Liam Payne's first posthumous song to be released

Liam Payne's first posthumous song will be released in days.

Before his death from a fatal fall from a hotel balcony on October 16, the One Direction star had been in the studio with Grammy winner Sam Pounds.

The producer hopes their song, Do No Wrong, "eclipses the negative echoes" and provides some "healing power" for his loved ones and fans as they mourn the loss of the 31-year-old pop star.

Sharing the track's artwork, an angel with a broken heart above its head, on X, Pounds wrote: "I pray that this will be a blessing to the world like Payne has always dreamed.

"I pray angels will comfort you all everyday while listening. I pray that this song will be a blessing to (Payne's sister) Ruth, (son) Bear, and the entire family.

"I pray that this song eclipses the negative echoes. I pray supernatural positive healing power will embrace each and every one of you ... With love let's all BE the blessing."

Pounds recently revealed to his Instagram followers that Payne was keen to get Chris Brown to feature on Do Know Wrong.

Payne had recorded a follow-up to his 2019 debut album LP1 but reports suggested the record was shelved after the first single Teardrops failed to chart in March.

An insider recently claimed he was subsequently ditched by his label because bosses at Universal Music were concerned his new songs would fail to win over the pop band's fan base.

Payne previously opened up about his second solo album at a fan event and revealed all the songs told a story from his life.

He said: "This time, the scariest part is that every one of these songs is a story from my life. And they're really close to me. I hope people feel that through every song, that I actually felt whatever it is you're feeling right now listening to this.

"We've rewritten a lot of these songs based off the idea of where we're going with this and also how I'm feeling as a person.

"I used to show up to sing a song, then go. Absolutely not this time. We're going to have fun with this."