Liam Payne dropped by his record label Universal Music just days before his death: report
Liam Payne was reportedly dropped by his record label, Universal Music, just days before his shocking death.
A source told the Daily Mail Thursday that Universal Music axed the former One Direction star from their roster as his solo career was floundering.
âLiamâs advance was massive and he didnât recoup [it],â the insider claimed. âOut of all of the One Direction boys, Liam was on the wrong path musically.â
Liam Payne was dropped by his record label, Universal Music, just days before his shocking death, the Daily Mail reported Thursday. AFP via Getty Images
An insider claimed the pop starâs solo career was floundering. AP
Payneâs sophomore album was reportedly put on hold before the record label cut ties.
The âStrip That Downâ singer signed with Capitol Records, which is owned by Universal Music, in 2016 after One Direction announced their indefinite hiatus in 2015.
Furthermore, the Daily Mail reported Payneâs publicity team resigned earlier in October.
Page Six reached out to Universal Music and reps for the musician for comment.
âLiamâs advance was massive and he didnât recoup [it]. Out of all of the One Direction boys, Liam was on the wrong path musically,â the source said. PA Images/INSTARimages
Universal Music Group said on Thursday that they were âdevastatedâ by the former One Direction starâs death. Getty Images
Universal Music posted a tribute to Payne on Thursday, writing that they are âdevastatedâ by his sudden passing.
âHis legacy will live on through his music and the countless fans he inspired and who adored him,â the statement added. âWe send our deepest condolences to Liamâs family and loved ones.â
Prior to his death, the pop star was also said to be feeling âextremely overwhelmed by all of the legal issuesâ with his ex-fiancĂ©e, Maya Henry, who reportedly sent him a cease-and-desist letter last week.
Payne was reportedly feeling âextremely overwhelmed by all of the legal issuesâ with his ex-fiancĂ©e, Maya Henry, before he died. Hannah Young/Shutterstock
Henry reportedly sent him a cease-and-desist letter last week.
The news of the legal action came after the model claimed in a TikTok video that Payne had been frequently contacting her and her family after their breakup â despite him being in a new relationship.
Furthermore, on Mondayâs episode of âThe Internet Is Deadâ podcast, Henry, 23, accused her ex-fiancĂ© of using his poor mental health as a âmanipulation tacticâ to get her to speak to him.
âHe would always message me ever since we broke up [saying], âOh, Iâm not well,’â she claimed. âHe would always play with death and be like, âWell, Iâm going to die. Iâm not doing well.’â
On Mondayâs episode of âThe Internet Is Deadâ podcast, the model claimed Payne would often âplay with deathâ to get her to speak to him. Dave Benett/Getty Images
She also claimed in a TikTok video he would contact her and her family constantly. Getty Images for Elton John AIDS Foundation
Eerily enough, she wrote about a person falling off a balcony in her fiction novel, âLooking Forward,â which was released earlier this year and inspired by her real life.
Payne died from multiple traumas that resulted in internal and external bleeding after he fell off a third-story balcony at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Wednesday evening.
He was reportedly acting âerraticallyâ and trashing his hotel room before he died.
Payne died Wednesday after falling off a third-story balcony at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina. NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images
He was 31 years old. Charles Sykes/Invision/AP
Payne was allegedly causing such a scene that the hotel manager called emergency services shortly before his death as he feared for the singerâs life.
âWe have a guest who is [allegedly] high and drunk; and when he is conscious, he is destroying his room and we need you to send someone, please,â the employee said on the phone.
âWe need you to send someone urgently because I donât know if his life is in danger.â
