Little Mix’s Jade Thirlwall breaks free from bounds, opens up about struggles and life after being in a group - Report

Little Mix member Jade Thirlwall is finally sharing her story about her life and career after starting off as a solo artist. The group has officially been on a hiatus since 2022, after which all of the members of the group went down their own path to pursue music and other challenges. Thirlwall, 32, is now finally opening up about her struggles in life and how everything has been beyond Little Mix.While sitting down for an interview with The Guardian, the singer shared what kind of struggles she has gone through in the past years and how she has been dealing with everything. She shared that, ever since she was a child, she has been faced with issues like bullying and racism. Coming from an Arab background, these issues had become common for the star. One thing, however, proved to be a major issue in her life: Anorexia. The pop star shared that it got to a point where she even had to be hospitalized, after which she auditioned for ‘The X Factor’ and the rest is history. While talking about her time on the show, the star shared that, “In retrospect, if the show had done a proper mental health assessment, then they wouldn’t have let me on. It was very surface. Judging by some of the people in that X Factor house, it wasn’t done properly. Bless them, through no fault of their own, some of those people were mentally unwell”.The singer also delved into her life as a pop star on how starting off in the industry in a girl group was beneficial to her. She shared, “I was this young lass from South Shields who just wanted to make it as a singer, and I went on to be in the best, coolest girlband ever. Now I get to have a bonus round, doing my own songs”.She also shared that before the release of her first-ever solo single, she ended up sitting down and listening to all of her discography with Little Mix. This ended up making her cry and get emotional about all the group has achieved over the years.