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Liam Payne’s death | Know your meme

Liam Payne’s death | Know your meme

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Liam Payne’s death refers to the death of former One Direction singer Liam Payne, who died on October 16, 2024 after falling from his hotel balcony in Argentina. Authorities have yet to confirm whether it was intentional or accidental. His death was announced by TMZ and local tabloids on Twitter/X hours after the accident. Hours after the singer’s death, photos of his hotel room were allegedly leaked on X, showing a broken television and drugs spread out on the table.

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On October 16, 2024, TMZ reported that former One Direction singer Liam Payne died in Buenos Aires, Argentina when he fell from his 3rd floor room at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel. According to the tabloid, they were sent a photo showing Liam’s body, showing the presumed body on the hotel’s patio with tables and chairs nearby. The website also published a photo showing a red tent that local authorities have erected over the body “as they begin their investigation into Liam’s death.”



At approximately 5:30 p.m., local Argentine television news began announcing the actor’s death when X user @PopFactions posted a video showing a media outlet’s coverage of the incident. The post (see below) received over 1.6 million views and 5,500 likes within a few hours.

Liam Payne’s hotel room photos

A few hours after Liam’s death was confirmed, some alleged photos of his Buenos Aires hotel room were leaked online. The X-page @EsTendenciaEnX posted two photos showing a smashed TV and a table with what appeared to be drugs, with the caption “This is how he feels.”[Liam] The tweet (shown below) received 6,500 likes and 809 reposts within hours of its publication on October 16, 2024.


# It tends to be in X @ETendenciaEnX

Online reactions

The announcement of the British singer’s death sparked a series of viral reactions and a few memes on October 16, 2024. For example, the tweet posted (see below) garnered around 9,500 likes and 1,100 reposts in just a few hours.


Em. @lizvoodoo Follow I hope it wasn't too embarrassing 6:09 pm - October 16, 2024

TiKTokers also commented on Liam’s death when user @lusconcerts posted a video with the overlay text “What haunts me: Liam Payne may have passed away and the last thing many of us directors said was that we hate him.” The video (see below) received around 200,000 plays and 15,000 likes in just a few hours.

@lusconcerts #greenscreen THIS IS FROM THE ARGENTINE NEWS SO IT COULD BE A TRANSLATION ERROR #liampayne #onedirection #1d ♬ Original sound – May💋

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