Liam Payne's family coming said that they are 'utterly devastated' aft nan singer's tragic decease aged conscionable 31.
The erstwhile One Direction suffered a fractured skull aft falling from nan 3rd level of Casa Sur Palmero Hotel in Buenos Aires soon aft 5pm yesterday evening.
Speaking astatine his family location successful Wolverhampton, a family personnel told MailOnline: 'We are utterly devastated by nan news.'
Payne's older sisters, Nicola and Ruth, arrived astatine nan location successful Codsall early this morning. The musician was raised successful Wolverhampton by his mother Karen, a nurse, and begetter Geoff, a fitter, and had 2 older sisters, Nicola and Ruth.
Nine weeks agone Geoff posted a saccharine image of his boy and his canine arsenic he penned successful nan caption: '#like if you emotion my son!' - a station which has since been flooded pinch messages of condolence for their family.
Former One Direction personnel Liam Payne is pictured successful Paris successful March this year
Liam was raised successful Wolverhampton by his mother Karen, a nurse, and begetter Geoff, a fitter, and had 2 older sisters, Nicola and Ruth
One of Payne's last selfies successful Buenos Aires was captioned: 'Lovely time successful Argentina'
Nine weeks agone Geoff, his father, posted a saccharine image of his boy and his canine arsenic he penned successful nan caption: '#like if you emotion my son!'
Today it emerged that Payne died instantly from aggregate injuries including a fractured skull erstwhile he fell 45ft from a Buenos Aires edifice balcony.
Alberto Crescenti, caput of nan Buenos Aires emergency services, revealed nan vocalist had a 'cranial fracture and highly superior injuries that led to his contiguous death'.
His identity was confirmed by emergency services by checking his passport, but constabulary do not yet person conclusive grounds regarding nan circumstances of his fall.
The vocalist fell from a third-floor suite pinch a pavilion overlooking an interior excavation and nan hotel's on-site Michelin-star edifice wherever he landed successful nan courtyard.
Police successful forensic suits were minutely examining nan room and its pavilion precocious past nighttime aft their colleagues beneath erected a reddish shelter connected nan spot wherever Payne died.
The patio wherever he died is adjacent to nan swimming excavation and is besides nan tract for outdoor tables astatine nan hotel's plant-based Sarco restaurant. No diners were location astatine nan time, because Sacro closes aft luncheon astatine 4pm earlier reopening for meal astatine 7.30pm.
Payne had arrived successful Argentina earlier this period for his ex-bandmate Niall Horan's performance pinch his woman Kate Cassidy. She near 2 days ago, but he stayed on.
Around nan aforesaid time, his ex-fiancée Maya Henry instructed lawyers to rumor Payne pinch a cease and desist missive aft accusing him of many times contacting her.
Payne roseate to stardom aged 16 aft forming boy set One Direction connected The X Factor successful 2010 alongside Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Harry Styles .
It comes as:
- Heartbroken fans descended connected nan edifice to laic candles and flowers for Payne;
- Celebrity tributes poured successful from nan likes of Dermot O'Leary and Paris Hilton;
- Payne shared a photograph pinch his woman connected Snapchat minutes earlier his death;
- Fans looked backmost astatine Payne's 'extraordinary' X Factor audition successful 2008 aged 14;
- Pictures revealed rooms wrong nan edifice wherever Payne plunged to his death; and
- Harry Styles's mother Anne Twist shared her condolences pinch a tribute connected Instagram.
Payne's woman Kate Cassidy posted a image of nan brace connected her Instagram from past August
Payne plunged from nan 3rd level into nan courtyard of nan Casa Sur Hotel (file image)
Police successful nan edifice reception area of nan Casa Sur Hotel in Buenos Aires aft Liam Payne fell
Fans of One Direction and Liam Payne stitchery extracurricular nan Casa Sur Hotel successful Buenos Aires
Fans of One Direction and Liam Payne stitchery extracurricular nan Casa Sur Hotel successful Buenos Aires
A firefighter ambulance departs nan Casa Sur Hotel successful Buenos Aires pinch Payne's body
A edifice reception worker made a distressing 999 telephone requesting 'urgent' assistance aft Payne had been acting erratically and was escorted backmost to his edifice room.
The edifice worker made 2 calls, saying successful nan first: 'We person a impermanent who's disconnected his caput connected narcotics and is destroying everything successful his room. We request personification to come.'
He past phoned backmost aft nan statement went dead, saying: 'I don't cognize if nan guest's life is successful danger. The room has a pavilion and we are acrophobic he mightiness do something.'
Payne was said to person been 'acting erratically successful nan edifice lobby and smashed his laptop' earlier he 'had to beryllium carried backmost to his room', according to section media.
Seconds later nan employee, who identified himself arsenic Esteban, added: 'Just nonstop an ambulance, only an ambulance.' Workers had heard a large sound successful nan courtyard earlier nan singer's assemblage was discovered conscionable aft 5pm section clip (9pm UK time).
A signaling of nan 2nd telephone lasting astir 2 minutes and leaked to section media overnight began pinch nan 999 usability saying: 'Hello, wherever is nan emergency?'
The edifice worker replied: 'Hello, bully afternoon. I called conscionable now but nan statement went dead. I'm calling from nan CasaSur Palermo Hotel, reside 6032, Costa Rica.'
The speech continued arsenic below:
- 999 responder: 'What happened there, sir?'
- Hotel employee: 'Well, we person a impermanent who is disconnected his caput connected narcotics and alcohol. And well, erstwhile he is conscious he is destroying everything successful nan room. And well, we request you to nonstop someone, please.'
- 999 responder: 'Under nan effects of intoxicant and drugs, did you opportunity sir?'
- Hotel employee: 'Yes, correct.'
- 999 responder: 'You told maine Costa Rica. Sorry but what number, sir?'
- Hotel employee: 'Costa Rica, 6032'
- 999 responder: 'That is Buenos Aires capital, betwixt Arevalo and Kramer, right?'
- Hotel manager: 'Yes.'
- 999 responder: 'Hotel, you said? What's nan edifice called?'
- Hotel employee: 'CasaSur Palermo. And we request you to nonstop personification urgently because, well, I don't cognize if nan guest's life is successful danger. They must beryllium successful a room that has a balcony. And well, we're a small spot worried he'll do something, that he'll put his life astatine risk.'
- 999 responder: 'How agelong has he been there? Or is it a residential hotel?'
- Hotel employee: 'No, no. He's been present 2 aliases 3 days.'
- 999 responder: 'Understood. And you wouldn't cognize immoderate different accusation because you can't get into nan room, no?'
- Hotel employee: 'No.'
- 999 responder: 'We'll notify nan SAME [Sistema de Atención Médica de Emergencias - aliases Emergency Medical Attention Service] aesculapian consequence service, okay?'
- Hotel employee: 'Yes, what I inquire you is that you nonstop personification urgently because, well…'
- 999 responder: 'Any different accusation you tin springiness me. Who are you, nan manager?'
- Hotel employee: 'I americium nan caput of reception.'
- 999 responder: 'You'd beryllium successful complaint astatine nan moment, right?'
- Hotel employee: 'Yes.'
- 999 responder: 'What's your name, sir?'
- Hotel employee: 'Esteban.'
- 999 responder: 'Okay, this has been notified. Thank you for letting america know. You tin bent up now.'
- Hotel manager: 'Are you sending nan constabulary arsenic good aliases not?'
- 999 responder: 'The constabulary for nan area you're in? Give maine a second. Area 14.'
- Hotel manager: 'No, conscionable nonstop nan SAME aesculapian consequence service.'
Outside nan hotel, shocked fans gathered aft constabulary cordoned it disconnected pinch forensic investigators seen entering and exiting successful achromatic protective suits and bluish gloves.
Fans of One Direction and Liam Payne stitchery extracurricular nan Casa Sur Hotel successful Buenos Aires
Fans spot candles extracurricular nan the Casa Sur Hotel successful Buenos Aires, Argentina, yesterday
Members of nan Argentine Police defender nan edifice successful Palermo successful Buenos Aires overnight
Liam Payne performs astatine Royal Randwick Racecourse successful Sydney on October 13, 2018
They were seen lighting candles and adorning nan broadside of nan roadworthy pinch flowers successful an impromptu vigil arsenic they paid tribute to nan beloved euphony star.
Police successful Argentina had received a telephone from a worker astatine nan edifice urgently requesting thief pinch an intoxicated guest, according to audio related to nan lawsuit obtained from nan Buenos Aires information ministry.
The worker said: 'When he is conscious he is destroying nan full room and we request you to nonstop someone.'
Emergency aesculapian services head Alberto Crescenti said Payne had suffered 'very superior injuries aft falling from a 3rd level into an soul courtyard'.
'We verified his personality utilizing nan passport he had,' he added.
Mr Crescenti told Argentine newspaper Clarin that 'the squad saw that he apparently had a fracture astatine nan guidelines of nan skull'.
Tearful fans hug each different arsenic they stitchery extracurricular nan Casa Sur Hotel successful Buenos Aires
Forensic teams are combing nan Casa Sur Hotel successful Buenos Aires wherever Payne fell to his death
Tearful fans extracurricular nan Casa Sur Hotel successful Buenos Aires are seen consoling each other
Former One Direction personnel Liam Payne is pictured successful Paris successful March this year
Grieving fans stitchery down a cordon extracurricular nan Casa Sur Hotel successful Buenos Aires past night
Liam Payne arrives for a movie premiere astatine nan Odeon Leicester Square successful November 2010
(From left) Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik and Liam Payne successful 2010
A heartbreaking video shows Liam Payne singing and dancing pinch his erstwhile bandmate Niall Horan, wherever he later posted a image pinch Horan to Snapchat captioned: 'Reunited'
His assemblage was transported to a section morgue wherever a post-mortem introspection will beryllium carried out.
Mr Crescenti said Payne had fallen astir 45ft (14 metres) and suffered 'severe injuries which were incompatible pinch life'.
He said: 'The siren was raised astatine 5.04pm section clip saying a personification was lying successful an soul patio astatine Casa Sur. At 5.11pm an ambulance arrived and nan man was certified dead.
'Afterwards we recovered retired he had been a celebrated singer. Unfortunately nan injuries he had suffered arsenic a consequence of nan autumn proved to beryllium fatal. There was nary anticipation of resuscitating him.'
Unverified pictures person since emerged online claiming to beryllium Payne's edifice room wholly trashed pinch 1 image showing a smashed tv screen.
Emergency services get astatine the Casa Sur Hotel successful Buenos Aires aft Payne was recovered dead
Droves of fans arrived astatine nan segment successful Buenos Aires successful nan aftermath of Liam Payne's death
Emergency services get astatine nan Casa Sur Hotel successful Buenos Aires aft Payne was recovered dead
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office successful London confirmed it is successful interaction pinch authorities successful Argentina 'regarding reports of nan decease of a British man'.
Payne had arrived successful Argentina earlier this period to be his ex-bandmate Niall Horan's concert.
The star's last Snapchat station showed him happily posing pinch his partner Kate Cassidy arsenic they looked into a reflector - a image which was primitively taken past August.
Further posts from nan last moments of Payne's life showed him enjoying luncheon successful his edifice room, wherever he revealed nan brace had been 'waking up astatine 1pm each day' and deciding connected Forest Gump arsenic a Halloween costume.
A further selfie was captioned: 'Lovely time successful Argentina' earlier nan prima shared a photograph of his hotel, writing: 'Happy I sewage immoderate clip away' followed by a bosom emoji.
A forensic technician uses his telephone extracurricular nan edifice successful nan aftermath of nan star's abrupt death
He shared different photograph pinch Cassidy captioned: 'Quality time.'
Payne's decease comes days aft his ex-fiancée Maya Henry started ineligible proceedings against him.
The 23-year-old Texan exemplary instructed lawyers to rumor a cease and desist missive to nan prima aft accusing him of many times contacting her.
She had besides accused Payne of obsessively contacting her friends and family including her mother Azteca Henry.
Payne formed boy set One Direction successful 2010, alongside Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Harry Styles, aft they individually auditioned for The X Factor.
After becoming 1 of nan biggest popular groups successful nan world pinch 5 albums and 4 world tours, One Direction went connected indefinite hiatus successful 2016.
(From left) Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Harry Styles and Niall Horan of One Direction successful 2015
Earlier this month, Payne attended bandmate Horan's Argentinian performance alongside his woman Kate Cassidy.
Payne released his debut solo medium LP1 successful December 2019 which included nan songs Polaroid, Familiar and Strip That Down featuring Quavo.
The opus was 1 of 2 tracks that reached nan apical 10 successful nan UK charismatic charts, alongside For You pinch Rita Ora from nan movie Fifty Shades Freed - which nan duo performed astatine nan Brit Awards successful 2018.
Payne and Girls Aloud vocalist Cheryl stock a boy Bear, calved successful 2017, having been successful a high-profile narration betwixt 2016 and 2018.
The vocalist first auditioned for The X Factor successful 2008 astatine nan property of 14 singing Frank Sinatra's Fly Me To The Moon, pinch judge Simon Cowell telling him to return to nan ITV talent show 2 years later.
(From left) Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan (seated) Liam Payne and Harry Styles successful 2010
He impressed nan judges successful 2010 singing Michael Buble's rendition of Cry Me A River earlier he was put pinch 4 different solo hopefuls astatine nan footwear campy shape of nan title - nan group which later became One Direction.
In 2012, nan boy set won their first Brit Award for champion British azygous for their debut way What Makes You Beautiful, earlier picking up nan Brit world occurrence grant a twelvemonth later.
In 2014 and 2015 they besides won champion British video for Best Song Ever and You & I respectively.
After Malik near nan band, nan quartet won champion creator video for Drag Me Down successful 2016. They picked up nan aforesaid grant a twelvemonth later for History.
In August past year, Payne postponed his scheduled circuit of South America aft suffering from a 'serious kidney infection'.
He said nan infection was thing 'I wouldn't wish connected anyone' and he had been instructed by doctors to 'rest and recover'.
Later past twelvemonth he was banned from driving successful nan UK aft admitting a speeding offence.
The vocalist was reportedly travelling astatine 43mph successful a 30mph area and was banned from driving for six months, arsenic good arsenic paying a fine, successful October 2023.
In August this year, Payne was announced arsenic a judge connected a caller Netflix show alongside erstwhile Destiny's Child vocalist Kelly Rowland and The Pussycat Dolls prima Nicole Scherzinger.
The stars were to judge attempts to create a band, looking astatine nan contestants' chemistry arsenic they formed groupings successful nan philharmonic title series.
Among those paying tribute to Payne coming was TV presenter Dermot O'Leary who recalled him auditioning for The X Factor arsenic a 14-year-old boy.
Payne was seen contemplating a Forest Gump Halloween costume successful a societal media post
O'Leary, who hosted The X Factor during some of Payne's appearances, shared a photograph of nan brace connected stage, captioning nan Instagram post: 'The worst news'.
'I retrieve him arsenic a 14-year-old turning up to audition connected The X Factor, and blowing america distant singing Sinatra. He conscionable loved to sing,' he wrote.
'He was ever a joy, had clip for everyone, polite, grateful, and was ever humble.'
Styles' mother Anne Twist posted a broken-hearted emoji connected Instagram, captioning it: 'Just a boy.'
Singer Olly Murs, who starred connected The X Factor a twelvemonth earlier One Direction, said he was 'lost for words', describing Payne's decease arsenic 'devastating' connected Instagram.
'We ever had a bully laughter erstwhile we saw each other, sometimes nan drawback ups were only short and saccharine but erstwhile we did it was mostly astir really annoyingly bully his hairsbreadth ever looked, aliases our emotion for Becks, nan aged XF (X Factor) days and nan circuit we shared together,' Murs wrote beside a image of nan pair.
Payne said he was 'happy to person immoderate clip away' little than an hr earlier he fell to his death
'Liam shared nan aforesaid passions arsenic me, nan aforesaid dreams truthful to spot his life now extremity truthful young hits hard, I'm genuinely gutted and devastated for his family and of people his boy Bear losing a dad.'
The Wanted prima Max George said he met Payne while he was competing connected The X Factor pinch One Direction, describing his decease arsenic 'absolutely devastating news'.
'Over nan past fewer years I had nan pleasance of getting to cognize him personally and spent immoderate treasured clip pinch him,' he said connected Instagram.
'Liam was perfectly awesome successful position of support erstwhile Tom (Parker) fell ill, performing astatine nan Royal Albert Hall pinch america for Stand Up To Cancer.
'He supported maine a batch personally aft Tom passed. I will ne'er hide that.'
Payne attended nan ceremonial of Parker, who died successful March 2022 astatine nan property of 33 aft being diagnosed pinch an inoperable encephalon tumour.
US vocalist Charlie Puth, a co-writer connected Payne's 2017 opus Bedroom Floor, said he was successful 'shock' aft Payne's death.
'Liam was ever truthful benignant to me,' he posted connected Instagram, alongside a postulation of photos of nan brace moving together.
'He was 1 of nan first awesome artists I sewage to activity with. I cannot judge he is gone... I americium truthful upset correct now, whitethorn he remainder successful peace.'
Former SAS: Who Dares Wins big Ant Middleton said he 'formed a brotherhood' pinch Payne aft they filmed a documentary together successful 2019.
The ex-Special Forces worker described nan erstwhile One Direction vocalist arsenic 'a bully friend of mine' aft nan brace journeyed done Namibia for nan programme Ant Middleton & Liam Payne: Straight Talking.
Middleton said during a unrecorded question and reply connected Australia's The Morning Show that it was 'the first clip hearing' of Payne's decease astatine nan property of 31 aft falling from a edifice pavilion successful Buenos Aires.
'After we filmed Straight Talking With Ant Middleton, he was my first personage impermanent and we formed a brotherhood,' Middleton told hosts Kylie Gillies and Larry Emdur.
'He was for illustration a younger relative to me. He would confide successful me, I'd spell astir and spot him.
'There were immoderate issues there, but thing that a young personage astatine his calibre wouldn't suffer from.
'I'm conscionable shocked astatine nan moment, wow, don't really cognize what to say.'
Middleton said Payne 'had a beautiful aura astir him', describing him arsenic a 'lovely guy'.
'He had affirmative power astir him,' nan 44-year-old said.
Cheryl Cole and Liam Payne astatine nan Cannes Film Festival astatine Hotel Martinez connected May 12, 2016
'He was a visionary, he ever thought and dreamed big, and that's why he sewage to wherever he was, and he was loved.
'He was 1 of those set members that was nan glue, I believe, was nan glue for One Direction, and it's a shame to spot specified a affirmative individual dice truthful young.'
Middleton added that he was distant filming but wanted to 'find retired what's happened to my bully friend'.
Rylan Clark said Payne's decease was 'so tragic' connected X, while chap erstwhile X Factor contestants Jedward sent their emotion to Cheryl, his boy Bear and 'all nan One Direction family'.
Socialite Paris Hilton besides paid tribute connected X, calling nan singer's decease 'so upsetting', while BBC Radio 2 presenter Zoe Ball said 'devastating news, beloved Liam Payne'.
Payne and Girls Aloud vocalist Cheryl stock a boy Bear, calved successful 2017. He is pictured arsenic a newborn
DJ and euphony shaper Zedd, who featured alongside Payne connected nan 2017 opus Get Low, called nan singer's decease 'absolutely heartbreaking'.
American vocalist and rapper Ty Dolla Sign said he will 'miss' Payne, captioning videos and pictures connected his Instagram story: 'Just talked to you 2 days agone my guy.'
Fellow boy set nan Backstreet Boys besides paid tribute, saying their hearts spell retired to 'Directioners astir nan world'.
A connection connected X added: 'Words tin not definitive nan emotions we are collectively emotion correct now, and it seems for illustration nan remainder of nan world is successful nan aforesaid boat.'
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has described nan decease of Payne arsenic 'very sad news'.
She told Sky News this morning: 'It's very sad news, it's nary property for personification to suffer their life, and my thoughts are pinch his friends and family, this must beryllium a full daze for them and very, very upsetting.'
She said of his friends and family that 'my thoughts are pinch them astatine what must beryllium a really difficult time'.
A number of manufacture bodies joined those paying tribute, including streaming elephantine Spotify, MTV and nan Brit Awards who each said successful abstracted statements that they are 'deeply saddened' by Payne's death.
Payne's travel to stardom began erstwhile he was conscionable 14 years aged astatine his lesser-known first audition for The X Factor.
Payne impressed judges pinch his ain type of Fly Me To The Moon by Frank Sinatra - but was later eliminated from nan show.
However, Payne gave his singing profession different spell auditioning for nan title again successful 2010, wherever he quickly changeable to fame arsenic portion of One Direction.
He and his erstwhile bandmates Horan , Malik , Styles and Tomlinson , were brought together by Simon Cowell and erstwhile judge Nicole Scherzinger who saw their imaginable arsenic a group.
After conscionable a fewer weeks of getting to cognize each different and non-stop rehearsing, nan group impressed Cowell astatine their Judge's Houses audition and sailed done to nan unrecorded shows.
Cowell later admitted to Rolling Stone that it took him 'about a millionth of a second' to spot nan group's worldwide potential.
The instrumentality guidance was instant too, pinch 1D hysteria soon dwarfing nan show. Despite nan adoration, nan set yet vanished successful 3rd spot connected nan X Factor but soon afterwards Cowell sealed their destiny by signing nan fivesome to a reported £2million Syco contract.
(From left) Liam Payne, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles of One Direction successful 2015
Keen to capitalise connected nan boys' already devoted fanbase, Cowell moved quickly pinch signaling for nan band's debut medium opening successful January 2011.
One Direction became 1 of nan biggest popular groups successful nan world pinch 5 albums, 4 world tours, 1 movie and a memorable euphony video for Red Nose Day successful 2013 which featured past premier curate David Cameron happening upon them dancing successful beforehand of Number 10 Downing Street.
But six years aft they were formed, pinch much than 20 cardinal albums sold, nan set were placed connected indefinite hiatus pinch Malik having already near successful 2015 to prosecute a solo career.
Marking One Direction's 10th day successful 2020, Payne shared a screenshot of a matter connection he sent to his begetter connected nan time he joined nan group, reading: 'I'm successful a boyband.'
'What a journey... I had nary thought what we were successful for erstwhile I sent this matter to my dada years agone astatine this nonstop clip nan set was formed,' he said.
In 2016, Payne signed a solo grounds woody pinch Capital Records UK.
He said astatine nan clip he was 'really happy' to person signed pinch them, adding: 'One Direction will ever beryllium my family; I'm now excited to show what I tin do arsenic a solo artist.'
Over his solo career, Payne released hits Strip That Down and Get Low.
Away from nan workplace and stage, Payne entered into a narration pinch erstwhile Girls Aloud prima Cheryl, nan brace having first met connected The X Factor erstwhile she was a judge.
In March 2017, nan mates announced nan commencement of their boy Bear.
Proud caller begetter Payne shared a photograph of himself cradling a babe pinch acheronian hairsbreadth connected Instagram, pinch nan caption: 'I'm incredibly happy to invited our caller babe boy into nan world, it's a infinitesimal that I will ne'er hide for nan remainder of my life and my favourite representation I person truthful far.'
The vocalist would spell connected to speak proudly of his boy successful nan years to come, saying during 1 awards ceremonial that Bear 'constantly inspires' him to beryllium a amended person.
In July 2018, Payne and Cheryl announced their divided aft two-and-a-half years together.
He opened up astir their separation successful nan pursuing months, saying it was reliable to break up successful nan nationalist spotlight and that announcing it was 'like breaking up twice'.
In August 2020, Payne exchanged rings to American exemplary Maya Henry, but nan brace divided during lockdown and announced nan engagement had been surgery disconnected successful June 2021.
During nan Covid-19 pandemic, Payne helped supply much than 360,000 meals to group struggling arsenic a consequence of nan outbreak.
He donated to nan Trussell Trust kindness to support much than 100 nutrient slope centres successful Birmingham, Stoke-on-Trent, Coventry, Sheffield, Nottingham and Bristol.
Born successful August 1993, Payne was often sick arsenic a young kid owed to issues pinch 1 of his kidneys.
Over nan people of his euphony career, nan popstar collaborated pinch nan likes of J Balvin, French Montana, Dixie D'Amelio and A Boogie Wit da Hoodie.
He leaves down his parents, Geoff and Karen Payne, his boy Bear, seven, and his 2 older sisters, Ruth and Nicola.
MTV released nan pursuing tribute: 'We're profoundly saddened to study of Liam Payne's tragic passing today. During this difficult time, our hearts stay pinch his family, loved one, and fans.'
The Brit Awards said: 'We're incredibly sad to study of nan tragic passing of Liam Payne. Our thoughts and prayers are pinch his friends and family astatine this time.'
And Spotify added: 'We are profoundly saddened by nan news of Liam Payne's passing. Our thoughts are pinch his family, friends, and nan galore fans who loved and supported him.'
MailOnline has approached Payne's representatives for comment.