Listen to the Unreleased Song Harry Styles Wrote for Liam Payne

During his Madison Square Garden performance as part of the "Together, Together" residency, Harry Styles paid tribute to his late friend and former bandmate Liam Payne by performing an unreleased song he had written for him. The concert took place on Friday, with the residency running from August 26 to October 31. Payne had tragically passed away on October 16, marking the second anniversary of his death.

Styles expressed gratitude for the opportunities he had and lamented the loss of one of his dear friends, stating that he hoped others could relate to the sadness he felt. Styles then announced that he would play a song he had written for Payne specifically two years prior, titled "What Is Enough." The video of the performance can be viewed here.

Payne's death occurred in October 2024, after he fell from the balcony of his Buenos Aires hotel at the age of 31. Reports indicated that the cause of death was multiple traumas resulting in both internal and external hemorrhage. Payne had traveled to Argentina to attend a concert by former bandmate Niall Horan. Before his success as a solo artist, Styles was part of the boy band One Direction, which rose to fame in 2010 after finishing third on "The X Factor."

The group had six top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 and pursued solo careers after going on hiatus in 2016, with hit songs like "What Makes You Beautiful," "Best Song Ever," "Drag Me Down," and "Story of My Life." In the aftermath of Payne's death, Styles, along with Tomlinson, Malik, and Horan, issued a statement expressing their deep sorrow and honoring their brother, who they had loved dearly.