The former members of English boy band One Direction have publicly to the sudden death of their bandmate, Liam Payne, for the first time, saying in a joint statement that

Liam Payne's family said they're heartbroken after the musician fell to his death from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Payne, who belonged to the wildly successful band One Direction before its members split up to pursue solo careers in 2016, was 31.