'Lovely day in Argentina': Liam Payne's tragic Snapchat videos he posted only hours before tragic death

Local constabulary said the 31-year-old vocalist fell from the 3rd level into the courtyard of the Casa Sur Hotel successful the Palermo neighbourhood of Argentina’s capital, earlier medics confirmed his death.

In airy of his death, galore fans person remarked that Payne appeared to beryllium behaving usually connected his Snapchat hours earlier his passing, successful opposition to the reports.

However, it seems the videos were posted days aft they were filmed, arsenic they diagnostic Payne's woman Kate Cassidy, who had already shared videos of her instrumentality to Florida earlier successful the week.

In 1 post, the Strip That Down vocalist spoke to his followers astir his plans for the time ahead, saying it was a "lovely time successful Argentina".

"Today, we ride. We're going to thrust immoderate horses," helium said. "Think I'm going to play polo again, which is going to enactment maine retired of enactment for astir six weeks.

"It's truthful hard to do, fig one, my backmost and my cervix from swinging that hammer around... oregon mallet, I deliberation it's called if you're successful the know.

"It hurts a lot, it's precise pugnacious to do."

Then successful a selfie-style video from the edifice meal table, Payne playfully called retired Cassidy for leaving a chapeau connected the table. “Children,” helium jokingly muttered successful the clip.

The mates said they had been having lie-ins each morning, and the vocalist told his followers they were enjoying java and breakfast, "even though it's similar 1pm".

“We virtually slumber successful each time until similar 12,” Cassidy, who helium has been dating since October 2022, said successful the background. “We're specified losers.”

Pictures showed shocked fans gathering extracurricular the edifice aft constabulary cordoned disconnected the area, with forensic investigators successful achromatic protective suits and bluish gloves seen entering and leaving.

Fans were photographed lighting candles and leaving flowers astatine the broadside of the roadworthy successful an impromptu vigil arsenic they paid tribute to the euphony star.

The Foreign Office confirmed it is successful interaction with authorities successful Argentina “regarding reports of the decease of a British man”.

But a spokesperson declined to remark immoderate further, including connected the individuality of the antheral involved.

Payne formed lad set One Direction successful 2010, alongside Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Harry Styles, aft they individually auditioned for The X Factor.

After becoming 1 of the biggest popular groups successful the world, with 5 albums and 4 satellite tours, they went connected indefinite hiatus successful 2016.

Among those paying tribute to Payne was erstwhile X Factor big Dermot O’Leary, who wrote connected Instagram: “I retrieve him arsenic a 14-year-old turning up to audition connected The X Factor, and blowing america distant singing Sinatra. He conscionable loved to sing.

“He was ever a joy, had clip for everyone, polite, grateful, and was ever humble.”

Olly Murs, who appeared connected The X Factor a twelvemonth earlier One Direction, said successful a station connected Instagram that helium was “lost for words”, adding that the brace shared “the aforesaid passions”.

The Wanted prima Max George said Payne had “supported maine a lot” aft the decease of his bandmate Tom Parker from a encephalon tumour successful March 2022.

Payne antecedently said helium struggled with alcoholism astatine the highest of his occurrence with One Direction, describing hitting “rock bottom” to The Diary Of A CEO podcast big Steven Bartlett.

He admitted his addiction to intoxicant continued during the Covid pandemic, but successful 2023 helium posted a YouTube video confirming helium was astir six months sober aft astir 100 days successful a US rehab facility.

Earlier this month, Payne attended bandmate Horan’s Argentinian performance alongside his girlfriend.

Payne, who was calved successful Wolverhampton, released his debut solo medium LP1 successful December 2019, which included the songs Polaroid, Familiar and Strip That Down featuring Quavo.

The opus was 1 of 2 tracks that reached the apical 10 successful the UK authoritative charts, alongside For You with Rita Ora from the movie Fifty Shades Freed – which the duo performed astatine the Brit Awards successful 2018.

Payne archetypal auditioned for The X Factor successful 2008 erstwhile helium was 14, singing Frank Sinatra’s Fly Me To The Moon, with justice Simon Cowell telling him to instrumentality to the ITV endowment amusement 2 years later.

In 2010, helium impressed the judges with a rendition of Michael Buble’s Cry Me A River earlier being enactment with 4 different solo hopefuls astatine the footwear campy signifier of the contention – the radical which aboriginal became One Direction.

In 2012, the lad set won their archetypal Brit Award for champion British azygous for their debut way What Makes You Beautiful, earlier picking up the Brit planetary occurrence grant a twelvemonth later.

In 2014 and 2015 they besides won champion British video for Best Song Ever and You & I respectively.

After Malik near the band, the quartet won champion creator video for Drag Me Down successful 2016. They picked up the aforesaid grant a twelvemonth aboriginal for History.

In August 2023, Payne postponed his scheduled circuit of South America aft suffering a “serious kidney infection”.

He said the corruption was thing “I wouldn’t privation connected anyone” and helium had been instructed by doctors to “rest and recover”.

In October that year, helium was banned from driving successful the UK aft admitting a speeding offence.

The vocalist was reportedly travelling astatine 43mph successful a 30mph portion and was banned from driving for six months, arsenic good arsenic paying a fine.

In August this year, Payne was announced arsenic a justice connected a caller Netflix amusement alongside erstwhile Destiny’s Child vocalist Kelly Rowland and The Pussycat Dolls prima Nicole Scherzinger.

The stars were to justice attempts to make a band, looking astatine the contestants’ chemistry arsenic they formed groupings successful the philharmonic contention series.