One Direction’s Liam Payne is finally poised to release some solo material, following in the footsteps of every other member of the band.
He just posted a teaser of his upcoming single/video to Instagram — and when we say teaser, we mean it’s like 3 seconds of footage (albeit shirtless).
Related: One Direction’s Liam Payne And Zayn Malik Have Tasted Each Other’s Lips. Here’s Why.
What can we expect from his new offers? According to songwriter-producer Ryan Tedder:
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“If you took ‘Story of My Life’ and turned it into an album, that’s kind of Niall’s direction, right? Zayn obviously went R&B and urban. Harry is classic Britpop; Mott the Hoople meets Robbie Williams – that lane. I like Louis, but he’s the one I’ve talked to the least.
“Funnily enough of all the routes that people have taken, the one lane that was left wide open was straight pop. So Liam is pop and doing it in a fantastic fashion. He has a killer voice. There are elements of stuff I like from Usher, there’s stuff that’s edgy like The Weeknd … it’s all over the map – it’s pop. It’s really high quality. I’ve only done one song with him that I did with Stargate. I’m cutting another song with him next week. The other one that [Zancanella] did with J Kash, it’s my favorite record I’ve heard. If it’s not a hit I need to clear my ears out – it’s so good.”
Here’s that little morsel of new music for you:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BT6vNhnFvtH/?taken-by=liampayne
h/t: Towleroad
Dan
The one direction kids sure got their gay baiting skills down.
ChrisK
You ever notice how it’s always the cutest one that goes solo. Wonder why that is? Lol
ChrisK
Then onward to starring in some idie films.
jjose712
All of them went solo, in fact he is the last one to go solo
phallictomato
Meh. Liam’s always been a homophobe, so he doesn’t do anything for me. I mean, why the hell would you send a message to one of the Duck Dynasty homophobes saying you agree with their family “values”? Then have the audacity to attempt to gay bait us. Nice try Liam, but your behaviour towards gay people is disgusting and I don’t like you because of it. Good luck with your solo career.
ChrisK
I forgot about that. Spent the wknd with them posing in pics. Too bad Queerty has not function to let you post pics.
Rob91316
I still definitely would though…. Maybe a good hate-f*ck will “cure” him of his “family values” platform. 😉
jjose712
He and Louis had several problems with everything gay (in Louis case is simply self hate if the rumours are true).
Liam was bestie with Tom Daley long time ago, but he is unable to keep himself from saying inapropiate things at the worst moments.
In a couple of years only Harry and Niall will remain (maybe Zayn is he is able to stay away from drugs)
Xzamilloh
Nope. I’m good
stevetalbert
Is it a solo career as a call boy??! Why shirtless?
Sluggo2007
Oh, please! All those boys are so gay, you have to catch them with butterfly nets.
Donston
Can we stop throwing out nonsense like that?
Donston
You’re using homosexuality as a negative and falling into the “gays think everyone is gay” mentality by claiming homosexuality of five randomly assembled dudes with no “evidence”.
He BGB
Is the fan base here 12 year old girls ?