Fans wish to learn whether Taylor Swift and Liam Payne knew each other and if the late One Direction artist was one of Swift’s friends. Curiosity about Swift and Liam Payne’s relationship only grew following the latter’s recent untimely death at the young age of 31. Were they besties or simply fans of each other? What kind of relationship did they have?
Here is what has been discovered about Swift and Payne’s relationship.
Taylor Swift and Liam Payne’s relationship explained
Liam Payne and Taylor Swift likely familiarized themselves with each other through Harry Styles, Payne’s former One Direction bandmate who is also one of Swift’s ex-boyfriends.
Payne confirmed in an interview with On Demand Entertainment in 2017, that The Tortured Poets Department artist once sent him a handwritten note and a hamper that contained several gifts.
Liam Payne also revealed in an interview with Z100 New York, that he was once stuck in a lift with Taylor Swift, his parents, Ed Sheeran, and Styles. Here he also mentioned a humorous situation that happened on the lift, which was Styles repeatedly turning to him and saying the word “Bass”.
Payne indirectly revealed he was a Swiftie in a 2023 Soccer Aid ad with Love Island’s Tommy Fury, where they played a guessing game involving songs. Here, Payne kept humming to Swift’s popular song from Red, “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” with Fury correctly guessing the song and subsequently joking that he “shouldn’t know these songs”.
However, Taylor Swift has yet to address Liam Payne’s recent tragic death as she is not among the celebrities or musicians who paid tribute to him or addressed his passing like Charlie Puth, Zedd, The X-Factor, and Paris Hilton.
The final stretch of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour which resumes on October 18, 2024, is set to wrap up on December 8, 2024. The Eras Tour Book is also expected to drop on Black Friday, November 29, 2024, in physical Target stores before becoming available on the app and online the following day.
