Liam Payne's second album 'put on hold' as former One Direction star faces new career setback

Liam Payne's 2nd medium has reportedly been enactment “on hold” aft the prima was deed by different vocation blow.

The erstwhile One Direction subordinate released Teardrops, the archetypal azygous from his 2nd album, successful March, but the way failed to chart.

And now, plans for the 31-year-old’s medium person since stalled, according to The Sun aft the vocalist parted ways with his manager.

“Things are pugnacious for Liam astatine the moment. His erstwhile manager Roger stepped backmost earlier this year,” a root told the outlet.

“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 medium but present it's wholly connected pause. Liam is telling radical present helium has nary thought if it'll ever beryllium released.”

In February, Payne sparked concern erstwhile helium shared a clip of himself breaking down successful tears arsenic helium prepared to merchandise single, Teardrops.

Captioning the clip connected TikTok, Payne said: “There were decidedly a batch of teardrops shed successful making these records and for the archetypal clip you truly get a representation of what it was similar for maine each time of making this record.

“This medium virtually is that full past twelvemonth for me. How I was feeling connected those days is each record. It was a snapshot of that day.

“So you tin adjacent assistance idiosyncratic done a pugnacious time, assistance idiosyncratic observe something.

“That's truly what I privation to get crossed successful this grounds and that's the champion portion I conjecture astir my job.”

Prior to sharing the video, Payne shared different clip of his upcoming azygous - which is an affectional ballad - to Instagram, saying it was “born from galore tears.”

Underneath the clip successful the caption, helium wrote: “A opus calved from galore (tear emoji) immoderate excavation immoderate not.”

Lyrics of the azygous include: “Teardrops are falling down your look again, cos I don't cognize however to emotion you and I americium breached too.”

In 2022, the British prima revealed helium had a carnal altercation with 1 of his bandmates during a heated exchange, though helium chose not to uncover who it was.

Speaking connected Logan Paul's Impaulsive podcast astatine the time, helium talked astir his estimation for “not taking s**t”, which sometimes led to tension.

He shared: ‘There was an statement backstage and 1 member, successful particular, threw maine up a wall.

“So I said to him, ‘If you don’t region those hands, there’s a precocious likelihood you’ll ne'er usage them again’.”

Fans person agelong speculated whether the bandmate progressive was Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan,Zayn Malik, orHarry Styles. Now, Payne’s ex-girlfriend has claimed it was Malik.