Following the 31-year-old’s death on Wednesday, his friends and former collaborators have shared their shock and grief.

Following the unexpected death of Liam Payne, friends, fans and loved ones have taken to social media with an outpouring of emotional tributes. As reports broke that the One Direction alum died at age 31 on Wednesday when he fell from the balcony of his Buenos Aires,

Izzy Hawksworth, from Sheffield, said she is in shock over the death of Payne who was a "big piece" of her life. As an eight-year-old she came to love the boyband, watching and voting for them every week on The X Factor in 2010.