Jesy Nelson suffers major solo setback as her new single Bad Thing FAILS enters the UK Top 100 – more than a week after ex Little Mix star released comeback track WITHOUT a label
- The 31-year-old singer released her second song just over a week ago, on Friday, April 14, as a follow-up to her debut song Boyz in October 2021.
- While Boyz has a whopping 25 million views on YouTube, Jesy’s latest music video has just 417,000 views at the time of publication
- Lewis Capaldi’s Wish You The Best – released on the same day – has a viewership of 2.8 million and immediately shot to number one in the Top 40
Jesy Nelson has taken a huge hit in her solo career as it can be revealed that her new single Bad Thing failed to chart at all.
The former Little Mix singer, 31, self-released her second song just over a week ago on Friday, April 14 as a follow-up to her debut song, Boyz, in October 2021.
But despite a lot of promotion on her social media, her second attempt at cracking the music industry herself has landed her with a major setback.
On Sunday night it turned out that Bad Thing was not included in the Official Singles Chart Top 100, or any other entry from the Official Charts Company.
And while Boyz has a whopping 25 million views on YouTube, Jesy’s latest music video has just 417,000 views and 400,000 streams on Spotify at the time of publication.
Oh no! Jesy Nelson has taken a huge hit in her solo career as it can be revealed that her new single Bad Thing failed to chart at all
Flop: The former Little Mix singer, 31, released her second song more than a week ago, on Friday, April 14, as a follow-up to her debut song, Boyz, in October 2021
Meanwhile, Lewis Capaldi’s Wish You The Best – released on the same day – has a viewership of 2.8 million on the video-sharing platform and shot straight to number one in the Top 40.
Her new song couldn’t be further removed from her divisive first solo R&B single Boyz, which also featured Nicki Minaj and was released through Polydor.
Jesy went in a completely different direction for her second single, showing off her vocal range as she sang about a toxic ex-boyfriend in the powerful track, accompanied by a 1970s-inspired video.
She is now ready to release her third solo single Cried Out after parting ways with Polydor last July due to “creative differences”.
MailOnline has contacted representatives of Jesy and the Official Charts Company.
It follows that Jesy is about to sign a big new deal with Warner Records.
She’s said to be in advanced talks with the label, and they’ll be watching her and fans’ reactions to the song closely before offering a deal, according to reports.
Jesy rose to fame with Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Perrie Edwards and Jade Thirlwall as part of The X Factor winning girl group Little Mix in 2011 but left the band in 2020.
Disappointing: But despite a lot of promotion on her social media, her second attempt at cracking the music industry herself has landed her with a major setback
Little Mix then continued as a trio and released the hit album Confetti together before going on hiatus in 2022.
Jesy was the first to make the move into solo music with Boyz before Leigh-Anne, 31, signed a solo deal with Warner Records in March 2022.
Jade, 30, has also been in the studio working on her album with help from her Rizzle Kicks star partner Jordan Stephens.
Meanwhile, Perrie, 29, is also working on solo music, but said she doesn’t have a “fixed timeline” and enjoys being able to explore her own sound.
Jesy has been teasing her upcoming album for weeks, but the release date has yet to be announced.
Old times: Jesy rose to fame with Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Perrie Edwards and Jade Thirlwall as part of the X Factor winning girl group Little Mix in 2011 but called it quits in 2020 (pictured in 2018)
