Harry Styles Debuts Unreleased Song He Wrote in Memory of Liam Payne, ‘What Is Enough,’ on Second Anniversary of Ex-Bandmate’s Death

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Chris Willman

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The mood was typically celebratory at Harry Styles‘ residency show at New York’s Madison Square Garden Friday night, but Harry Styles was not about to let the second anniversary of the death of former One Direction bandmate Liam Payne go unremarked upon — or, to the shock of fans, unsung about.

Styles used the encore at MSG to premiere “What Is Enough,” a song he said he wrote “about two years ago” but has kept private until now. Performed as an acoustic ballad with minimal accompaniment, the number had Styles singing his thoughts aloud to Payne, to “help you understand what you leave behind.” In the lyrics, he further described the funeral that took place Nov. 20, 2024, singing, “I could tell you what it’s like to bury friends on a Wednesday night, gathered in the garden ’round a fire.”

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