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4 October 2024, 11:41 | Updated: 4 October 2024, 11:42
Here’s everything we know so far about Perrie Edwards’ solo music including her debut solo album's tracklist, release date and upcoming single.
Since Little Mix went on hiatus in 2022, Perrie Edwards, Jade Thirlwall and Leigh-Anne Pinnock have been working on solo music, with Leigh-Anne being the first to make the leap in 2023.
Next up was Perrie with her debut solo single 'Forget About Us' followed by her second single 'Tears', her third single 'You Go Your Way'. Jade has also now officially launched her solo career with 'Angel Of My Dreams' and 'Midnight Cowboy'.
In 2023 Perrie signed to Columbia Records, who also have Harry Styles and Beyoncé on their books, and her - yet to be released - completed album is filled with songs Perrie's mostly written or co-written with people in the industry like Raye and Ed Sheeran.
Perrie has been teasing her solo projects on social media for a while now, but when is she releasing new singles or an album and what can we expect? Here are all the updates.
Perrie released her debut solo single 'Forget About Us' on April 12th 2024 and her second single called 'Tears' was release on June 21st 2024.
After hinting to Capital Breakfast that her third single was coming out soon she dropped 'You Go Your Way' on October 4th. She has now also revealed that a fourth single is coming out with "more than one" collab on it.
Speaking to our sister station Heart, Perrie said that her album is set to come out early 2025 with the pre-order going live before the end of 2024.
Perrie Edwards hints about debut studio album
Perrie’s worked with some pretty big names in the music industry as she gears up for her solo career, including long-term Little Mix writer Kamille, producer of the moment Fred Again and songwriting legend Steve Mac.
Her first solo single 'Forget About Us' was co-written alongside Ed Sheeran. You may recall that initially, Ed had written his smash hit 'Shape Of You' for Little Mix to perform before he ended up keeping it for his own discography.
The album apparently also features a collaboration with RAYE, after the six-time BRIT Award winner came over to Perrie's home studio to write a song called '2-2', a song Perrie says she's 'really proud of' and is about her partner Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Perrie told NME of working with the 'Worth It' singer: "She came over and it was just the best day. Every time I see her win an award or anything happens to her, I am so happy because she just deserves to win – she’s the nicest, most genuine person, but her talent is ridiculous. Like, she opens her mouth and I’m just in awe of her."
Many details about the name of Perrie’s first solo album remain under wraps but she has said that the album is complete and has a name, the tea on that is that it was actually named by fans.
There is speculation that her album could be called 'Lala room' after that was seen written on the door in the 'Tears' music video. Earlier in the year, Perrie told Capital that her son Axel calls her recording studio the 'la la room'.
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The songs we know so far are:
At Perrie's exclusive listening party for some of her fans, which she held in London, she played them three brand-new songs. The three tracks were described by attendees as one "really sad big ballad" and two "upbeat dancey songs".
According to NME it includes everything from 'Motowny' moments to 'guitar-led ballads' and tracks with 'Mariah Carey vibes', we think they must have been talking about her second single 'Tears'.
Perrie said to the magazine: "What I wanted to make sure of was that every song [from] a different genre had a sister or sibling on the album, so it’s not completely mismatched. It makes sense when you listen to it as a body of work.”
In her interview with Zach Sang she revealed she's written 50 songs but only 12-14 will make it onto the album, however there will be more on the deluxe.
She also revealed she's written a song about a friendship break up which is so sad it makes her cry. Other rumoured songs on the album are called: 'Miss You', 'Rocket Scientist', 'Put You First' and 'Me Myself and You'.
As the 'Queen of leaks' Perrie has been teasing another single 'Me, Myself & You' which she wrote about her anxiety, as she says she connects with her fans over this, she has already shared it with some of them. It's not known when this will be actually released but is confirmed to be on the album.
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