When I heard the news about Liam, I felt completely devastated, said Mendes in avideofrom the show.

I got to meet Liam a couple times, and he was a beautiful soul.

His eyes gleamed, there was beauty shining through his eyes.

Shawn Mendes sings into a mic onstage and points to the sky.

Shawn Mendes performs at the Rock In Rio Festival on Sept. 23, 2024 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Wagner Meier/Getty Images

We love you, and the world is crying for you, brother.

And were all praying for your son and your family.

We miss you, man.

One Direction’s Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik and Liam Payne posed on a red carpet

According to a preliminary autopsy report, hiscause of deathwas ruled multiple trauma and internal and external hemorrhage.

After One Direction went their separate ways, Payne released his lone solo albumLP1in 2019.