“After I was lacking residence as a 17 yr outdated child you’ll all the time be there with a optimistic outlook and reassuring smile and let me know you have been my good friend and that I used to be cherished. Regardless that you have been youthful than me you have been all the time extra smart than me, you have been headstrong, opinionated, and gave no f***s about telling folks once they have been unsuitable.
“Regardless that we butted heads due to this a couple of occasions, I all the time secretly revered you for it. I used to be all the time blissful to know, it doesn’t matter what occurred on stage we may all the time depend on you to know which option to steer the ship subsequent. I misplaced a brother if you left us and might’t clarify to you what l’d give to simply provide you with a hug one final time and say goodbye.”
We instructed earlier this month how Malik was prime of his former bandmates’ watch record after he postponed a tour within the wake of Payne’s dying.