Take it OFF! Sexy singer Liam Payne posted a shirtless selfie Friday, much to the delight of fans who are FREAKING OUT over news he and girlfriend Cheryl (Cole) Fernandez are expecting a baby!

The sexy snap garnered over 200K likes in less than an hour, as One Direction fans are on high alert for baby news and keeping close watch on the singer's social media accounts.

X Factor choreographer Brian Friedman seemed to confirm the news that the couple were expecting earlier this weak in an interview with New! magazine, saying of Liam, 23, and Cheryl, 33: 'Everyone wants to be in love, everyone wants to be happy ... And now they're having a baby together, so they definitely found something great. It's funny to think back how long ago it was that they first met."

Cheryl gained fame in 2002 when she joined the all-girl pop band Girls Aloud. She and Liam first crossed paths when he auditioned for The X Factor in 2008 but didn't make the cut. He tried again two years later, at age 16. At that time, Cheryl was married to race car driver Ashley Hamilton, whom she divorced; then she remarried Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versing in 2014, announcing her separation from the Spaniard earlier this year, when she reconnected with Payne.

We can't wait for this good news to become official. Liam and Cheryl, announce it already!