Liam Payne’s loneliness revealed in horrifically grim paintings before death

Tormented Liam Payne felt like a lonely insect trapped in a glass jar as he struggled with the global fame swirling around him.

The star poured out his anguish in a painting that tackles the burden of loneliness, RadarOnline can reveal.

An imprint of the loam called ‘No escape Lonely insect‘is currently for sale on the auction site eBay for $5,200 as owner tries to cash in on British-born One Direction star’s shocking drug-induced death in Argentina earlier this month.

Liam’s art focuses on the burden of fame and questions whether people are only truly happy as children.

The work depicts a humanoid creature with wings trapped in the glass bubble amidst dark clouds, pointing a finger at the trapped creature – showing how Liam, who died aged just 31 after falling from a hotel room balcony with a cocktail of drugs including cocaine in his system, opened up about his life.

Liam said of the Lonely Bug work: “It’s all a bit lockdown-based – there’s a bit of familiarity in it too, and exactly how I felt at the start of this.

Concept by Liam Payne, Zedd and Sillygabe during the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020 when we all, no matter who we are, became locked in our own four walls.

“Lonely Bug tries to capture the emotions and experiences of everyone, as our own existence retreated into a childlike simplicity. A moment that allowed us to think about what we need to be happy. A child is filled with hope and expectation, anything is possible.

“Dreams can come true. That moment of innocence that every child is born with before all illusions crumble, their love never torn apart. Is this true happiness? Don’t let anyone dampen the child within you.”

We can also reveal the staff of the Buenos Aires hotel where Liam died is being investigated on suspicion of supplying him with drugs.

His hotel room was found in a disarray, with the TV screen broken and liquor and drug residue strewn about the suite.

Items suspected to be narcotics, including white powder and aluminum foil, were among those found there by police. A cleaner and another staff member at the Casa Sur hotel are being investigated by police on suspicion of supplying drugs to Payne, who was from the city of Wolverhampton.

According to initial toxicology reports, the father of one had multiple drugs, including crack cocaine and methamphetamine, in his system when he fell.

A cocktail of drugs called ‘pink cocaine’ – containing methamphetamine, ketamine and MDMA – had been found during a partial autopsy, along with crack cocaine and benzodiazepine.

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