For the first time, singer Jesy Nelson has opened up about leaving the girl band Little Mix and she cannot front — she's happier than ever. After taking some time to herself, Nelson is back in the spotlight (and in the studio) with a newfound confidence, she tells Cosmopolitan U.K.
"I didn't know that I could be this happy," she says in her cover story. "I thought when I was in the group that it was just normal to feel that way. And because I'd felt like that for ten years, I just thought, 'This is life.' Since I've left, I feel free. I don't wake up with anxiety, thinking, 'I've got to do a music video today, I need to starve myself.' Or, 'I need to go on an extreme diet so I can look like the other three.' That was consuming me."
Nelson says she "constantly" compared herself to the rest of the band, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Perrie Edwards, and Jade Thirlwall, along with the "thousands" of haters who also pointed her out. "Now I feel like me," she continues. "When I look back [at my time] in the band, I genuinely wasn't me. I can't believe how miserable I was."
Her breaking point came during lockdown when the girls reunited to film the music video for "Sweet Melody," from their last album Confetti. After going on an "extreme diet," she still "found it so hard" to be a carefree pop star. "There's a scene in 'Sweet Melody' I'm not in, because that's when I had a panic attack and broke down," she remembers.
"I was like, 'I just want to go home.' I was sobbing in the dressing room. Someone really close to me said, 'This has got to stop. You can't keep doing this to yourself.' Now as a solo act, Nelson is working on music that sounds more like what she listens to than Little Mix's music does.
"For people to think that I would just stop working completely is crazy, because[for] me, working on my mental health is going to the studio, and creating music that I love," she added. "That's what clears my head and makes me happy."
https://www.vulture.com/2021/05/jesy-nelson-leaving-little-mix-cosmopolitan-uk-interview.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxxPlS6Ku0s
Awww good for her
This bitch pulled a Mutya :kii:
If she was that miserable why go solo less than six months after leaving th group?
Quote from: Gilgamesh. on May 06, 2021, 05:27:34 AM
This bitch pulled a Mutya :kii:
If she was that miserable why go solo less than six months after leaving th group?
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You know what
This tiny face. Not this bitch finally dropping the pounds right after she left the group.
Quote from: Gilgamesh. on May 06, 2021, 05:27:34 AM
This bitch pulled a Mutya :kii:
If she was that miserable why go solo less than six months after leaving th group?
!!!
Same with Zayn
Sorry, am burned out! :omf: Oh, here's my solo album :tistheseas:
Quote from: 𝖘𝖖𝖚𝖎𝖉 on May 06, 2021, 06:16:42 AM
Quote from: Gilgamesh. on May 06, 2021, 05:27:34 AM
This bitch pulled a Mutya :kii:
If she was that miserable why go solo less than six months after leaving th group?
!!!
Same with Zayn
Sorry, am burned out! :omf: Oh, here's my solo album :tistheseas:
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I think the truthful part of it is they hated the mess the group was making
Quote from: Jayda X on May 06, 2021, 06:24:10 AM
I think the truthful part of it is they hated the mess the group was making
Some of their kidz bop sounding mess<<<<<
I lowkey feel like that bubblegum/campy sound hindered their American crossover
Quote from: Freemala Harris on May 06, 2021, 07:30:12 AM
Quote from: Jayda X on May 06, 2021, 06:24:10 AM
I think the truthful part of it is they hated the mess the group was making
Some of their kidz bop sounding mess<<<<<
I lowkey feel like that bubblegum/campy sound hindered their American crossover
Without a doubt! Amazing group with some good songs but the majority their mess :unsure: ...
Quote from: 𝖘𝖖𝖚𝖎𝖉 on May 06, 2021, 06:16:42 AM
Quote from: Gilgamesh. on May 06, 2021, 05:27:34 AM
This bitch pulled a Mutya :kii:
If she was that miserable why go solo less than six months after leaving th group?
!!!
Same with Zayn
Sorry, am burned out! :omf: Oh, here's my solo album :tistheseas:
:plzstop:
Quote from: TinaSnow on May 06, 2021, 07:31:19 AM
Quote from: Freemala Harris on May 06, 2021, 07:30:12 AM
Quote from: Jayda X on May 06, 2021, 06:24:10 AM
I think the truthful part of it is they hated the mess the group was making
Some of their kidz bop sounding mess<<<<<
I lowkey feel like that bubblegum/campy sound hindered their American crossover
Without a doubt! Amazing group with some good songs but the majority their mess :unsure: ...
Most def. I almost got in after they released Touch w/ Kid Ink. But then they went back into their 'take a sip of my secret potion, Disney' mess.
Jess is prob gonna put out some real music. I expect that from her anyways.
Quote from: Jayda X on May 06, 2021, 06:24:10 AM
I think the truthful part of it is they hated the mess the group was making
Yeah. The pop groups for sure. Even Justin Timberlake was sick of that Bye Bye Bye mess.
It must've been hell for her. The way the media + everyone else constantly attacked sis.
Yall talking about why she immediately go solo but it doesnt seem like music was the issue if u listened to her. I'm only minimally familiar with lil mix and even I know this girl was shitted on. She was the fat one, the ugly one, etc. Its crazy to know that the stuff said actually really gets back to these girls and kills them inside this way. With this is mind, let's keep full speed at Tamar
Quote from: Vonc2002 on May 06, 2021, 08:36:34 PM
Yall talking about why she immediately go solo but it doesnt seem like music was the issue if u listened to her. I'm only minimally familiar with lil mix and even I know this girl was shitted on. She was the fat one, the ugly one, etc. Its crazy to know that the stuff said actually really gets back to these girls and kills them inside this way. With this is mind, let's keep full speed at Tamar
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I like her voice. I hope she releases some rnb mess.
too bad
Quote from: Gilgamesh. on May 06, 2021, 05:27:34 AM
This bitch pulled a Mutya :kii:
*siobahn
escape artist self
Well, Siobhan waited two years before releasing solo music :dead:
The way this girl is talking I wouldn't be surprised if she debuts her first single this Summer.
ah i see what ur sayin
Quote from: Freemala Harris on May 06, 2021, 07:30:12 AM
Quote from: Jayda X on May 06, 2021, 06:24:10 AM
I think the truthful part of it is they hated the mess the group was making
Some of their kidz bop sounding mess<<<<<
I lowkey feel like that bubblegum/campy sound hindered their American crossover
!!!! Since they had created full control their music has changed and started to have a more urban undertone! Fuck the US tbh their albums are pretty solid I mean fifth harmony albums are trash compare to these girls work overall.
Jesy is such a pretentious cunt btw! Those girls held her down and defended her from the trolls online and she even said that in interviews! When she lost the weight she started wearing the sexiest outfits out of the girls and started come cross like "ooff I'm a sex kitten now " . I dunno since she got with that man she has now she's been acting a lil funny even on the reality show you could tell she was a bit snobby. Now you wanna do solo music you saying "the other 3 girls" and "uncomfortable for 10 years" :disgusted:
Quote from: Gilgamesh. on May 07, 2021, 03:42:11 AM
Well, Siobhan waited two years before releasing solo music :dead:
The way this girl is talking I wouldn't be surprised if she debuts her first single this Summer.
Not her releasing before Normani :plzstop: