Liam Payne Champions Positivity For 'One World: Together At Home' Performance

Liam Payne is no stranger to getting creative in quarantine. Earlier this month, he and Alesso dropped the transatlantic video for their new teamwork, "Midnight," which they filmed from their respective homes. Then, they reunited for an equally innovative, at-home efficiency of the song on The Late Late Show. For his latest trick, Payne polished off the track nevertheless again for an outstanding cause — he performed "Midnight" as segment of the One World: With each other At Home event on Saturday (April 18).


With a camera zoomed in on his face, we got a up-close view of Payne belting those sky-high notes on the track's moving chorus: "I just wanna lay here and fall into midnight / And fall right into you." The singer previously told MTV News that he considers "Midnight" a stimulating song about "overcoming something bigger with each other and the lyrics beautifully discussed to that poignancy. "Any problems, we'll figure it out / Any love lost, we'll bring back around / Any damaged heart, we'll make it heal," he sang, while a guitar player joined him remotely. Even without Alesso's energy-boosting beat drops, Payne's acoustic rendition was a stunner.


Just before his efficiency, Payne took a minute to address the uncertainty that so several folks are facing amid the global coronavirus pandemic, and to champion a positive mindset. "It's a pretty dark time for us all now, I feel," he mentioned. "For my own personalized benefit, I'm attempting to think all of the pretty things that are coming out of it and staying positive. And I think this is one of these. I really feel at the moment we're all being brought a lot closer with each other by this solidarity we have to feel now. … I hope you're enjoying yourselves at residence as much as you could, and I hope that me singing today brings some people some enjoyment somewhere."


Kesha and Payne's former One Direction bandmate, Niall Horan, also performed as piece of Global Citizen's One World: With each other At Home digital special on Saturday afternoon. The event will continue into Saturday evening with a two-hour televised special uniting some of the hugest names in entertainment to raise funds for the global COVID-19 response effort. The primary telecast will be co-hosted by late-night talk show hosts Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, and Jimmy Fallon. Performers and presenters set to be featured include Gaga, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Jennifer Lopez, Alicia Keys, Shawn Mendes, Lizzo, and a few more stars.