Students at a college campus where One Direction filmed music video react to Liam Payne’s death
AS THE MUSIC WORLD MOURNS THE DEATH OF FORMER “ONE DIRECTION” SINGER LIAM PAYNE, PEOPLE IN OUR REGION ARE ALSO REMEMBERING HIM. IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE BAND’S CAREER, THEY FILMED THE MUSIC VIDEO FOR THEIR SONG “GOTTA BE YOU” ON THE SUNY PLATTSBURGH CAMPUS AND IN LAKE PLACID. parts of the MUSIC VIDEO WERE filmed NEAR HAWKINS POND, OUTSIDE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY HALL AND MACOMB HALL ON CAMPUS. WE SPOKE WITH ONE STUDENT WHO SAYS HE GREW UP LISTENING TO THE BANDS MUSIC AND IS SADDENED BY PAYNE’S DEATH. <ELISHUA OVIEDO SOPHOMORE, SUNY PLATTSBURGH 15;53;23;08 – 15;53;37;07 “I MEAN, I WASN’T HERE WHEN THEY SHOT THE VIDEO, BUT IT’S STILL KIND OF CRAZY. LIKE, IT’S STILL CRAZY. LIKE, I DON’T KNOW, I NEVER MET HIM, BUT THEIR MUSIC, THE MUSIC WAS GOOD. I GREW UP LISTENING TO THEM AND HE
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Students at a college campus where One Direction filmed music video react to Liam Payne’s death
In the early days of One Direction’s career, the band filmed the music video for their hit song “Gotta Be You” on the SUNY Plattsburgh campus and in nearby Lake Placid
As fans and the music world mourns the death of Liam Payne, a former member of the British boy band One Direction, people in the Plattsburgh, New York, region are also reflecting on his legacy. Payne died Wednesday in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was 31.Payne, whose voice helped define a generation of pop hits, is remembered for a special connection to the area. In the early days of One Direction’s career, the band filmed the music video for their hit song “Gotta Be You” on the SUNY Plattsburgh campus and in nearby Lake Placid. Parts of the video were shot around Hawkins Pond and outside Champlain Valley and Macomb halls.One student, Elishua Oviedo, a sophomore at SUNY Plattsburgh, shared his reaction to Payne’s death.“I mean, I wasn’t here when they shot the video, but it’s still kind of crazy. Like, it’s still crazy. Like, I don’t know, I never met him. But their music, the music was good. I grew up listening to them, and he’s gone now. And the way he died was tragic,” Oviedo said.
As fans and the music world mourns the death of Liam Payne, a former member of the British boy band One Direction, people in the Plattsburgh, New York, region are also reflecting on his legacy.
Payne died Wednesday in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was 31.
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Payne, whose voice helped define a generation of pop hits, is remembered for a special connection to the area.
In the early days of One Direction’s career, the band filmed the music video for their hit song “Gotta Be You” on the SUNY Plattsburgh campus and in nearby Lake Placid.
Parts of the video were shot around Hawkins Pond and outside Champlain Valley and Macomb halls.
One student, Elishua Oviedo, a sophomore at SUNY Plattsburgh, shared his reaction to Payne’s death.
“I mean, I wasn’t here when they shot the video, but it’s still kind of crazy. Like, it’s still crazy. Like, I don’t know, I never met him. But their music, the music was good. I grew up listening to them, and he’s gone now. And the way he died was tragic,” Oviedo said.