Rita Ora breaks down on stage while performing Liam Payne duet hours after his death

Rita Ora was flooded with emotion arsenic she performed a opus she recorded with Liam Payne, conscionable hours aft the quality of his death.

Ora, a adjacent person of Payne’s, took the signifier successful Osaka, Japan hust a fewer hours aboriginal and struggled to decorativeness their 2018 duet For You, which they recorded for the Fifty Shades Freed soundtrack.

As a representation of her and Payne was projected connected the large surface down her, the Praise You singer, 33, fought backmost tears done the affectional show of their duet.

Ora is seen holding her caput successful her hands, turning distant from the audience, and looking up astatine the entity earlier telling the crowd: "I can't adjacent sing this close now."

Payne’s For You was 1 of his 2 solo tracks to interruption into the apical 10 of the UK charts.

The British vocalist was a long-time person of Ora’s and successful 2021 it was reported that helium adjacent moved into Ora's £3.25m penthouse successful westbound London with his ex-fiancée Maya Henry for a time.

Taking to societal media pursuing her performance, Ora: “I’m devastated. He had the kindest soul, I volition ne'er forget. 

“I loved moving with him truthful overmuch - helium was conscionable specified a joyousness to beryllium astir connected and disconnected stage. This tragic quality breaks my heart. 

“Sending each my emotion and prayers to his household and loved ones. Our opus For You takes connected a full caller meaning for maine now. R.I.P”.

Payne died aged 31 aft falling from the balcony of his edifice country in Buenos Aires, the superior of Argentina.

He plunged from the 3rd level of the Casa Sur Hotel successful the Palermo neighbourhood resulting successful "extremely superior injuries", according to authorities.

He was pronounced dormant astatine the scene. The circumstances astir his decease are inactive being investigated.