04/04/18 (via DenizaDrenica)

Zayn performing live on stage at The O2 Academy Edinburgh on December 8, 2024 in Edinburgh (📷 credit)

Superbloom Festival | Munich

What I think a lot of people are grieving now is the future he lost. He had a chance to heal, to make amends, to right the ship. I think we all wanted to see that. He gave a lot of people great moments in their lives and he endured a lot. He was fighting hard for his own life. It is a deep sorrow that his struggle is over.

This grieving is so weird man because I never knew him but I’m trying to go about work and my day as normal and I get hit with a sudden wave of hurt and pain for this man that meant so MUCH to me and gave me so many happy memories during my childhood and adolescence. This hurt makes me stop in my tracks every time and I just stand and sit there frozen for a couple of minutes before I have the continue the task I was doing. It feels silly to explain it to coworkers or other people that didn’t have the same experience as this community. All my happy memories of the band have been fragmented and they all have an open space where he should be but isn’t anymore. I’m truly heartbroken and angry and I don’t know what to do with those emotions other than just letting them flow through me.. I wished things would have gone differently for him and he had been given the chance to heal and make amends. I will always hold his memory and existence dear. He made me so happy for so long…my head and heart truly hurts and mourns his death.

i loved one direction with an all-consuming force when i was younger. it hurts deeply to mourn someone you were a massive fan of as teenager, and became a peer of as an adult.

i know people change and grief is unsure or complicated when it’s attached to a fond memory or the feeling a person gave you and not tangibly the person themself. i can see many of you on here are struggling with that right now and i understand.

a few years ago i purchased a home that Liam previously owned. there were rumors the house was haunted. He assured me it was not, and i believed him. because i know the ghosts that haunt us aren’t tethered to buildings. They live in parts of us that are harder to reach and they go wherever we do.

as a parent, a fellow artist, and a fan, i simply cannot fathom this untimely loss. my heart goes out to his family, friends, and the fans. 💔

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Those 5 boys and the community around them held such a strong role in shaping me and knowing one of them is just... no more... I can't explain this feeling.

i have no idea how to process this. it’s not unfathomable and it’s something i’ve thought about many times but i don’t actually know how to process it. what do you mean he was such an integral part of me growing up and he did some fucked up things in part bc of the fucked up environment he grew up in and now he’s DEAD and can’t do anything to try and make amends. what do u mean the boys now means harry louis liam niall zayn. what do you mean he left behind a child less than 10 years old. what the fuck do you mean

I’m completely heartbroken.

Gentle reminder that you can hold an abuser accountable for being an abuser and still be devastated by the loss of a life.

We're deeply saddened by the news of Liam's passing 🤍

Liam was a safe place and meant a lot to so many of us. He was always shinning bright and with a simple smile he could make our days better. He would do anything for his fans and for that we thank him with all our hearts.

It's deeply hard to say goodbye, but this will be a place where his memory will prevail. We send a special hug to all of his fans around the world that are hurting right now.

But mostly, we are sending all our love and hugs to his family and friends. We hope that he is in a better place right now 🤍🕊️

x LP93 team

We're devastated by today's nightmare (which we really wish we could wake up from). All my friends (who have taken over this blog) and I hope all of you, our followers here, are okay and can take a step back to properly handle everything. Our hearts go out to Liam's family, friends, crew over the past decade and a half and, of course, his four brothers. Our hearts, as fans, are absolutely shattered. We're here if you need us. It has been one of the greatest pleasures of our lives to witness Liam growth and development and we're devastated about how the industry has taken yet another good soul and destroyed it beyond repair. Rest in kindness, Liam. 🕊️

theres no reason for this to be funny

Zayn at the Loewe Menswear Fall/Winter 2024-2025 show in Paris today (credit)