Liam Payne, formerly of the boy-band One Direction, announced today that he will be releasing a new Christmas song this Friday, October 30th. The track will be called Naughty List and fans can listen to a brief teaser on Payne’s TikTok as of today.
Fans are speculating that Dixie D’Amelio could be a possible feature on the new release because Apple Music credits her as a contributor under their search engine. However, this surprise has yet to be confirmed by Payne.
The release of Naughty List is set to drop this Friday, the day before Payne’s livestream concert ‘The Halloween Special’ is set to air. Tickets for the livestream event are on sale today and will be Act 3 of Payne’s YouTube series ‘The LP Show’.
In December of 2019 Payne released his first debut album as a solo-artist, LP1, which did not receive critical praise. However, off this album Payne released his first Christmas song called All I Want (For Christmas) which joined Strip That Down and Bedroom Floor as successful tracks amongst an unsuccessful album.
Following the release of LP1, Payne collaborated with Alesso on the 6 track EP Midnight, which did see critical acclaim for the 27-year-old artist in 2020. The title track Midnight was released with its accompanying music video in April and rose in the UK charts for the summer season.
Payne’s short solo-career, follow the indefinite hiatus of One Direction back in 2016, saw peak success with the song Strip That Down which held the number 3 seat in the UK Charts in 2017. On this hit track Payne worked with Ed Sheeran who is credited as a cowriter. Sheeran is among big names such as Rita Ora, Zedd, Pharrell Williams and more who Payne has worked with during his solo-stint.
As well as being known as a renowned songwriter, having written over half the songs on the 3rd and 4th One Direction albums, he also works as a producer under the moniker Payno. Payne sits as a director for One Made Productions Limited which has most notably produced the alt-band 5 Seconds of Summer.
Payne has been unable to plan a tour for his first debut album due to safety concerns surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic, but as found success performing livestream events for The LP Show. Naughty List will be available this Friday, tickets are online for his upcoming livestream show ‘Halloween Special’ and his album LP1, as well as the EP Midnight, are available on all streaming platforms.
