Louis Tomlinson has addressed Liam Payne’s death in a touching tribute posted hours after the latter fatally fell from the third-floor balcony of his hotel room in Argentina. Tomlinson, 32, took to Instagram on Thursday to break his silence on his former One Direction bandmate’s sudden passing.

Lottie Tomlinson has paid tribute to the late Liam Payne, the bandmate of her brother Louis almost a week after the One Direction star died in Argentina

Liam was in my opinion the most vital part of One Direction,’ Louis wrote in an emotional statement about Liam.