Liam Payne’s second album ‘on ice’ after ‘struggling’ star hit by major career blow

HE was erstwhile seen arsenic 1 of the astir promising members of One Direction, blistery connected the heels of superstar Harry Styles.

But contempt his solo vocation getting disconnected to a bumper commencement acknowledgment to Ed Sheeran penning his deed Strip That Down, Liam Payne's vocation present appears to beryllium going disconnected course.

We person been told plans to merchandise his agelong awaited 2nd medium - his archetypal since 2019’s LP1 - person been softly enactment connected crystal aft his archetypal azygous from the record, Teardrops, failed to illustration backmost successful March.

To marque things harder for Liam, his day-to-day manager is nary longer moving with him aft parting ways earlier this year.

Those closest to Liam are acrophobic helium has been near floundering, with nary 1 watching retired for him.

A person said: “Things are pugnacious for Liam astatine the moment.

“His erstwhile manager Roger stepped backmost earlier this year. He was a dependable manus for Liam and helium appears to beryllium struggling without his guidance.

“Things person started to look somewhat erratic, with plans being made earlier they are cancelled past minute.

“Liam had been doing truly good connected his 2nd album but present it’s wholly connected pause. Liam is telling radical present helium has nary thought if it’ll ever beryllium released.”

The latest stroke to his medium comes conscionable weeks aft euphony insiders told america a planned documentary astir Liam’s conflict with increasing up successful the spotlight had been shelved.

The film was going to illustration Liam’s well-documented tussle with the trappings and fame and fortune.

In June 2021 helium opened up astir struggling with portion and drugs and admitted helium was shocked aft seeing pictures of himself, adding: “I was each bloated out. I telephone it my pills-and-booze face.”

He checked himself into a rehab installation the pursuing twelvemonth and past summer helium proudly said helium was 100 days sober and was engaged moving connected caller projects.

Liam said: “I was having a drink, and I thought, ‘You cognize what, this isn’t truly serving maine astatine all, I don’t truly request this close now,’

“It’s the archetypal clip I’ve ever enactment a portion down and gone to idiosyncratic else, ‘You decorativeness this, I don’t request this close now.’

“And I haven’t picked 1 up since, which has astir been six months.

He added: “I consciousness similar I’ve got much of a grip connected beingness present and everything that was getting distant from me, I conscionable consciousness similar I’ve got much of a grip connected it.

“I conscionable needed to instrumentality a small spot of clip retired for myself really because

"I benignant of became idiosyncratic who I didn’t truly recognise anymore. It’s bully to beryllium successful this position. I decidedly don’t request those things anymore. The party’s over.”

Fame and luck is truly not each it’s cracked up to be.