00:00like it's so difficult to lose a friend it's difficult to lose any friend but it's so difficult
00:05to lose a friend who is like so like you in so many ways harry styles is still reeling over
00:14the
00:14difficult death of his one direction bandmate liam payne in a candid conversation with apple
00:20music's zane lowe the 32 year old singer offered a rare and deeply personal look at how pain's
00:25passing has affected him and why he still struggles to talk about it i mean full transparency it's like
00:31something that i even the idea of talking about it feel like i struggle with that a little bit even
00:40pain died in october 2024 at the age of 31 after falling from a hotel balcony in argentina the loss
00:47sent shock waves through fans around the world and of course through the members of one direction
00:52who rose to global fame together after being formed on the x-factor in 2010 styles shared that
00:58in the immediate aftermath he wrestled with an unexpected part of grief the public nature of it
01:03i think i think there was a a period when he passed away where i really struggled with
01:14kind of like acknowledging how strange it is to have people kind of like own part of your grief in
01:29a
01:30way he said he had such strong feelings about losing his friend but was also aware there was a desire
01:35from other people for him to publicly convey those emotions or risk people questioning what he was
01:41feeling styles described pain as someone with the kindest heart who just wanted to be great calling
01:46him a super special person and adding simply really sad the tragedy also forced the grammy winner to
01:52take a hard look at his own life it was a really important moment for me style shared explaining that
01:58he found himself asking okay what do i want to do with my life how do i want to live
02:03my life his answer
02:04and i think the greatest way you can honor your friends who pass away is by living your life to
02:11the
02:12fullest following pain's death styles reunited with former bandmates nile horan louis tomlinson and zayn
02:19malik at his funeral and the group released a joint statement saying they were devastated and would take
02:24time to grieve the loss of their brother now as styles prepares to release his fourth album kiss all the
02:30time disco occasionally he's channeling both reflection and growth into his music while carrying the memory
02:36of his friend with him
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