Liam Payne Makes His Relationship With Model Maya Henry Instagram Official

Liam Payne's life is pretty awesome now. Not only did the singer release his brand new single, "Stack It Up," on Wednesday (September 18), nevertheless he also opened up about his new girlfriend, Maya Henry, for the very first time that same morning. Right now, the One Direction star is taking things one step further by making their relationship Instagram official, which, as we can probably all agree, is the logical next step.


In a post he shared earlier today (September 20) on his feed, the lovey-dovey pair is seen laughing and snuggling up on the couch. In the caption, the 26-year-old shared how truly happy he is in this exhilarating season of his life. Some days I don't recognise this happy guy," Payne wrote. "... Sure glad you brought him back though."


The "Strip That Down" singer continued by thanking his fans and his team for making this release week so wonderful. "This has been my most astonishing release week to date!" He wrote. And before wrapping up the sweet post, Payne gave one last shout-out to Henry, who he credited for helping him de-stress. "Last yet not least this one @maya_henry for habitually keeping the largest smile on my face through all of the stress and making me realise how brilliant my life really is," he wrote.


While it's nice to be able to see it in writing, this definitely isn't the initial time the pop star gushed over the 19-year-old model publicly. Payne discussed openly about Henry on Wednesday's episode of the Kiss FM breakfast show, where he initially confirmed that he's in a relationship. "I am, yeah," he revealed. "I am very lucky. She's really wonderful. She's awesome." And while some celebs attempt to hide their relationships from the masses, Payne says he's way past that: "It's sort of got to the point with my life, where I'm like, 'Screw this. It's not worth my happiness.'"


Henry, according to Payne, has helped ease the stress of stardom. Rather than worrying about if folks are watching or taking photographs, she's really helped him embrace the moment. "If someone is going to take a picture, someone is going to do something," he mentioned. "The difference is with her, she's so relaxed that it supports the me relax in a situation, rather than being somewhere, and talk about who is watching and what's going on. Folks are going to watch whichever. What am I supposed to do? I can't do anything about it right now. It's also late for that."


Now that Payne's let that all that pressure go, he's truly at his happiest. And while that's definitely evident in the way he's spoken about his relationship so far, he made it even more clear once he discussed about what life's been like for him recently. "I've managed to explore a lot more of London than I ever have actually my life, which has been quite fun," Payne mentioned. "My life has been quite regular recently, which has been a break. It's good. I'm enjoying myself now We love to hear it!