Liam Payne has signed with CAA for representation in all areas of representation.
In March, the former One Direction member released a single, “Teardrops,” written with *NSYNC's JC Chasez. It was his first new music in three years. “Teardrops is out now,” Payne posted on Instagram. “This song is born from many tears, not all of them mine. I hope you love it as much as I do and not many of you can.”
Payne has never toured solo after canceling a South American outing last fall after falling ill and being hospitalized with a severe kidney infection. Of course, One Direction were a touring force. His biggest outing was 2014's Where We Are tour, which grossed $290.2 million and sold 3.4 million tickets across 69 shows, earning the band the No. 1 spot on the Advertising signThe year-end Top Tours chart in 2014, according to Billboard Boxscore.
Aside from “Teardrops,” Payne has been relatively quiet in recent years — though perhaps the announcement marks the start of a new chapter. After One Direction went on hiatus in 2015, he released his debut solo single, “Strip That Down,” featuring Quavo, which peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2017. He has since released several other singles, including ” For You” with Rita Ora, who was in Fifty Shades Freed soundtrack and a top 10 hit in the UK He released a solo album, LP1in 2019 via Capitol Records.
Payne also served as the first global brand ambassador for Hugo Boss in 2019 and collaborated with the designer on the Hugo x Liam Payne capsule collection, which debuted at Berlin Fashion Week in July 2020.
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