Bruce Springsteen, 75, details ‘enormous pressure’ within music industry in wake of Liam Payne’s tragic death
Bruce Springsteen has opened up about the music industry since Liam Payne's death
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Bruce Springsteen has opened up about how the music industry continues to put “enormous pressure on young people” after the tragic news of Liam Payne's, 31, death in Argentina.
On Wednesday, October 16, The One Direction star fell 45ft from his third-floor balcony into the courtyard of the Casa Sur Hotel in Argentina's capital.
Medics quickly arrived at the scene and confirmed his death, before it was revealed via a post-mortem examination found that he had died of multiple traumas and “internal and external haemorrhage”.
Payne’s family, friends and fans have been left stunned and heartbroken by the news of his death, with tributes continuing to pour in.
Musician Springsteen has since opened up about the music industry and how it is damaging young people’s mental health and careers.
Speaking to the Telegraph he said: “That's not an unusual thing in my business. It's a normal thing. It's a business that puts enormous pressure on young people.
Liam Payne tragically died at the age of 31-years-old
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“Young people don't have the inner facility or the inner self yet to be able to protect themselves from a lot of the things that come with success and fame.
“So they get lost in a lot of the difficult and often pain-inducing (things)... whether it's drugs or alcohol to take some of that pressure off.”
He added that he understands this “very well” from his own experience, as he has done his “own wrestling with different things”.
The Dancing in the Dark singer has previously detailed his depression in his memoir Born To Run, and said he came “close to the abyss”.
Liam Payne rose to fame as part of the band One Direction
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When coming out of the X Factor, Payne and his fellow bandmates, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik and Niall Horan, were thrown into stardom.
Opening up about the pressure of global fame previously, Payne revealed to Stephen Bartlett on the Diary Of The CEO podcast in 2021, that he was worried about how far his rock bottom would be.
“I don't know if I've hit rock bottom yet. I was worried about how far my rock bottom was going to be. Where's rock bottom for me? And you would never have seen it. I'm very good at hiding it.
“I don't even know if I have hit it yet. I can either make that choice now and pick my last moment as my rock bottom or I can make a whole new low.”
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Kate Cassidy left Liam Payne in Argentina days before his death
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He added that he had suffered for years with “social anxiety” and “stress” from being famous, discussing the pressure his mental health was under while not having the freedom to go anywhere as a boyband member.
Payne also told Ant Middleton that he felt he was “lucky to be here still” during the stars Straight Talking programme in the same year.
The What Makes You Beautiful hitmaker said: “There are times where that level of loneliness and people getting into you every day every so often...
“It's like, 'When will this end?'... that's almost nearly killed me a couple of times.”