Perrie Edwards has hinted that she wrote a song about her former bandmate Jesy Nelson for her debut solo album.
The singer, 30, revealed she wrote the song about “a friendship I no longer have” and admitted she couldn’t listen to it “without crying.”
Perrie and Jesy, 33, rose to fame in Little Mix after the band formed on The X Factor in 2011, alongside Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jade Thirlwall.
The girl group won the show and skyrocketed to global success, before Jesy unexpectedly left the band in 2020, citing her mental health.
Since his departure, he has not spoken to any of his former bandmates, and Leigh-Anne, 32, previously admitted that the remaining trio received therapy after dealing with the “painful” and “traumatic” experience.
Perrie Edwards has hinted that she wrote a song about her former bandmate Jesy Nelson for her debut solo album (pictured together in 2018).
The 30-year-old singer revealed she wrote the song about “a friendship I no longer have” and admitted she couldn’t listen to it “without crying”.
Perrie and Jesy, 33, rose to fame in Little Mix after the band formed on The X Factor in 2011, alongside Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jade Thirlwall (Jesy, Jade, Leigh-Anne and Perrie LR in the photo)
Speaking on The Zach Sang Show on Tuesday, Perrie opened up about her new solo career after Little Mix disbanded in 2021 and the inspiration behind her upcoming album.
She revealed that one song was about a former friend and, although she didn’t explicitly name Jesy, she described her as someone who was “a big part of my life.”
She said: ‘There is a friendship that I no longer have. I wrote a song about it. That song… I can’t even listen to it without crying.
‘It’s about them and how we didn’t agree. It’s a really sad song. We do not speak anymore. “They were a big part of my life, so it’s sad how it all ended.”
When host Zach asked her if she would ever be willing to reconcile with her former friend, Perrie admitted, “I’m open to it.” I don’t know if they would be after hearing the song.’
Jesy previously said she had left Little Mix because she had been struggling with her mental health in the band.
At the time of her departure, she said she found the “constant pressure of being in a girl group and living up to expectations” very hard, and the pop star admitted she was never “prepared” for the job as She was ‘just a waitress’.
She told The Sun: ‘For me, my mental health issues were a constant thing while I was in Little Mix. I was struggling with my physical problems, I was constantly harassed and I really, really suffered.
The girl group won the show and skyrocketed to global success, before Jesy unexpectedly left the band in 2020, citing her mental health.
Speaking on The Zach Sang Show on Tuesday, Perrie opened up about her new solo career after Little Mix disbanded in 2021 and the inspiration behind her upcoming album.
She revealed that one of the songs was about a former friend and, although she didn’t explicitly name Jesy, she described her as someone who was “a big part of my life.”
“I was at this for almost 10 years. I don’t think I was ever prepared for what was to come. I didn’t have social media or anything like that. I was just a waitress working in Dagenham.
‘I needed support and help to get through that, and there just wasn’t time for it while I was in the band. I don’t regret anything because I had to do what was right for me and I will always cherish the memories I had in Little Mix.’
In October last year, Leigh-Anne wrote candidly about the fallout from Jesy’s “abrupt, sad and messy” exit in her autobiography, Believe.
She said: ‘It was a complex and painful thing to accept. We all feel it, that pain and that sadness. This all seemed like a strange breakup and she wasn’t prepared for it.
“I was not prepared for the intensity of those emotions. “Everything was abrupt and sad and then it became complicated, which made it even more painful.”
She went on to say: ‘I’ve been in therapy over the course of my career. When we decided to take Little Mix on hiatus, I felt compelled to come back. We all did it.
‘It actually happened a little bit before our break. We were a family, the four of us were like sisters, and had been since adolescence, so it is not an exaggeration to say that losing a member was a traumatic experience.
“When you’ve felt so much love and support for another person for so long and then it’s suddenly gone, you never quite understand why it hurts.”
At the time of her departure, Jesy said she found the “constant pressure of being in a girl group and living up to expectations” very difficult, and the pop star admitted she was never “prepared” for the job anymore. who was ‘just a barmaid’ (band photographed in 2019)
In October last year, Leigh-Anne wrote candidly about the fallout from Jesy’s “abrupt, sad and messy” exit in her autobiography, Believe.
‘Therapy helped me, it helped us all, to process what had happened and deal with the emotions that came with it.
‘All that mess is now so far away from me that it’s not even worth commenting on. “We have moved toward something even brighter and stronger.”
Speaking of close friends Perrie and Jade, Leigh-Anne ended by writing: “The experience brought the three of us even closer.”
It comes after Perrie released her second single Tears on Friday, following up April’s Don’t Forget About Us.
His debut solo single was number one for two weeks on the Big Top 40 chart and peaked within the top 10 of the official charts.
Where Don’t Forget About Us was a country-influenced Ed Sheeran pop ballad, Tears is smooth soul with an ’80s vibe.
In the song, Perrie laments the tears she wasted on an ex, and although he says he knows he’ll never get them back, he swears he’ll never see her cry again.
Describing the inspiration for the song, he said: “This song is about getting out of a bad situation and leaving behind what happened in the past.”
It comes after Perrie released her second single Tears on Friday, following up April’s Don’t Forget About Us.
His debut solo single was number one for two weeks on the Big Top 40 chart and peaked within the top 10 of the official charts. Speaking on Capital Breakfast last week, Perrie spoke about the difficulties of following up a good debut.
‘It’s that point where you feel empowered and leave the tears behind because you’ve come out the other side. “It’s a sensual and soft song that I’m very excited for you all to hear.”
Speaking on Capital Breakfast last week, Perrie spoke about the difficulties of following up a good debut.
She admitted: ‘There is a bit of pressure. I think there’s a little bit of pressure because it’s so different. But I warned everyone. I brought a disclaimer to the table.
‘When I promoted Forget About Us. I thought my second and third singles are very different from the first. So, I think now you know what I mean by that, because Tears has a completely different sound.
