Music News for Thursday

LIAM PAYNE FEELS LIKE ‘DADA MONTANA’: Being a young dad and a touring pop star can sometimes make Liam Payne feel like he’s living a double life – like Miley Cyrus in Hannah Montana. “When I’m at home, I’m a dad. Then when I [work], I see all these crazy things. I’ve been going by Dada Montana,” Liam, 24, jokes to People magazine. Liam’s son Bear, with ex Cheryl Cole, is 15-months-old. The singer says it’s been hard being away from him while touring and recording his first solo album. Despite their recent breakup, Liam says he’s grateful to Cheryl for taking care of Bear while he’s away. “Babies want their mom; I would never have wanted to get in the way of that,” he says. “It was actually easier to go out on the road just knowing he wanted his mom. Now he looks at me and points at me like, ‘Here’s this fun guy!’ He knows.” Liam adds, “That makes me more upset now, leaving, because I know he’ll want to see me. But he’s not at the place yet where he’s crying when I leave; that’s gonna be absolute disaster. I’m not ready for that.”

IGGY AZALEA KNEW ABOUT DEMI LOVATO’S RELAPSE BEFORE ‘SOBER’ CAME OUT: Iggy Azalea says she knew about her pal Demi Lovato’s relapse before Demi revealed it in her new song, “Sober.” “I had known about it, as a close friend,” the rapper tells Entertainment Tonight. “So I had really wanted for her to be the one to tell people that. And I worried a lot, as her friend, that something was going to leak or somebody would somehow take that and use it negatively against her, or to make her seem like she’s got a secret.” Iggy says she didn’t know Demi was recording a song about breaking her six years of sobriety, but she’s proud that her friend spoke out.