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Perrie Edwards in Heartbreak Anthem music video, 2021.

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LITTLE MIX

13 years ago today Kelly Rowland created the biggest girl group of all time; Little Mix were born 🪽

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7 years ago the girls released sotme 💗

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Wings by Little Mix

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LITTLE MIX star Jade Thirlwall is finally dropping her debut single – and it includes a dig at her former boss Simon Cowell.

It seems she has unfinished business with the music mogul and takes aim at him in the lyrics of the song, Angel Of My Dreams.

It features the telling line: “Sold my soul to a SyCo” a reference to Simon’s now- defunct record label — which the girl band quit in 2018.

And Jade also looks to have taken a pop at the former X Factor supremo himself in the big-budget video for the track, which she has been secretly shooting in ­London.

The promo depicts Jade as a youngster trying to find fame, along with a mysterious man smoking a cigar who ­controls the music industry.

Fans will see this as a nod to Simon, who plucked Jade and her old bandmates Perrie Edwards, Jesy Nelson and Leigh-Anne Pinnock from thousands of pop hopefuls on the ­talent show back in 2011.

However, the relationship later turned sour after the group confronted Simon in a strongly worded email over their writing credits.

A bigger row then erupted between the band’s management company ­Modest and Simon, who decided to cut ties with them in 2018.

The dispute saw the girls move to RCA, which released their fifth album, LM5.

Jade — whose spokesman declined to comment on the apparent Simon references on the new single — later revealed the group were then stopped from pushing a message of girl power.

That really f***ed us over’

Asked why fans didn’t see much female empowerment in their music videos, Jade added: “We did a little bit but we had a switch of labels during the LM5 process and that really f***ed us over.

"It was harder to put all our creativity out there in the way we would have liked.“

The LM5 album was very heavy on women’s rights and our experiences in the ­industry.”

With ex-bandmates Perrie and Leigh-Anne both dropping new solo tunes imminently, I can’t wait to hear what Jade has to say with her new tracks.

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Before the Leigh-Perrie-Jade trio, the Little Mix sisterhood was a quartet. I’m sure almost all GLAMOUR readers will remember Jesy Nelson’s shock departure in December 2020, citing the toll that being in the band had had on her mental health.

“It felt like a breakup, to be honest. It was really, really sad,” Leigh-Anne says. “I think that was normal, after us all being in the group together for so long. It was definitely something that took a lot of getting used to. It was a really hard time,” she says with a matter-of-factness that surprises me. Leigh-Anne is normally extremely reticent about her strained relationship with Jesy after a widely publicised feud in 2021. Leaked Instagram messages allegedly from Leigh-Anne accused Jesy of blackfishing in her solo music video for Boyz, which resulted in Jesy partaking in a scathing Instagram Live with collaborator Nicki Minaj, who seemingly accused Leigh-Anne of only speaking out at that time because Jesy was no longer helping Little Mix make money, and repeatedly referring to her – albeit without naming her directly – as a ‘f*cking clown’.

“It was about a month after giving birth to my twins, and I was suddenly caught up in this horrific online row and toxic Twitter debates,” she recalls. “But the fact that I had just given birth to these two angels is what saved me in that time. Because I feel like I probably would have had some crazy, like…” She pauses. “I don’t know; I would have let it consume me, and it probably would have been bad. But the fact I did have them made me go, ‘Just put your phone down, that stuff isn’t real. This, in front of you, is what’s real.’ The fact I have these two little lives that I have to take care of? Nothing else really matters. God, I just feel so grateful to experience it.”

– Glamour UK, October 2023 (x)

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Kelly Rowland ‘grateful’ unaired X Factor clip confirmed she was the mastermind behind Little Mix: ‘I put those girls together!’

Kelly Rowland ‘grateful’ unaired X Factor clip confirmed she was the mastermind behind Little Mix: ‘I put those girls together!’

Kelly Rowland is still feeling pretty impressed with herself after the unaired X Factor footage showed her forming Little Mix. A recent clip circulated Twitter showing the Motivation hitmaker, Gary Barlow, Louis Walsh and Tulisa selecting which hopefuls would make it through to judges houses. However, fans were not under the impression that Kelly was the one who put Perrie Edwards, Jesy Nelson,…

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Thank you for this insight though. I didn't know about the part that Justin also once worked for Gary too.

Jason is really an idealist and I think that weighs hard on him often. In For the Record documentary, he was wandering and had a hard time sleeping. That's literally a someone with lots of thoughts in his mind.

Speaking about Little Mix and Captain Gaz, I'm not a big fan of Little Mix but of course I read things about them a lot when I passed through social media. I know they have a lot of troubles in recent years with them split up and Jesy Nelson is basically canceled by the internet. Can I assume this is because how Little Mix is structured like the way they want? No leader. Yet, Perrie Edwards is still the centerpiece of the band. I wonder if that also created a gap between them.

I want to compare the western group bands from 2000s with kpop groups. Because they all went through structural training phases and corporate structure, they all work efficiently and lastingly. Each group has a leader (the spokesperson), a face (usually the most handsome one to represent them all, usually a centerpiece), a senior/ (the oldest one who nurture), and a younger one/maknae (the one who is coddled the most, usually also the cutest looking one). At first, I detest this structure because there is nothing organic about this. This is corporate. But since I dwelve into kdrama, I can't help but looking into kpop groups too. I will never going to like their music but in between kdrama and loving Take That, a 90s boyband, I now understand their appeal to their audiences. And you know what, their best groups last longer than most of western groups. In the end they would split, but it will be after more than the battery life of those western groups have. Take That (Take One era), Spice Girls, Boyzone, Westlife, NKOTB, FIfth Harmony, even Little Mix only last 5-7 years. You could argue Backstreet Boys is longer but they are in shamble since early 2000s.

In an idealistic world, you would want to nurture your work through family value. Unfortunately, work life is part of business and when you're talking about business you have to be able to separate friendship side and business side. That's why even I promise myself I will never do business with my best friends because of how sensitive this might be. I'm not saying Jason is stupid because I also often said Gary is too naive for an adult man. I'm just saying, having a captain is the reason why Take That is still constantly making album and doing tour today. In every group, someone has to step up and being the leader. They don't have to be necessarily good but they have to be someone that everyone in the group could look up to and Gary since reunited has filled the role perfectly. He is a very organized person and he loves and passionate in making music. Unfortunately, he is not perfect. Like I said before, he is too naive which I always think was and is his downfall. I don't even want to talk about Howard's shenanigans like please I am still speechless after years later.

Oh yeah about Robbie too. Maybe you're right though, it changes the dynamic. But I still don't think it's the real reason. Robbie came looking for something to boost his confidence. He already made up with Gary even having him as his mate for his mini tour for Greatest Hits prior to Progress and then he put Gary in a very high pedestal above everyone, even Mark!! Mark is the one who convince Rob to come back and then to stay yet it's Gary's this and Gary's that. Gary in Children in Need charities, Gary in X Factor, Gary making a whole show for the Queen of England, Gary is national treasure, Gary receives OBE. Even in his documentary, when Rob mentioned people in his life who has supported him the montage are Ayda, his children, and Gary before everyone else. Jason is close to Howard but Howard is also very close to Gary (literally the only one left who still close to Gary during the "dark years") and also put him in his own pedestal too. Then I can assume he felt left alone in the group.

After reading your reblog I am even more positive he left because something to do with the tax issue too. Maybe even more convoluted and involved than I can even thought. What if he intentionally left TT to crash and burn?? 🥲

But again, at this point, despite everything they will still going to be solid to each other that we probably will never know what is actually going on.

Jason.

Suddenly I want to talk about Jason (it's a very long talk).

I realize I never talk about this here, but I often compare him to Queen's John Deacon. There are few similarities. The "silent" one, the underrated one, the one who prefer tea when the others would prefer wine, the one whose lyrics always about life, the dark horse, the one who is not confident with singing, the one who left the band and never be seen again.

The thing about John Deacon is that I never feel sort of bereaved, longing, or sad that he is no longer in Queen. I am a Queen fan since I could barely speak english thanks to my dad and the moment I learn that he left Queen so many years ago I was like that's ok. That's because even though Brian and Roger are the spine of Queen, the heart and soul will always be with Freddie and Freddie died 32 years ago. New fans had their hard time accepting it when they searched for Deacy but they quickly realized time has gone long and he has been living a peaceful private life. It's easy for us to let go of Deacy, because Queen regardless how good Adam Lambert is now, is over the moment Freddie died. There are no what ifs when talking about Deacy leaving Queen and public life. His statement is also clear and undeniable that he left because he thought there should be no more Queen after Freddie.

But the thing about Jason Orange is that he left at the height of Take That fandom. They just had Robbie back and they released Progress and it was very very success album and tour too. Three years later, people expect something but Robbie's not coming back and so did Jason. It feels anticlimactic for fans even though it may not be for him. There are no impromptu. Unlike the rest of the members, Jason doesn't have social media but he also didn't do or say anything leading up to that day in 2014. Take That was perfectly fine ship and suddenly one of their longest standing member at that time jumped the ship without lifeboat that could help him return. He swam to the nearest island and not planning to swim back to the ship ever again. Sure he made a statement through Take That's PR but it's just a thank yous. Something is not told and as fans we left to wonder why did he leave. What had gone wrong in the background??

Toxic fans would often like to think it's because of Robbie because Jason didn't like Rob in the 90s and, while often written off in newer documentaries or autobiographies, was the one who propagated to kick Robbie Williams out of Take That (as stated by the man himself in Look Back, Don't Stare). It's easy to make Robbie Williams a scapegoat, isn't it? However, Jason himself said back in Progress era that Robbie came back to Take That was the final piece of puzzle. Gary in his book A Better Me also said that Jason always wanted Robbie to return and felt like his job is done when he got to see all his boyband friends in the same room again.

However, it still doesn't answer the question to why did he leave? I have a habit of wondering over unimportant things and sometimes, especially now, my mind wonder about Jason and why exactly did he leave. I have some theories, it might not satisfy you but bare with me.

Here's a gif of Jason so you won't get too tired reading this post lol

First theory: tax evasion scandal. I'm not gonna pretend to be a foolish fan and not know that sometimes in 2014, Take That faced a huge backlash thanks to this scandal. Those annoying 40-50 something British guy who love to make this tax evader joke to state they never like Take That to look manly can never escape me every time I go around social media about Take That. Even though it rarely talked about among Thatters, I feel like if they are not known more now than they are a decade ago it's because this scandal still affecting them in the eyes of UK public, who are their major target market. I could also argue if only they make another big break this scandal will be gone from people's mind but sad to say they haven't done anything bigger than Progress even until now, not that I don't like III, Wonderland, and This Life, I do. But me and all of you (roughly 30 people around here) and I'd estimate less than 2 millions most royal Thatters out there who are interested are not enough. Back to the tax scandal, it is a fact that Gary, Mark, and Howard are part of the scandal but not Jason because his finance always managed by his twin brother, so I heard. I wonder whatever went behind the scene could might affect Jason's decision to leave.

Why? Because if it is true that he left because Progress is enough, he could have stated he would be leaving since after Progress or any time between 2012 to early 2014. Why did he have to wait and drag this for too long? Also, I wonder if this is why they are so sensitive about Jason leaving at first. Remember in Robbie's autobiography when they were really angry at Rob for accidentally blurted it that Jason would leave before official statement?

Second theory: anxiety, illness, physical problem or other health problems. I often wonder about this too. Progress era is the ultimate era especially for old school Thatters (lol sorry to the actual ultimate era). Who would have thought that "I'm rich beyond my wildest dream", the greatest britpop star living in private mansion in Beverly Hills with around 10 entourages including his gf, Robbie Williams, could ever reunited with Take That? I can only look this like history book and only recently realized how crazy it is. It happened. In his Netflix documentary, even his management didn't believe this that he'd rather earn so little yet did so much effort for Take That rather than earning another hundreds of millions of dollar doing another solo tour. But it happened, he needed it, the rest of Take That needed it, and we're glad it happened. And then, imagine Never Forget. One of the best Take That song ever, made in 1995 but released when Rob had left, so before 2010 this song had never been performed by Robbie Williams. The moment that all Thatters had been waiting for, to see all five members of Take That perform this song life, without others backing the others, as the original single intended. The only era where they can do this, and it only ever happened once (1). And then Jason...

And then they never did it again. Throughout Progress live tour, Jason didn't sing a single note by solo. His part in Never Forget was covered by Gary. You could even argue that his mic was never on during any of Progress live performances and I would believe you. So much downgrade than The Circus Live where he did an entire section singing two songs with his guitar. What was going on??

Why? He stated few times he was never confident in singing. Even Nigel Martin Smith berating him in the 90s for being the one with the worse singing voice (arguable though because he actually has decent voice). I'm glad Take Two era gave him the confidence to try albeit shyly. However, maybe eventually his anxiety won sometimes between 2012 to 2014. Plus the fact that we know he can't do breakdance forever. He was in his 40s at that time. Even current Take That dance lesser and lesser than they were in previous era. Maybe Jason thought there should not be more dancing in Take That. Maybe he thought his body would no longer able to. Maybe he's not strong as he used to be. He's ill? Idk, only Jason knows.

Third theory: settling down in private. It could be just my headcanon but think about it. We always joke he might as well marry to the bench because he's always photographed alone in his own thoughts. Some people even randomly thinking is he gay? He has that swag though, but I don't think at least he himself think that he's gay(?).

Lol this iconic pic

But what we never talk about is that he did have girlfriends in the past. He has been photographed by paparazzi in the past with "mystery" women (yes women as in plural) which I will not share here. He had a public relationship with Catherine Tate after all.

I genuinely think Jason is the kind who would drop everything to keep his family safe from public. This is after all the same guy who despite the height of his career barely show his family to the public, except his mom probably, but then again all TT moms always have media presence since day 1. Being in kdrama fandom and see korean actors and actresses who literally just dropped their career for their family and their privacy, I can see Jason would do just like that. Why not? He has achieved and experienced everything there is to know about being a celebrity. He doesn't feel the need to. And I feel like his relationship with Catherine Tate, since she also a public figure, was so gobbled down by media that maybe he thought this isn't right to have people judging his partner. If one day Jason appear with a wife and a child, I won't be surprised at all. I would be exploding in happiness that this theory is correct though.

Also I'm happy to see Catherine Tate returns to Doctor Who with David Tennant. I just know then that she actually is known for being in Doctor Who. I had no idea who is she outside being in Happy Now music video 😂

My theory outside Jason leaving:

Take That (and their management) know where and how Jason is (to some extent). In the interviews often Gary, Mark, and Howard would be asked about Jason to which they would say they didn't contact him for ages. Or joke that they tried to email him but then maybe he only have flip phones and doesn't even have a computer to answer the email. Look, he can be a hermit but man living in first world country and doesn't have even a smartphone to answer email in 21st century is ridiculous. I believe they still talk or see each other once in a while, especially with Howard, who tweeted that he met Jason in 2018. Hell, I feel like even Rob has seen Jason at least once between 2014 to now. I don't know, just a hunch.

His privacy is protected by Take That management and also by most of public. Continuation from previous bullet point. Yes. Because do you remember when there was George Michael's art auction in Manchester and some celebrities who came there are photographed clearly. But not Jason. It's hard to find that picture again but I found it and that's just the only the bigfoot sightings of Jason Orange that I know of because it happened after I know Take That deep enough. Between 2014 to 2017, how many sightings that I didn't know? Where if other celeb would have crystal clear pictures taken but not him on the same occasion? I wonder. Also many people claimed that they met Jason in public space in around London or Manchester, but mostly Manchester. So he is not as hermit as they would like you to think. Maybe if you go around there and if you just lucky, you might come across a wild Jason Orange.

Goddammit this guy.

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At the end of this post, thank you for reading this until this part, guys. I really miss Jason like all of you. He is truly an enigma but no matter what would always have special place in every Thatters' heart. Awww...I cringe a little when I wrote that.

Regardless my theory, I can only wish he lives a good and happy life. If you have something to say, you can also add here in the reblog or reply, or dm me, let's chat.

Also I put all Jason sightings on my tumblr with this tag called The Bigfoot Sightings of Jason Orange (because he is as blurry as bigfoot sightings).

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Jade Thrilwall performing Hair at BBC Radio 1 Teen Awards, 2016.

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happy 5 years of the most powerful and meaningful album ever i love LM5

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Wings by Little Mix

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