Liam Payne Honored Months After His Death with Touching Video Tribute at 2025 BRIT Awards to 'Celebrate His Legacy': Watch

Mar. 15, 2025

Liam Paynewas remembered at the2025 BRIT Awards.

The singer was honored months after his October 2024 death with a specialvideo tributeat the annual awards ceremony, which was held in London on Saturday, March 1.

Host Jack Whitehall introduced the tribute, saying, “It is now time to take a moment to remember a very special person who meant so much to so many of the people in this room and to millions of you around the world.”

“Last October, we woke to the devastating news that Liam Payne had tragically passed away,” Whitehall, 36, continued. “He achieved so much in the short time that he was on this earth and was not only a supreme gifted musician but an incredibly kind soul who touched the lives of everyone he came into contact with.”

“We have so many amazing memories of Liam here at the BRITs, so tonight we celebrate his legacy and look back and remember the remarkable Liam Payne,” he concluded.

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Jack Whitehall honors Liam Payne during the 2025 BRIT Awards on March 1.JMEnternational/Getty

JMEnternational/Getty

A video montage then appeared on-screen that first showed Payne singing theOne Directionsong “Little Things” into a microphone. Photos of him as a child next appeared, as well as footage of Payne recreating a childhood photo of himself with hisparents Karen and Geoffand sisters Nicola and Ruth.

“I hope that me singing today brings some people some enjoyment somewhere," Payne said halfway through the clip, before more footage played of the artist.

The montage finished with a black-and-white shot of Payne smiling.

Payne’s former One Direction bandmateLouis Tomlinsonreacted to the tribute on X,writing, “Thank you @BRITs. Beautiful tribute. Miss you always brother x.”

Payne pictured in March 2023.Karwai Tang/WireImage

Karwai Tang/WireImage

Paynediedat age 31 on Oct. 16, 2024, after falling off a balcony at CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The new information comes after it was reported on Feb. 19 that Payne’s friend Roger Nores and hotel workers Gilda Martin and Esteban Grassi werecleared of chargesin connection to his death, perRolling Stoneand theBBC.

source: people.com