Cheryl Cole, Liam Payne’s ex-girlfriend and the mother of their 7-year-old son, described her grief over the late singer’s death as “indescribably painful.” Payne, a singer and former member of One Direction, died Oct. 16 after falling from a balcony on the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was 31.

Louis Tomlinson has addressed Liam Payne’s death in a touching tribute posted hours after the latter fatally fell from the third-floor balcony of his hotel room in Argentina. Tomlinson, 32, took to Instagram on Thursday to break his silence on his former One Direction bandmate’s sudden passing.