Liam Payne asked Cheryl Cole for music advice

Former One Direction star Liam Payne said he asked girlfriend Cheryl Cole for advice before debuting his new music. The singer released his debut solo single 'Strip That Down' on Friday and said his 33-year-old girlfriend - with whom he has two-month-old son Bear - gave him her honest and brutal opinion on the track before he shared it with the world.

"For the first part, I can't show her anything.If I show her something that's half finished, she'll be like 'no I don't like it'."
"She's open and honest and brutal. There's a song I wrote on the album that she knows I've written, she's like 'no I hate it. It's crap'. I'd rather she'd be honest. I wouldn't want her to feed me any nonsense," the 23-year-old singer said.