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some of 1D's best songs exist because of liam payne, by the way. liam and louis were the dream team. they all wrote some good songs, but man. every time liam and louis joined up together, it ended up being a fucking banger. better than words. end of the day. fireproof. there are so many, so many strong songs that took 1D from being just a silly little "girl band" (which is what they always were and always will be to us, to me) to being something special, something that pierced through the industry whether people liked it or not. that was my band. they were my boys. i will miss liam for the rest of my life, and i'm not exaggerating that. not only because of who he was in the band, not only because of who he could have been once he held himself accountable enough to grow. i will miss his music, his talent. his voice. god. his voice. i'll just miss him. i miss him already.

Aaron Carter Dies At 34

Aaron Carter Dies At 34

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Aaron Carter Dies At 34

The pop star and rapper shot to fame as a young singer with hits like “Aaron’s Party (Come Get It)” and "I Want Candy."

Yalllllll, the last time Kaylor was photographed by the paps together they were with Serena Williams at the Bowery Ballroom.

😭😭😭

TIL Aaron Carter used to live in Lancaster CA, hope he finds the peace he was missing on the other side.

I just know it’s gonna really hit me the moment one of the boys says something and then I’m gonna lose it.

“It was really the most accidental thing to happen in lockdown. It wasn’t like, ‘It’s three o’clock, it’s time to write a song!’ It was just messing around on a piano and singing badly and being overheard and then thinking, you know, what if we tried to get to the end of it together? Sending it to Justin with the idea of doing a duet and getting voice notes back of him singing over the top and stuff was surreal. It was a perk of lockdown. It was fun to do it together, and I was proud of it. It was nice getting such a positive reception. [On if there's a version of “exile” with him singing on it] Jesus, there’s probably a voice note somewhere that should be burned.”

Joe Alwyn on writing songs for folklore and evermore

i’m in true shock x

Y'all don't understand ok Aaron's Party (Come Get It) was the first album I ever bought with my own money when I was 9 so I'm actually quite upset

i used to listen to this song on a fucking loop for days on end rip to the creator of our national anthem