{"id":2428600,"date":"2026-05-22T20:44:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T20:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2428600"},"modified":"2026-05-22T20:44:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T20:44:01","slug":"niall-horan-honors-one-direction-bandmate-liam-payne-on-end-of-an-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/niall-horan-honors-one-direction-bandmate-liam-payne-on-end-of-an-era\/","title":{"rendered":"Niall Horan Honors One Direction Bandmate Liam Payne on &#8216;End of an Era&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/niall-horan\/\" id=\"auto-tag_niall-horan\" data-tag=\"niall-horan\">Niall Horan<\/a> holds onto the good times with a tight grip on his new single, \u201cEnd of an Era.\u201d The musician initially wrote the record with the intention of \u201clooking back on the past with nostalgia, being happy with what you had, excited for what\u2019s going to happen,\u201d he recently told<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/niall-horan-new-album-one-direction-interview-1235544867\/\"> <em>Rolling Stone<\/em>,<\/a> but returned to it with a new perspective following the death of his <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/one-direction\/\" id=\"auto-tag_one-direction\" data-tag=\"one-direction\">One Direction<\/a> bandmate <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/liam-payne\/\" id=\"auto-tag_liam-payne\" data-tag=\"liam-payne\">Liam Payne<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tIn the first verse, Horan sings, \u201cTime passes so fast that I couldn\u2019t tell you goodbye.\u201d He uses the song as a way to say what he couldn\u2019t before. \u201cCareless times, yeah, we sure had some\/Naive eyes, yeah, we sure looked young\/Tears fall down like the future comes\/Slowly, and then all at once,\u201d he sings. \u201cFeels like letting go of\/Things we\u2019re not supposed to\/One breath and it\u2019s over\/The end of an era.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Niall Horan - End of an Era (Lyric Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EUNNmAAe5gQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tHoran wrote \u201cEnd of an Era\u201d alongside songwriters John Ryan and Julian Bunetta, who were staple collaborators across One Direction\u2019s last three albums. \u201cJohn and Julian lived next door to Liam for a long time, and we all grew up together,\u201d Horan said. \u201cFor the three of us, it was actually quite a crazy experience to have to write a song like that, because you don\u2019t ever expect to \u2026 Just a very weird experience for us all, but something that we all felt like we had to do for ourselves, for anyone who\u2019s lost anyone, for the fans, for anyone that knew Liam. It felt like the right thing to do and something that we wanted to do \u2014 just terrible that we had to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cEnd of an Era\u201d will appear on Horan\u2019s upcoming album<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/niall-horan-announces-new-album-dinner-party-1235533324\/\">, <em>Dinner Party<\/em><\/a>, out June 5, but the musician wanted to share the song in advance of the album to give it some breathing room. \u201cSome songs take a minute to get to what you\u2019re actually trying to say. This one was one of those. I hope it means as much to you as it does to me,\u201d Horan <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NiallOfficial\/status\/2056769017361109027\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">wrote<\/a> on social media ahead of the release. \u201cI felt it needed its own space before the album comes out in a few weeks, so here you go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tFans might be surprised to hear the celebratory feel of the song, given the context around it. Payne died in October 2024 at the age of 31 following a fall from his hotel balcony. One Direction fans grieved the loss, as did the late singer\u2019s peers in the industry. For Horan, looking back on the years they spent in the band together, the nostalgia and reflection reminded him of how good they had it. \u201cAt the end of the day, all of my memories are happy,\u201d he told<em> Rolling Stone<\/em>. \u201cWe were talking about it when we were writing it. All of our memories are traveling the world, messing around, having fun, and being teenagers. I don\u2019t have negative memories.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tHoran added, \u201cIt felt liberating to write about. I think that comes across in the song. The first verse is quite sad, but then it\u2019s like, \u201cRemember all the good times we had.\u201d It\u2019s got a bit of both in it. I love how it starts off as one type of song and then it turns into a different type of song. It also reminds me of some of the 1D stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cEnd of an Era\u201d follows the release of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/niall-horan-dinner-party-single-1235534540\/\">\u201cDinner Party\u201d<\/a> and \u201cLittle More Time.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.rollingstone.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Niall Horan holds onto the good times with a tight grip on his new single, \u201cEnd of an Era.\u201d The musician initially wrote the record with the intention of \u201clooking back on the past with nostalgia, being happy with what you had, excited for what\u2019s going to happen,\u201d he recently told Rolling Stone, but returned [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2428601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[358153,360303,357373],"class_list":["post-2428600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-liam-payne","tag-niall-horan","tag-one-direction"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Niall-Horan-Honors-One-Direction-Bandmate-Liam-Payne-on-End.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2428600"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2428602,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428600\/revisions\/2428602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2428601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2428600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2428600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2428600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}