I was always going to come straight here, at the awful news. Back to home base. You are the people that lost him like I did.
I am not of Liamās generation. 1D didnāt define my younger years, like so many of you here. Thatās a particular sort of pain. Perhaps that's more what it felt like for me when John Lennon was gunned down. The Beatles were my first boyband.
Instead, 1D defined a reawakening of my then dormant artistic soul. A different impact, but a no less seismic one for me.
It was in their music, and the joy of it. After decades away, I went to concerts again. I still do.
It was in the 1D alchemy, those sweet boys, the joy of them.
It was in the amazing creativity of this fan base, which inspired and fuelled my own. The artists, the writers, the gif makers, the editors, and all those who lifted them up. You were, and are, wonderful. You showed me such generosity of spirit and encouragement. Bless all your hearts.
And Liam started drawing. I remember thinking how much I wished Iād started drawing at his age, but was excited for him that he was where he was. There is some bravery in putting your early work out there. I felt that too. I loved him for that.
I have already lived 37 years longer than Liam. I should have gone before him. I know how much promise, how much joy, how much redemption and wisdom, how much history those years could have held in store for him, however challenging they would also have been. How much it held in store for those he loved, and who loved him. There was turbulence in the end, and Iām mindful of that, but overwhelmingly I feel the depth of this loss. The history that is altered, the history that wonāt be. The possibilities for healing and happiness and artistry that wont be. No one is promised even one day, but untimely death hits so particularly hard.
I wish he could have survived this time, but it wasnāt to be. Iām gutted. Iām so sad, maybe more than I thought I would be, or could be, for the loss of someone so far away. But here I am. And Iām so, so glad of all of you here. Glad and grateful and comforted. You are the people who lost him like I did.
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