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Perrie Edwards says launching a solo music career after more than 10 years in Little Mix was “so scary”.<\/p>\n
The 30-year-old has just released her second single, Tears, after her debut Forget About Us in April.<\/p>\n
“I’m really happy now the first song’s been and gone,” she tells Radio 1. “The pressure’s kind of gone now.<\/p>\n
“Not to wish it all away, but the suspense and the emotions that were running through my body before I launched with anything, it was so scary.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Perrie has followed Leigh-Anne Pinnock – who released My Love and Don’t Say Love last year – as a Little Mix member going solo.<\/p>\n
The girl group, formed of Perrie, Leigh-Anne and Jade Thirlwall, announced they were taking a break in 2022 after first forming on X Factor in 2011. <\/p>\n
It came after Jesy Nelson announced she was leaving<\/a> the group in 2020. <\/p>\n Since then, Perrie had her son Axel with her fiance, footballer Alex Oxlaide-Chamberlain, and has pursued a career outside music including in fashion. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Perrie’s debut, Forget About Us, which she co-wrote with Ed Sheeran, marked her return to music.<\/p>\n The track reached the top 10 in the UK Official Charts and Perrie says she’s “just so pleased by the response and the reception it’s had”.<\/p>\n “Now that’s out and everyone’s had a little vibe of Perrie and what my solo journey’s going to be like,” she says. <\/p>\n But Tears, which she describes as a “70s kind of funky, feel good” song, is “so different”, she says. <\/p>\n