Ashton Irwin is remembering his instances with Liam Payne following the 31-year-old singer’s stunning loss of life final week.

On Tuesday (Oct. 22) — six days after Payne suffered a deadly fall in Buenos Aires, Argentina — the 5 Seconds of Summer drummer opened up concerning the “sunken heart feeling” of shedding his pal in a string of tweets. “Been thinking on my times with Liam and how kind he was to me, [whether] backstage, passing by at an airport, he always made the time,” Irwin wrote.

“I feel super confused by his passing and I’m finding it so hard to sum up the way it feels, such a massive loss for many,” the 30-year-old musician continued. “my thoughts are with his family, partner, and the other 1D guys, and all of you. I feel at times I had a front row seat back in the day to watching Liam light up lives with his performances with the band. Gone to soon. This is just horrible.”

Payne died Oct. 16 after falling from the third-story balcony of his resort room in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A latest preliminary post-mortem report confirmed that he gave the impression to be alone on the time and suffered a number of traumas and hemorrhages upon impression. A follow-up toxicology take a look at confirmed that the “Strip That Down” singer was underneath the affect of medicine and alcohol when he died, together with a leisure drug referred to as “pink cocaine” that mixes substances similar to ketamine, MDMA, methamphetamine, cocaine, opioids and extra.

Irwin and his 5SOS bandmates — Luke Hemmings, Michael Clifford and Calum Hood — opened for One Direction in 2014 on the Where We Are Tour. “We need to respect that we’re here to warm up the crowd for the headliner, which has sold out the stadium,” the drummer mirrored on the expertise in an interview with Billboard that 12 months. “We do punk jumps and all that. We just don’t ever say ‘f—‘ onstage.”

Countless different musicians and Payne’s family members have additionally spoken out concerning the X Factor alum’s loss of life over the previous few days, together with all 4 surviving members of 1D: Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik. In addition to creating their very own particular person statements, the foursome posted a joint message studying, “We will take some time to grieve and process the loss of our brother, who we loved dearly. The memories we shared with him will be treasured forever.”

See Irwin’s tweets beneath.