Perrie Edwards says it’s ‘nice to have breathing space’ from Little Mix amid coronavirus lockdown
PERRIE Edwards has admitted it is “nice to have breathing space” from her Little Mix pals.
The pop star and her bandmates Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Jesy Nelson, and Jade Thirlwall have been best friends since they were put together to form Little Mix on the 2011 series of The X Factor but speaking on Friday, as she self-isolated amid the coronavirus pandemic, Perrie admitted that getting time off was “nice”.
“Our group chat on WhatsApp is always popping off, we are so used to being together 24/7 we live in each other’s pockets so when we are not together it feels really weird,” she told Lorraine Kelly.
“But it is also nice to get breathing space as we don’t normally get time off.”
The band dropped their new single Break Up Song on Friday and the 26-year-old admitted that the girls were unsure at first about releasing music during these trying times.
“I think it’s just such a weird time for everybody but luckily for us, the single was already sorted, we had everything ready to go,” she said, “and we were going to hold off on releasing but it is a nice positive uplifting song, it will make people feel good, it’s something to do in isolation, we wanted to go with it and raise people’s spirits.”
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The girls have however postponed the release of their new album amid the coronavirus lockdown.
Perrie joined Heart Breakfast hosts Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden this morning via videolink as the group dropped new single Break Up Song and she explained: “Well I think with that the single, I think we didn’t want to push it back because we just wanted the world to hear it so that’s why we’ve released it now.
“Because we love it so much and I feel like it’s such a good upbeat positive uplifting song and that’s just what people need right now, but with the album, I think we are going to have to postpone it, yeah.”