"I saw the joy it brought to Liam," Scherzinger has said in an interview about making Netflix's new reality contest.

Acknowledging the loss right off the bat, the first episode opens with a touching tribute to Payne.

"I love doing things that break all the rules," says Nicole Scherzinger with a smile during a sit-down interview with Billboard at Netflix's New York City office. "It doesn't get any more real than having a band put themselves together without any record execs or labels telling them what they have to do,