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,

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.

In a joint statement posted to Instagram, Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik say they are “completely devastated” at the death of their former bandmate: "We will miss him terribly.