Here are Vines of fans sobbing over Zayn Malik's exit from One Direction

In huge, heartbreaking, inconceivable, worldwide, epic, unbelievable news, Zayn Malik, the super hot heartthrob from British boy band One Direction, has taken a note from Ginger Spice's 1998 playbook and hopelessly abandoned left the group. The band announced his departure on their Facebook page:

The news is so important, in fact, that the AP tweeted it as Breaking News:

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Nothing matters anymore. How. Do. We. Rebuild. After. This?

Kids who should be in school right now have taken to social media to mourn the untimely exit of the dark-featured singer.

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The outrage and disbelief spread quickly on Twitter, where fans excessively employed emojis and hashtags to emote about their grave loss:

https://twitter.com/SizweDhlomo/status/580775692184526848

https://twitter.com/paynswodka/status/580775549053845504

Even TV star Jackee Harry (Sister, Sister, 227) weighed in:

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Tumblr is filled to the brim with melancholy text posts and photos of crying teens. Where can they go from here?

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And finally, Vine is completely submerged in teen tears. Say it ain't so, Zayn…

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BE FREE BABY ANGEL!

Akilah Hughes is a comedian, YouTuber, and staff writer and producer for Fusion's culture section. You can almost always find her waxing poetic about memes and using too many emojis. 🍕