Liam Payne's former One Direction bandmates Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Zayn Malik released a statement on Thursday saying they are "completely devastated" by his death . Payne died Wednesday after falling into the interior patio of a hotel in Buenos Aires, officials in Argentina said. He was 31-years-old.

Payne earned global fame as part of the since-disbanded pop group One Direction. Payne auditioned twice for the U.K. reality program "The X-Factor" before being launched into supe

One Direction was one of the last boy bands from the age of mass-audience linear television and one of the first of the social media era

One Direction has spoken out about the loss of former bandmate Liam Payne, who died after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Wednesday (Oct. 16). In a joint statement shared to Instagram one day after the tragedy,

One Direction's surviving members Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Harry Styles reacted Thursday in a joint statement to Liam Payne's death.

Liam Payne rose to fame with boy band One Direction and launched a successful solo career. The 31-year-old died Wednesday in Argentina.

Louis Tomlinson has paid tribute to his One Direction bandmate Liam Payne, who died Wednesday at the age of 31 after reportedly falling three floors from a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina. “I am beyond devastated to be writing this but yesterday I lost a brother,