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Pop star Harry Styles<\/a> says he is still grappling with the death of his former One Direction bandmate and friend Liam Payne<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI think there was a period when he passed away where I really struggled,\u201d Styles said in an interview with <\/a>Apple Music\u2019s Zane Lowe posted on Wednesday. <\/a>\u201cI have such strong feelings around my friend passing away.”<\/p>\n Payne was 31 when he fell from a third floor balcony on Oct. 16, 2024<\/a>. His sudden death sent shockwaves through the music world and plunged his fans around the world into mourning.<\/p>\n Styles said what happened to Payne prompted him to reassess his own life.<\/p>\n “It was a really important moment for me in terms of taking a look at my life and being able to say to myself, \u2018OK, what do I want to do with my life? How do I want to live my life?\u2019 Styles said. “And I think the greatest way you can honor your friends who pass away is by living your life to the fullest.”<\/p>\n Styles found himself talking about Payne while doing an interview to promote his new album \u201cKiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally,” <\/a>which goes on sale Friday.<\/p>\n After Payne died, Argentinian prosecutors said the former boy band singer had been incapacitated by \u201cconsumption of various substances” before he fell to his death.<\/p>\n In February 2025, an Argentinian court cleared<\/a> three of the five people accused<\/a> of having a hand in the death of Payne.<\/p>\n But the court also upheld the pre-trial detention of a hotel worker and a waiter at a local restaurant who were accused of plying him with cocaine. <\/p>\n As of December, both men were still awaiting trial, according to British newspapers<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n