The news of Zayn Malik‘s departure spread faster than the speed of light — literally.
One Direction, the 22-year-old, and Simon Cowell all made official statements on the band’s Facebook page today…
[ Photos: 22 Thought Provoking Tweets From Zayn! ]
But just because Zayn gave the reason why he’s leaving doesn’t make dealing with it any easier!
As usual, the fan girls and boys of the world took to Twitter and Instagram to express their disbeliefs and reactions to the sad news:
Other fandoms even reached out to console the Directioners:
Others took to Vine to show their emotions:
Sigh, this is all so upsetting!
Time to put Up All Night, Take Me Home, Midnight Memories, and Four all on repeat…
Put your lighters up for Zayn, y’all.