Liam Payne’s first posthumous single will be released on Friday, less than three weeks after the singer’s death, the song’s producer announced.
“Do No Wrong” will arrive after Payne’s sudden death in Argentina on Oct. 16.
“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,” producer Sam Pounds wrote Monday in a post announcing the single’s release on X.
“I pray that this song will be a blessing to Ruth, Bear, and the entire family,” he said, referring to Payne’s sister, Ruth Gibbins, and his 7-year-old son, Bear.
Pounds continued, “I pray that this song eclipses the negative echoes. I pray supernatural positive healing power will embrace each and every one of you.”
He concluded his post by asking followers to “BE the blessing.”
Payne was found dead after falling from his third-floor balcony at a hotel in Argentina, shortly after a hotel receptionist called 911 to report that a distressed guest who was intoxicated with alcohol and drugs was “breaking the whole room.”
An autopsy found that Payne had 25 injuries “compatible with those produced by a fall from height” and that his cause of death was “polytraumatism, internal and external hemorrhage,” the Argentina National Prosecutor’s Office said. He was 31 years old.
Initial toxicology results reportedly found the drug cocktail known as “pink cocaine” in his system.
Payne first rose to stardom in 2010 as a member of boy band One Direction — alongside Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson — after being discovered on reality TV show “The X Factor.”
After the band went on hiatus in 2016, Payne debuted his first solo single, “Strip That Down” featuring Quavo, which reached No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. He later released a solo album, “LP1,” that debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart in December 2019.
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