BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA - On a cocaine and booze-fueled bender, former One Direction member Liam Payne decided to challenge one of the most basic fundamentals of physics by jumping to his death off a three-story balcony on Wednesday night. 

While One Direction fans around the world are mourning the loss of the pop star, family and friends are wondering if they could have seen the signs earlier and done something to prevent it from happening.  

For weeks leading up to the tragedy, Payne reportedly became obsessed with physics and left a string of unusual texts to loved ones questioning the concept of gravity.

“The texts were kinda strange,” Payne’s girlfriend Kate Cassidy said. “But I just thought he was joking. I remember one Christmas he asked for a book on physics. But not like a novel… Like a secondary school textbook. Looking back, that was definitely a sign that he wasn’t alright.”

Payne’s funeral will be held on Saturday in his hometown of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom where members of the English Flat Earth Society are expected to attend in honor of Payne’s commitment to “challenging the woke, scientific dogma that holds society back.”