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Liam Payne Previewed New Music for AJ McLean Before His Death: ‘It Was a Great Body of Work’

Liam Payne played unreleased music for Backstreet Boys' AJ McLean prior to his death in October 2024. The 'Making the Band' host called it beautiful.

The Backstreet Boys member, who worked with the late One Direction singeron Netflix’s Building the Band, hopes fans will get to hear the "beautiful music" one day The Backstreet Boys member developed a close rapport with the One Direction singer while working on the Netflix series Building the Band. Less than two weeks after his death, the musician Sam Pounds announced and later postponed plans to release their collaboration “Do No Wrong,” saying, “It’s not the time yet.”

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