Liam Payne, former member of the iconic boy band One Direction has tragically passed away after a freak balcony fall in Argentina at age 31.

The former One Direction member fell from his third-floor room balcony Argentine police confirmed this morning.

In a statement, the police said they were called to the hotel in the capital’s leafy Palermo neighbourhood where they were notified of an “aggressive man who could be under the effects of drugs and alcohol.”

Emergency workers confirmed the death of the 31-year-old British singer, who was reportedly found in the hotel’s interior patio.

The British singer rose to fame as part of the since-disbanded pop band One Direction, alongside Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson.

The band got its start after finishing third on the British version of the X Factor music competition show in 2010. Still, the group broke up in 2016 as its members pursued different projects including solo careers.