Shawn Mendes Pays Emotional Tribute to Liam Payne at Brooklyn Concert: ‘The World Is Crying for You’

Shawn Mendes paid tribute to Liam Payne at his display Friday evening (Oct. 18) on the Brooklyn Paramount Theater.

Talking from the degree, an emotional Mendes informed the society he had met Payne “a couple of times” and described his impressions of the past due One Direction member, who died at age 31 upcoming falling from a third-floor lodge balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Wednesday evening (Oct. 16).

“I got to meet Liam a couple of times, and he was a beautiful soul and his eyes gleamed, it was beautiful,” Mendes started. “It’s about grieving those we miss with tears and it’s also about celebrating them and who they were and what they left in this world and I just want to take a second to send so much love to him wherever he is up there. Liam, we love you. The world is crying for you, brother, and we’re all praying for your son and your family. I miss you. This one’s for you tonight, Liam, from all of us.”

Following his feedback, Mendes introduced into “Heart of Gold,” a yet-to-be-released track he has carried out reside up to now.

“You had a heart of gold/You left too soon, it was out of your control/Underneath your skin and bone/You had a heart of gold,” Mendes sings within the refrain.

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Within the wake of Payne’s premature loss of life, quite a few celebrities have paid tribute to the singer, together with his 4 One Route bandmates freeing a joint remark on Thursday (Oct. 17) pronouncing they’re “completely devastated by the news of Liam’s passing.” All 4 additionally launched person statements mourning their past due collaborator. And on Friday, X Issue writer Simon Cowell — who gave Payne his get started via putting him in One Route in 2010 — mentioned he used to be “devastated” and “heartbroken” over the loss.