Songwriter Man Chambers is looking on the music trade to cease placing minors in boybands following the loss of life of Liam Payne earlier this week.
The solo artist and former One Route member died at age 31 on Wednesday (October 16), following a deadly fall from a third-floor balcony on the CasaSur Palermo Lodge in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Since his loss of life, figures from throughout the music trade have spoken out concerning the influence fame has on younger stars. Payne was 14 when he first auditioned for the X Issue, and 16 when he grew to become a member of One Route through the present’s tenth season.
Robbie Williams was amongst these paying tribute, saying Payne’s “trials and tribulations had been similar to mine” as a former boyband member. The ex-Take That frontman has beforehand opened up about his historical past of self-harm and melancholy and inspired individuals to be extra “cautious” concerning the feedback they make in direction of these within the public eye.
Now, Chambers, who labored carefully with Williams on hits like ‘Angels’ and ‘Let Me Entertain You’ has mirrored on Payne’s immense fame at a younger age. “I do suppose placing a 16-year-old in an grownup world like that’s doubtlessly actually damaging. Robbie [Williams] skilled that, definitely,” he informed the Observer.
He continued: “I’ve 4 youngsters, so I take into consideration this rather a lot. I do know in Robbie’s case, with Take That, there wasn’t any correct safety set as much as take care of what had been teenage boys. That was a very long time in the past, however I don’t see a lot signal of change. There’s not way more actual care taken, that I’ve noticed, from individuals concerned within the large tv expertise reveals.”
Chambers went on to say that the trade ought to take into account introducing new rules: “I might counsel that individuals shouldn’t be in a boyband till they’re 18, and the trade ought to stick with that, too.”
Elsewhere Sharon Osbourne additionally accused the music trade of “letting down” Payne, writing in an Instagram publish: “Liam, my coronary heart aches. All of us allow you to down. The place was this trade if you wanted them? You had been only a child if you entered one of many hardest industries on the planet. Who was in your nook? Relaxation in peace my good friend”
Osbourne’s tribute to Payne follows feedback from Katie Waissel, who competed alongside One Route on the expertise present, calling for extra “care and help for younger artists”. Equally, Rebecca Ferguson, who completed in second place on the identical season of the present, paid tribute to Payne whereas additionally talking out towards the “exploitation and profiteering of younger stars.”
Bruce Springsteen additionally mentioned that the music trade places “monumental pressures on younger individuals” within the wake of Payne’s loss of life, whereas Victoria Canal shared that, as an artist who feels “determined” to attain the success that Payne as soon as had, feels duped by “the promise of what ‘success’ on this trade is.”
One Route’s surviving members Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Harry Types shared a joint assertion on Payne’s loss of life earlier this week, the place they expressed their devastation, and mentioned they would wish time “to grieve and course of the lack of our brother, who we beloved dearly.”
Fan vigils for Payne have additionally cropped up internationally, together with in Liverpool and Argentina, the place he died. Earlier this week, Payne’s father Geoff joined the crowds exterior the Casa Sur Lodge and thanked followers who had gathered in reminiscence of his son.
Throughout the music trade, others have paid respects to Payne, together with Shawn Mendes, Maggie Rogers, Rita Ora and Liam Gallagher.
Cheryl, Payne’s ex-partner and mom to his 7-year-old son Bear, has spoken out concerning the “indescribably painful” loss and urged individuals to “give Liam the little dignity he has left”.
