{"id":515288,"date":"2026-03-05T05:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T05:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/515288\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T05:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T05:07:08","slug":"so-difficult-to-lose-a-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/515288\/","title":{"rendered":"‘So Difficult to Lose a Friend’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tHarry Styles<\/a> is opening up about the loss of his former bandmate Liam Payne<\/a>, sharing that after his tragic death<\/a>, he vowed to live life to the fullest to further honor him. <\/p>\n

\n\tDuring a Wednesday interview with Zane Lowe<\/a> ahead of the release of his new album<\/a> Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally, Lowe noted that something the \u201cAperture\u201d singer said about artists being \u201cordinary people\u201d reminded him of Payne.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI love the idea to break that spell of what extraordinary is to other people in an attempt to try to create something that\u2019s beautifully ordinary for yourself,\u201d Lowe said. \u201cI just thought of Liam when you said that, you know, I thought of some, and not just Liam, but people who struggled to get out of extraordinary situations.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe three-time Grammy Award winner responded, \u201cYeah. It\u2019s really like, you know, full transparency, it\u2019s like something that I, even the idea of talking about it, I struggle with that a little bit even.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI think there was a period when he passed away where I really struggled with kind of like acknowledging how strange it is to have people kind of like own part of your grief in a way. I have such strong feelings around my friend passing away,\u201d Styles continued. \u201cAnd then suddenly being, you know, like aware of there\u2019s maybe like a desire from other people of you to convey that in some way, or it means you\u2019re not feeling what you\u2019re feeling or something, you know?\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tPayne died on Oct. 16, 2024, after falling from the third floor of a hotel room in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was 31.<\/p>\n

\n\tStyles explained that loss of any kind is incredibly hard, \u201cbut it\u2019s so difficult to lose a friend who is so like you in so many ways.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s like, I saw someone with the kindest heart who just wanted to be great,\u201d Styles said. <\/p>\n

\n\tHe added that \u201cit was a really important moment for me in terms of taking a look at my life and being able to say to myself, \u2018OK, what do I want to do with my life? How do I want to live my life?\u2019 And I think the greatest way you can honor your friends who pass away is by living your life to the fullest. Like super special person and really sad.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tFollowing his death, Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik shared a joint statement<\/a> on Instagram, writing that they were \u201ccompletely devastated by the news of Liam\u2019s passing.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIn time, and when everyone is able to, there will be more to say. But for now, we will take some time to grieve and process the loss of our brother, who we loved dearly,\u201d One Direction<\/a>\u2018s statement continued. \u201cThe memories we shared with him will be treasured forever. For now, our thoughts are with his family, his friends, and the fans who loved him alongside us. We will miss him terribly. We love you Liam.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe British boy band One Direction was assembled on The X Factor in 2010. Consisting of Payne, Styles, Horan, Tomlinson and Malik, they quickly shot to international stardom, and remained so through March 2015, when Malik announced he was exiting the group. They remained as a foursome through the beginning of 2016.<\/p>\n

\n\tAside from talking about Payne, Styles gave a wide-ranging interview with Lowe where he spoke about several tracks from his upcoming record and spoke about winning album of the year at the 2023 Grammy Awards for his album Harry\u2019s House. Styles said he wrote a letter to himself days before the ceremony to address whatever happened, whether he won or lost. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI wanted to catch myself with whatever happened, if I was disappointed or if I was feeling myself a little too much,\u201d Styles said. \u201cI\u2019m paraphrasing, but it basically said something like, \u2018Whatever everyone just told you, it\u2019s not true. Remember why you made it. That is the reward.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tKiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally drops Friday night and is one of the most anticipated albums of 2026. Styles will go on tour for the album this year, and he\u2019ll play a 30-show residency at Madison Square Garden from August through October. <\/p>\n

\n\tHe\u2019s set for a one night only performance in Manchester this Friday, where he will perform his latest album in full. That performance will air on Netflix<\/a> this Sunday at 3 p.m. EST. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Harry Styles is opening up about the loss of his former bandmate Liam Payne, sharing that after his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":515289,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,23481,15374,341,61828],"class_list":["post-515288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-harry-styles","tag-liam-payne","tag-music","tag-one-direction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=515288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/515289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}