Posthumous Liam Payne Song Set to Be Released This Week

Liam Payne will be heard on a new song just weeks after the One Direction star’s death.

Singer-songwriter Sam Pounds announced Monday, October 28, that he is releasing a previously-recorded collaboration with Payne, “Do No Wrong,” on Friday, November 1.

“I pray that this will be a blessing to the world like Liam has always dreamed. I pray angels will comfort you all every day while listening,” Pounds shared via X alongside a presave link to the new track Monday.

“I pray that this song will be a blessing to Ruth, Bear, and the entire family,” he continued, referring to Payne’s sister, Ruth Gibbins, and his son with Cheryl Cole, Bear. “I pray that this song eclipses the negative echoes. I pray supernatural positive healing power will embrace each and every one of you. Presave links here. With love ❤️ let’s all BE the blessing.”

Pounds previously shared behind-the-scenes footage from his recording studio session with Payne via Instagram on Wednesday, October 23. “Yea I see the reports but I knew your heart,” he wrote, adding that Payne also wanted Chris Brown to appear on the track.

Pounds paid tribute to Payne via Instagram on October 17, just a day after the singer fell from a third-story hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on October 16.

“@liampayne my bro 💔🌹I can’t believe I’m writing this post. I can’t believe you are gone in this way,” Pounds wrote at the time. “The happy, funny, and talented brother, father, and friend.”

During his lifetime, Payne released five studio albums with One Direction, four of which reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart. He released his first and only solo album, LP1, in 2019.

Payne died at age 31 earlier this month after falling from a hotel balcony at the CasaSur hotel in Buenos Aires. A partial autopsy subsequently showed that he had “pink cocaine” — a recreational drug that is typically a mix of methamphetamine, ketamine and MDMA — in his system at the time, along with cocaine, benzodiazepine and crack.

The initial preliminary autopsy revealed that Payne may have been “in a state of semi or total unconsciousness” at the time of his fall, as his injuries and the “position in which his body was found” suggested he “did not adopt a reflexive posture to protect himself.”

Payne suffered “multiple traumas” as a result of the fall, including “cranioencephalic injuries” that were “severe enough to cause death.” He also had hemorrhages in his skull, chest, abdomen and limbs.

“His injuries were incompatible with life,” Buenos Aires emergency services chief Alberto Crescenti said in a statement, according to La Nacion. “Based on what the team saw, there was apparently a cranial fracture and extremely serious injuries that led to his immediate death.”