Liam Payne on his home life with Cheryl and baby Bear

Liam Payne says his home life with girlfriend Cheryl and young son Bear is the "constant" he needs as his solo career takes off.

He told Scott Mills and Chris Stark about the domestic bliss in his home life when he dropped into to chat to Scott Mills.

"She's absolutely amazing and it's nice to have a constant at home, when I go home, with things as crazy as they are at the moment," said Liam.

"Our lives get more and more insane as time goes on, it's the best thing ever but you do need that bit of happiness at home."

And despite Liam and Cheryl being A-list British celebrities, their home life sounds suspiciously similar to a lot of other people's.

They watch a lot of TV.

"We've been watching boxsets and chilling," he said, naming Breaking Bad, Peaky Blinders and Love Island as his current faves.

But he admits that he often has to shield baby Bear's eyes from what's on screen, even if he is only a few months old.

"We're still at phase where he doesn't understand what's going on," he told Scott and Chris.

"I was watching a scene the other day; I was holding him on my lap, so I covered the screen with cushions and faced him away from the screen.

"It was an action scene and it was a bit brutal and I didn't want him seeing anything, even though he has no concept of what's going on and can only see 30 centimetres, I don't want that in his face."

He's even been told off by his mum for what he watches on TV with Bear.

Speaking about his solo career, Liam revealed that he will release a new single with US producer Zedd and that he was happy to be the final One Direction lad to release music.

"I got to see what everyone else was doing," he said.

"It was funny to see that nobody has got into anyone else's lane, we're all very much doing our own thing.

"I know mine and Zayn's is kind of similar in a sense, because we like the same sort of stuff, but for the rest of the boys, that was more like the sound One Direction was based off and me and Zayn had other influences.

"Being last, I had a lot to do at that time and we didn't want to get in each other's way when we did our thing.

"People are always going to pit you against each other that's just the way it is, but that's life.

"At the end of the day, the whole thing is a competition, we're up against the Drakes and the Biebers of the world, it's part of the game."

Liam Payne's Strip That Down is currently A-list at Radio 1