599 Speaker 2: quite some time now, actually, which is fine. You know, 107 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:41,039 Speaker 2: everyone deserves their space. I think it's good, and you know, 108 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:43,600 Speaker 2: I'm just really grateful more than anything that you know, 109 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 2: we are literally the first band to have each member 110 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 2: be very successful in their own rights and lives. It's 111 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 2: really cool, which is phenomenal, but at the same time, 112 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 2: would I like to get back together. Yeah, definitely. Know 113 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 2: I've been very open about all that sort of stuff, 114 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:58,159 Speaker 2: and I don't you know, I don't fear the success 115 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:00,680 Speaker 2: that was One Direction. I think it was awesome, whether 116 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 2: or not were two different. Now, I don't really know. 117 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:04,599 Speaker 2: I don't see why there's no common path we can't 118 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 2: kind of meet on. 119 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 3: I think you don't worry. 120 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:11,880 Speaker 2: I think he meant definitely, but no, no, no, But I'm 121 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:14,039 Speaker 2: talking musically as well. I mean, you know, there's there's 122 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:16,359 Speaker 2: still a common link between our stuff. I mean, it 123 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:18,640 Speaker 2: would have been me kind of coming back across the 124 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:21,480 Speaker 2: stuff that I've done, because I mean I've done literally 125 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 2: every single genre going at the moment except like smooth jazz. 126 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:33,039 Speaker 2: I mean, I don't think that Harry is a million 127 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:35,120 Speaker 2: miles away from what One Direction sounded like. You know, 128 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 2: I think he's still got a lot of the characteristics 129 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:39,560 Speaker 2: of it. It's just a more grown up version and 130 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:42,159 Speaker 2: also maybe a little bit more rockier. But you know, 131 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 2: I feel like Nile's the most suited to like where 132 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:47,360 Speaker 2: One Direction sit. Like I always felt like Slow Hands 133 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:49,360 Speaker 2: we could all kind of do together in a concert, 134 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:55,120 Speaker 2: which is cool. Yeah, I don't see why there's any 135 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:56,919 Speaker 2: reason why we can't. But if that's the way he feels, 136 00:05:57,800 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 2: it's kind of up to him, really well. 137 00:05:59,279 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 1: Might We're absolutely loving it, loving it and we love 138 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:04,479 Speaker 1: I mean, we met you very young when you first 139 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:07,599 Speaker 1: came over to Australia for one direction, liamb and we've 140 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:10,159 Speaker 1: had this relationship. We've seen you grow up with tits 141 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 1: and it's just been amazing to see where you come when. 142 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:16,800 Speaker 2: You hit that few be staves like what's going to happen? 143 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:19,240 Speaker 2: We're so proud. 144 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:23,320 Speaker 1: Well, Liam, thank you very much for coming on the show. 145 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:25,960 Speaker 2: Buddy, thank you very much. Than a legend.