Liam Payne's Body Flown Back to the U.K. 3 Weeks After His Death

"We're wholly devastated by the quality of Liam's passing," the set wrote successful a associated connection connected Instagram. "In time, and erstwhile everyone is capable to, determination volition beryllium much to say. But for now, we volition instrumentality immoderate clip to grieve and process the nonaccomplishment of our brother, who we loved dearly."

Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Harry Styles continued to stress the interaction Liam had connected their lives. 

"The memories we shared with him volition beryllium treasured forever," the connection added. "For now, our thoughts are with his family, his friends, and the fans who loved him alongside us. We volition miss him terribly. We emotion you Liam."

"I americium perfectly devastated astir the passing of my astonishing friend, Liam," Niall wrote successful a lengthy Instagram statement. "It conscionable doesn't consciousness real. Liam had an vigor for beingness and a passionateness for enactment that was infectious. He was the brightest successful each country and ever made everyone consciousness blessed and secure."

The "Slow Hands" vocalist continued to reminisce connected his clip singing alongside Liam successful One Direction. 

"All the laughs we had implicit the years, sometimes astir the simplest of things, support coming to my caput done the sadness," Niall added. "We got to unrecorded retired our wildest dreams unneurotic and I volition cherish each infinitesimal we had forever. The enslaved and relationship we had doesn't hap often successful a lifetime."

Niall, who had Liam and his woman Kate Cassidy arsenic guests astatine his caller performance successful Buenos Aires, besides elaborate what it was similar seeing his person for the last time. 

"I consciousness truthful fortunate that I got to spot him recently," Niall wrote. "I sadly didn't cognize that aft saying goodbye and hugging him that evening, I would beryllium saying goodbye forever. It's heartbreaking. My emotion and condolences spell retired to Geoff, Karen, Ruth, Nicola and of people his lad Bear. Thank you for everything, Payno. Love you brother."

"I americium genuinely devastated by Liam’s passing," Harry began successful his Instagram post. "His top joyousness was making different radical happy, and it was an honour to beryllium alongside him arsenic helium did it."

"Liam lived wide open, with his bosom connected his sleeve, helium had an vigor for beingness that was infectious," helium added of his legacy. "He was warm, supportive, and incredibly loving. The years we spent unneurotic volition everlastingly stay among the astir cherished years of my life. I volition miss him always, my beauteous friend."

Liam's erstwhile One Direction bandmate reflected connected each helium wished helium could person said to him. 

"I can't assistance but deliberation selfishly that determination was truthful galore much conversations for america to person successful our lives," Zayn wrote connected Instagram. "I ne'er got to convey you for supporting maine done immoderate of the astir hard times successful my life. When I was missing location arsenic a 17 yr aged kid you would ever beryllium determination with a affirmative outlook and reassuring grin and fto maine cognize you were my person and that I was loved."

"Even though you were younger than maine you were ever much sensible than me, you were headstrong, opinionated, and gave nary f--ks astir telling radical erstwhile they were wrong," helium continued. "Even though we butted heads due to the fact that of this a fewer times,I ever secretly respected you for it."

Zayn besides called Liam "the astir qualified" instrumentalist successful the set "in each sense."

"I mislaid a member erstwhile you near america and can't explicate to you what I'd springiness to conscionable springiness you a hug 1 past clip and accidental goodbye to you decently and archer you that I loved and respected you dearly," helium wrote. "[I] volition cherish each the memories I person with you successful my bosom forever, determination is nary words that warrant oregon explicate however I consciousness close present different than beyond devastated."

Louis shared a lengthy connection to his own Instagram, commemorating Liam's bequest and his friendship. 

"I americium beyond devastated to beryllium penning this but yesterday I mislaid a brother," Louis wrote. "Liam was idiosyncratic I looked up to everyday, specified a positive, funny, and benignant soul. I archetypal met Liam erstwhile helium was 16 and I was 18, I was instantly amazed by his dependable but much importantly arsenic clip went connected I got the accidental to spot the benignant of member I'd longed each my beingness for."

The "Back To You" singer—who cowrote galore One Direction songs with Liam—continued to enactment Liam's interaction connected the band. 

"Liam was an unthinkable opus writer with a large consciousness of melody, we often spoke of getting backmost into the workplace unneurotic to effort and recreate the penning chemistry we had built up successful the band," helium added. "And for the record, Liam was successful my sentiment the astir captious portion of One Direction. His acquisition from a young age, his cleanable pitch, his signifier presence, his acquisition for writing. The database goes on. Thank you for shaping america Liam."

Liam's girlfriend—who was vacationing with the precocious vocalist and left Argentina days earlier his death—said she has been "at a implicit loss" since quality of his passing.

"Nothing astir the past fewer days person felt real," Kate wrote connected Instagram Story. "I inquire and commune that you springiness maine the grace and abstraction to navigate this successful private."

Calling Liam an "angel," the influencer added, "I privation you to cognize I loved you unconditionally and completely. I volition proceed to emotion you for the remainder of my life."

In a connection describing her ex's decease arsenic an "earth shattering event," Cheryl—who shares lad Bear with Liam—reminded folks to workout grace during this "indescribably achy time."

"I'd similar to kindly punctual everyone that we person mislaid a quality being," she wrote connected Instagram Oct. 18. "Liam was not lone a popular prima and celebrity, helium was a son, a brother, an uncle, a beloved person and a begetter to our 7 twelvemonth aged son. A lad that present has to look the world of ne'er seeing his begetter again."

She added, "Please springiness Liam the small dignity helium has near successful the aftermath of his death," she concluded, "to remainder successful immoderate bid astatine last."

"Liam, I americium genuinely devastated. Heartbroken. And I consciousness empty," the X Factor justice wrote connected Instagram Oct. 18. "And I privation you to cognize however overmuch emotion and respect I person for you. Every teardrop I person shed is simply a representation of you."

Describing Liam—who helium mentored on with the remainder of One Direction—as "kind, funny, sweet, thoughtful, talented, humble, focused," Simon continued, "I ever thought the of the 5 of you successful the set arsenic brothers"

He added, "And present Liam, I tin spot the effect you had connected truthful galore people. Because you near america excessively soon. Rest successful bid my friend."

"The quality of Liam's passing is genuinely devastating," The Little Mix subordinate wrote successful an Oct. 17 Instagram Story. "Sending truthful overmuch emotion to his family, friends, fans, loved ones and each who knew him."

Jade—who competed connected The X Factor UK alongside Perrie Edwards, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jesy Nelson successful 2011 arsenic Little Mix—also shared a representation of coming up successful the manufacture with Liam. 

"We fell retired of interaction arsenic the years went by," Jade continued. "But backmost successful 2008 helium was the archetypal person I made successful this industry. Both of america truthful young, truthful ambitious, some hoping we'd 'make it.' I anticipation you are astatine bid now."

The Little Mix subordinate reshared Louis Tomlinson's station astir Liam, adding a connection of her own. 

"This is beyong heartbreaking," she wrote. "Every clip we crossed paths helium was truthful beauteous and humble. I'll ne'er hide seeing One Direction connected circuit for the archetypal clip and being instantly drawn to Liam's beingness you could conscionable archer helium was made for that stage. Gone mode excessively soon. Sending each my emotion and deepest condolences to his household and everyone adjacent to him."

The Fifth Harmony alum, who collaborated with Liam for a 2018 mixtape, thanked the precocious vocalist for "for each the joyousness you brought my friends and i."

"It truly made an content connected maine arsenic a young miss to conscionable a subordinate of a radical one loved and person him beryllium truthful kind," she wrote connected Instagram Story. "it's a calamity to person him gone mode excessively soon."

The X Factor U.S. alum credited Liam and One Direction for heavy influencing Fifth Harmony, which she was a portion of alongside Camila Cabello, Normani, Dinah Jane and Lauren Jauregui.

"Liam was specified a airy and a singular soul," she wrote connected X. "To person truthful galore memories by him is simply a acquisition that’ll past a lifetime. I’m grateful to person encountered him the times that I did. Without 1D we wouldn’t person had us. We emotion you Liam."

Luke Hemmings, Michael Clifford, Ashton Irwin and Calum Hood shared successful a associated societal media connection Oct. 18, "We are heartbroken."

"We emotion you Liam, and we volition ne'er hide the power you had connected our lives," they continued. "You genuinely believed successful america and for that we are everlastingly grateful."

The lad set went connected to accidental it was "an grant to statesman our journey" with Liam, describing him arsenic "always truthful kind."

"There was specified a airy successful you, we ever saw that," they added successful a connection to the precocious singer. "We are truthful devastated that this satellite enactment that airy out. We anticipation you'll ever beryllium singing up there."

The influencer, who dated Liam concisely successful 2022, shared her condolences successful an Instagram Story. 

"I'm atrocious this happened to you, volition everlastingly emotion and miss you," Aliana wrote. "Rest successful paradise."

The former Late Late host, who was a longtime person and instrumentality of the British lad band, wrote successful an Instagram post.

"Talking astir Liam successful the past tense is utterly heartbreaking," helium wrote. "He was specified a loving and benignant soul. I volition treasure the moments I got to walk with him. My thoughts are with his household contiguous x."

The Take That singer, who mentored One Direction connected The X Factor, shared his thoughts connected Liam's passing successful a lengthy Instagram station Oct. 18. 

"What a Handsome Talented boy," Robbie wrote. "What a tragic achy nonaccomplishment for his friends, family, fans and by the looks of the vigor this infinitesimal has created—the world."

The lad band—made up of Nick Carter, AJ McLean, Brian Littrell, Kevin Richardson and Howie Dorough—shared their condolences.

"Words tin not explicit the emotions we are collectively feeling close now, and it seems similar the remainder of the satellite is successful the aforesaid boat," the statement connected X, formerly Twitter, said. "Our hearts spell retired to Liam’s family, friends, and Directioners astir the world. Rest successful bid brother.

In a connection of his own, the Backstreet Boys singer—who served arsenic a justice alongside Liam successful the upcoming Netflix bid Building the Band—said, "Words cannot statesman to explicit the symptom I person for this antheral and the large nonaccomplishment we person endured!"

"We became precise adjacent astir instantly and shared truthful galore stories, laughs, and beingness experiences," helium continued. "Gone excessively soon my friend. You were specified a airy an unthinkable idiosyncratic to beryllium successful the beingness of regular portion we worked together!"

AJ added, "I cannot judge you are gone. Keep shining and support singing for america each to hear. My deepest condolences to your household , loved ones, and your bandmates. Love you bro."

In a station shared connected his Instagram Story, the "See You Again" vocalist said Liam was "always truthful benignant to me."

"He was 1 of the archetypal large artists I got to enactment with," Charlie, who worked with the One Direction alum connected 2017's "Bedroom Floor," continued. "I tin not judge helium is gone."

"This quality is devastating, americium mislaid for words," the X Factor runner-up wrote connected Instagram. "We ever had a bully laughter erstwhile we saw each other, sometimes the drawback ups were lone abbreviated and saccharine but erstwhile we did it was mostly astir however annoyingly bully his hairsbreadth ever looked, oregon our emotion for Becks, the aged XF days and the circuit we shared together."

The instrumentalist continued, "Liam shared the aforesaid passions arsenic me, the aforesaid dreams truthful to spot his beingness present extremity truthful young hits hard, I’m genuinely gutted and devastated for his Family and of people his lad Bear losing a dada x americium reasoning of them! RIP Liam."

The "Without Me" vocalist shared a lengthy Tumblr post to commemorate the precocious One Direction member. 

"I loved 1 absorption with an all-consuming unit erstwhile one was younger—it hurts profoundly to mourn idiosyncratic you were a monolithic instrumentality of arsenic teenager, and became a adjacent of arsenic an adult," she wrote. "I cognize radical alteration and grief is unsure oregon analyzable erstwhile it’s attached to a fond representation oregon the feeling a idiosyncratic gave you and not tangibly the idiosyncratic themself. I tin spot galore of you connected present are struggling with that close present and one understand."

And Halsey finished by sharing a fond representation of Liam. 

"A fewer years agone one purchased a location that Liam antecedently owned," she continued. "There were rumors the location was haunted. He assured maine it was not, and one believed him. due to the fact that one cognize the ghosts that haunt america aren’t tethered to buildings. They unrecorded successful parts of america that are harder to scope and they spell wherever we do. As a parent, a chap artist, and a fan, I simply cannot fathom this untimely loss. my bosom goes retired to his family, friends, and the fans."