Like other members of One Direction, Payne had launched a solo musical career and signed with Universal Music. Unfortunately, he was never as successful on his own as he was when he was part of his famous band. The source claims that Liam Payne was dropped by his label due to flagging sales and that this action preceded his suicide by only a few days.

The source was very blunt about Payne’s failing career and how it stacked up (or rather, didn’t stack up) against the solo careers of his former bandmates. “Liam’s advance was massive and he didn’t recoup it,” they said. “Out of all the One Direction boys, Liam was on the wrong path musically.”