Liam Payne’s vocals will return to the airwaves when his posthumous debut album Do No Wrong is released this Friday (November 1).
The single, a collaboration with Grammy-winning producer Sam Pounds, was released just weeks after Payne’s sudden passing, sparking tributes and memories from friends and fans around the world. Pounds announced the news on social media, saying it was a tribute to Payne’s spirit and talent and a personal message to Payne’s family and fans.
“I pray this will be a blessing to the world Liam has always dreamed of,” Ponds wrote on the X. I pray this song will bless Ruth, Belle and the entire family,” Pounds wrote.
“I pray that this song will remove the negative reverberations. I pray that the supernatural, positive healing power will embrace each and every one of you.
The release announcement included a video clip from a recent studio session shared by Payne’s sister, Ruth Gibbons, capturing the two musicians listening to the song together. The footage also shows Pounds and Penn discussing possible collaborators and paying tribute to Chris Brown, hinting at the project’s ambitions to lead into a high-profile film.
After Payne’s death, Ponzi paid tribute to Payne on social media many times, calling him a talented artist, devoted father and friend. “This is how I’ll always remember you, bro,” he shared in a video of them in the studio. “Happy, funny, talented brother, father and friend.”
He added that they “created some wonderful and beautiful music together that will live on forever.”
On October 16, 31-year-old Payne fell to his death from the third-floor balcony of the Casa Sur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina. internal and external bleeding.
Liam Payne first rose to fame as a member of the British boy band One Direction, joining other members Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Harry S. Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson.
Together, the band achieved huge global success, with four of their albums reaching number one on the Billboard 200 and their final release reaching number two. The song debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Strip That Down” performed by Quavo, and spent two consecutive weeks at the top of the pop charts in 2017.
his first album, LP1debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Heatseekers Album Chart in December 2019. Appearing on various Billboard charts.