Revealed: Liam Payne's 'love song for his ex Naomi Campbell' recorded just weeks before his death - which he died believing would be his next hit
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Liam Payne wrote and recorded his final song as a tribute to his love for supermodel Naomi Campbell, the Mail on Sunday can reveal. The former One Direction star dated Ms Campbell for several months in 2019 and began composing the song ‘Closer to You’ shortly after their break-up.
![[The former One Direction star dated Ms Campbell (pictured) for several months in 2019 and began composing the song ‘Closer to You’ shortly after their break-up]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/21/21/93390599-14217613-image-m-22_1734818048081.jpg)
But he abandoned work on the love song - which opens with a reference to smelling her perfume lingering in the air - until earlier this year when he finally recorded it. He died believing it would be his next hit. The Mail on Sunday understands that Liam, who died in October after falling from a hotel balcony in Argentina aged just 31, was extremely proud of the record and, we have been told, Ms Campbell is aware he composed the song in her honour.
![[But Mr Payne (pictured) abandoned work on the love song - which opens with a reference to smelling her perfume lingering in the air - until earlier this year when he finally recorded it]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/21/21/93390603-14217613-image-a-23_1734818071536.jpg)
A source said: ‘Liam and Naomi dated for three or four months and, like all things with Liam, he took it very seriously. He was an emotional guy. They didn’t have a big bust-up, it was more that they realized their relationship couldn’t last long-term because they were both juggling careers and traveling a lot.’.
![[The lyrics talk of his yearning ‘to get closer to you’ and reveal she was the one ‘who walked away'. Pictured: Ms Campbell]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/21/21/93390611-14217613-image-a-24_1734818133807.jpg)
The split was amicable and they remained friends. The lyrics talk of his yearning ‘to get closer to you’ and reveal she was the one ‘who walked away.’. Model Noami Campbell with pop singer Liam Payne at dinner in Ghana, January 2019. The former One Direction star dated Ms Campbell (pictured) for several months in 2019 and began composing the song ‘Closer to You’ shortly after their break-up.
![[The Mail on Sunday understands that Liam, who died in October after falling from a hotel balcony in Argentina aged just 31, was extremely proud of the record]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/21/21/93390601-14217613-image-a-25_1734818156979.jpg)
