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Jade Thirlwall Teases Disco-Influenced Debut Solo LP, Talks Almost Missing Little Mix ‘X-Factor’ Audition Over ‘Crappy Boyfriend’

Jade Thirlwall talked about the disco-influenced sound of her upcoming solo debut LP, as well as how she almost missed her 2011 'X-Factor' audition.

The group went on hiatus in 2022 so that the members of the Brit Award-winning act could pursue solo projects, and Thirlwall told the magazine that she if fully ready to present her new vision to the world. Feeling more liberated and able to lean into more overtly sexy themes than in the innuendo-trafficking Little Mix, Thirlwall went all-in on the song’s promotion, releasing a line of “kinky merchandise” that she expected her team to reject. “Thankfully everyone was onboard,” she said, noting that the line of edible underwear, lubricant and sex toys was also originally going to include condoms, before she worried that it was too risky if, for some reason, they failed during use.

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