Perrie Edwards makes sure no one forgets her.
The former Little Mix star (now Perrie) takes her first step forward as a solo recording artist with 'Forget About Us', the first single from her debut album.
While the British pop artist kept information about the LP tight-lipped, Official charts last month he reported that he recently hosted a series of private listening parties for fans and industry professionals in London, where the singer previewed six new songs, telling the stories behind each one.
“What I wanted to make sure of was that every song [from] a different genre had a sister or sister on the album, so it's not a complete mismatch,” he tells the NME of her upcoming album. “It makes sense when you hear it as a body of work.” Expect it to include “Motowny” moments, “guitar ballads” and tracks with “Mariah Carey vibes'.
The album also features Little Mix collaborator Jin Jin and RAYE, who picked up album of the Year at the BRIT Awards on March 2 for her debut album, My 21st Century Blues.
And, as previously mentioned, Ed Sheeran, who co-wrote “Forget About Us,” a sophisticated pop ballad with country sensibilities. A representative for her label confirmed the details of the report from the listening event, although no release date has yet been announced for the album.
Perrie burst onto the music scene in 2011 when she, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Jade Thirlwall and Jesy Nelson gathered at the British The X Factor. The band released six albums before Nelson left the group in 2020 following the release of their latest album, Confetti.
Little Mix made history at the 2021 Brit Awards when they became the first girl group in their more than four-decade history to win Best British Group. Later that year, in December 2021, the remaining members went on hiatus. Their last show, an April 2022 concert at London's O2 Arena, was broadcast live.
Leigh-Anne has already made the solo leap, with her 2023 debut single 'Don't Say Love' and her follow-up 'My Love', a collaboration with Ayra Starr.
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