Niall Horan's upcoming album Dinner Party features a song inspired by his grief over losing Liam Payne
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Horan shared that he privately grieved after Payne's death and reflected on their bond as bandmates
The song is a lullaby titled "End of an Era"
Niall Horanis paying tribute to his lateOne DirectionbandmateLiam Paynein a very special way on his upcoming album.
Horan, 32, revealed in a new interview that his new albumDinner Partywill feature a song called "End of an Era," a lullaby inspired by his grief overlosing Payne in October 2024.
The Irish singer-songwriter toldGQ Hypethat he "went into hiding a little bit" after Payne's funeral in order to grieve privately, and said he found videos and photos of him and Payne "nostalgic… along with fear and sadness and all the stuff that comes with grief."
"[There are] memories that only he and I can share 'cause you have a team and you have people around all the time," Horan said. "But we always said that only us have that experience, no one else has that."
Songwriter Julian Bunetta, who co-wrote "End of an Era" with Horan, said they rewrote the track two or three times in order to properly capture the feeling.
"We just kept working on it until we felt it was right. And I love it," Bunetta said. "It could be easy to not write about it because it's a hard subject. It's a hard thing to do. So I'm proud of him for doing it."
Payne was 31 years old when he took a fatal fall from his hotel balcony in Buenos Aires on Oct. 16, 2024. Horan had spent time with his former bandmate just days earlier during a stop in the city while on tour.
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"It was great. [He] seemed in good form and we had a good laugh, good reminisce," Horan said.
The star eventually learned of his friend's death while watching TV in bed at home.
"I just remember getting a message. And I was just like, 'What?'... I just didn't think it was real," he said. "Someone so young, you're not expecting to hear that they've passed, especially someone that you've just seen. I just went back from shock to sadness to anger."
When Payne died, Horan wrote on social media at the time that he was"absolutely devastated" by the loss.
"It just doesn't feel real. Liam had an energy for life and a passion for work that was infectious. He was the brightest in every room and always made everyone feel happy and secure," he wrote. "All the laughs we had over the years, sometimes about the simplest of things, keep coming to mind through the sadness. We got to live out our wildest dreams together and I will cherish every moment we had forever. The bond and friendship we had doesn't happen often in a lifetime."
The pair were members of One Direction together from 2010 to 2016, alongsideHarry Styles,Louis TomlinsonandZayn Malik.
Horan's upcoming album followsThe Showin 2023, and lead single "Dinner Party" tells the story of meeting his girlfriend of more than five years,Amelia "Mia" Woolley.
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