The band’s hit, “Night Changes,” was the sixth most-streamed song worldwide on Spotify the day after Payne’s death.

In the early days of One Direction's world-dominating stardom, Liam Payne, who died Wednesday at the age of 31, was known as the ringleader of the teenage quintet. As a teen, Zayn Malik was too shy to deliver the high notes he's known for today,