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Watch Liam Payne sing One Direction song in heartbreaking final TikTok video days before his death at 31
The video, which you can watch above, saw Liam play a music game
LIAM Payne sang a One Direction classic in his final TikTok video before his tragic death.
The 31-year-old pop star died after falling from the third floor balcony of his hotel room in Argentina yesterday afternoon.
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Just weeks before the tragedy in Buenos Aires, Liam performed a snippet of the song 18 as part of a fun blind karaoke session.
In the video, Liam wore a cap and plaid jacket and sat with his back to a TV screen.
The game saw him try and sing along to the backing music of various famous songs without looking at the words.
Among the tracks he sang were Michael Jackson's Off The Wall, AC/DC's Back In Black and Rihanna's Umbrella.
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As the first notes of the 1D song played, Liam's eyes lit up and said: "Oh, I better know the words to this."
He then sang: "I got a heart and I got a soul, believe me, I will use them both."
Liam, who released latest solo single Teardrops in March, was in fine voice again last week when he sang along to pal Niall Horan's performance in Buenos Aires as star-struck fans watched on.
His last social posts were shared just minutes before his death and saw him watching TV and revealing his plans for the day.
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The videos appear to have been filmed days before his tragic fall as they feature Liam's girlfriend Kate Cassidy who left Argentina earlier this week.
He filmed American actress Kate, 25, as they ate breakfast, revealing they had been staying at their friend's home.
Liam Payne dead: One Direction star dies aged 31 after ‘falling from 3rd floor balcony’ of Buenos Aires hotel
He said: "This is the breakfast table, just enjoying breakfast and coffee even though it's 1pm."
Katie is heard in the background joking that the pair are "losers" for laying in so late.
Liam added: "Today, we ride. I think I'm going to be playing polo again, which is going to put me out of action for about six weeks.
"Honestly, polo, out of everything I've ever done sports-wise, not that I'm taking up polo professionally, by the way, I'm just like, I had a go for some fun.
"It's so hard to do, number one. Number two, my back and my neck from swinging that hammer around, or mallet, I think it's called, if you're in the know, it's polo language."
Later on, he filmed himself saying: "I look like the Joker, my hair's a bit cray-cray."
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Liam went on to record his girlfriend and their dog watching Jimmy Carr on TV in a different post, asking fans to write a caption for him.
He then posed shirtless with Kate for a mirror selfie before they puckered up for a video.
The Strip That Down hitmaker admired a painting at his friend Gon's house.
"It's a lovely day here in Argentina. Yeah. It hurts a lot. It's very tough to do," he said of playing polo again.
"But we're enjoying ourselves here at our lovely friend Gon's house. Shout out, Gon, wherever Gon is. Shout out, Gon. Big bad Gon."
Liam also admired a painting of a tree inside the home.
He said: "I envy things like this, painting-wise. Once again, shot from the back. It's really beautiful. So yeah, that's what we're doing today."
It comes as:
- One Direction fans held candlelit vigils outside the hotel
- The singer posted on Snapchat just minutes before his death
- Rylan Clark and Dermot O'Leary paid tribute to the singer
- His ex-fiancée Maya Henry broke her silence after his death
- Liam's girlfriend Kate Cassidy's message before he died
- Harry Styles' mum pays heartbreaking tribute to the star
Liam was staying at Hotel CasaSur in the neighbourhood of Palermo when he died.
Cops were called to an "an aggressive man who could be under the influence of drugs or alcohol", local media reported.
When they arrived, they found Liam dead.
Witnesses said Liam smashed his laptop and had to be carried back to his room due to his "erratic behaviour".
The Wolverhampton-born star rose to fame on One Direction and launched a solo career in 2016 after the group broke up.
His one and only solo album, LP1, was released in 2019.
The Sun revealed last week that Liam had parted ways with his management and shelved plans for a second solo album.
And earlier this week Liam's ex-fiancée Maya Henry called in lawyers after accusing him of repeatedly messaging her, friends, and her mum.
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Liam made his debut as a singer when he auditioned for The X Factor in 2008.
After being eliminated as a solo artist he auditioned again in 2010 and was put into a group with four other contestants to form One Direction.
Liam dated singer Cheryl Cole with the pair having a child named Bear in 2017.
They split in 2018 before he was linked to supermodel Naomi Campbell in 2019.
He had an on-off, three-year relationship with Maya, which was said to have ended for good in May, 2022.
The singer had been open about his battles with drugs.
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In 2021, he blamed a “pills and booze phase” for bloating his face to “ten times the size”, while also revealing he used to guzzle the contents of his mini bar when band chiefs checked the lads into hotels to keep fans at bay.
Last year he completed a 100-day stint in rehab after admitting to "losing himself".
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