SPENDING a morning with Little Mix is like being in the eye of a hair extension, bronzer and fake eyelash tornado – with the occasional twerk thrown in for good measure.

It’s the first time the girls have seen each other after getting a rare four weeks off before going back into promo for new single Shout Out To My Ex.

It’s the fifth time we’ve interviewed the foursome – and they’re sassier than ever before.

Do you want people to read into the lyrics for your new single Shout Out To My Ex?
Jesy We’re not going to shy away from situations that have happened. We’ve all been through heartbreak and love, so we’ve written a song that girls can relate to. It’s kind of an “up yours!”. I love that they will think: “Oh, f**k you,” when they hear it. That’s why I feel so lucky that we can express ourselves through our music.
It’s very feisty…
Leigh-Anne We are not holding back on this album – we’re giving it everything.
Perrie [Puts on an American accent] No more nice Little Mix… No more nice girls!

What would you shout out to an ex?
P I’m all the way up and I’m never coming down.
L-A In my opinion, they always come back and this could be a way of saying: “Do you know what? Too late. I didn’t like you anyway!”

There’s a lyric in SOTME about faking it in bed. Have you ever done that?
P I think every girl has done that.
L-A Sometimes you feel bad and don’t want them to feel awkward, so you just do it.
P You’re so funny!
Jade We’ve all been there.
L-A Or if you’re getting bored of it.
Jade And you want it to be over and you’re just like: “Come on…!”
P It’s what every girl thinks and what every girl’s been through. We’re just saying it in a song.
L-A Also, if your ex has been a bit of an a***hole, then it’s nice to belittle them!

How body-confident are you?
Jesy As we’ve got older, we genuinely don’t give a s**t any more. [The constant scrutiny] is hard to take when you’re young, but now we’re more confident. We’re happy to be how we are, and don’t care if we put on a couple of pounds. I feel like curves are really in at the moment – I love that they’re celebrated.
L-A They should always be in. I went to London Fashion Week in September and some models were really skinny.
Jesy You should celebrate any size. If you can rock your body with confidence, and you’re happy in your own skin, there’s nothing sexier. I feel like we’re all in a really good place with how we feel about ourselves.

Do you ever let online comments about your appearance affect you?
Jesy We never read comments any more. I think if people want to comment about you, what does it say about them? It just shows you they’ve got no life.
P People are always going to be negative. When we started out, it was like when you’re in a playground and the whole school was talking about you: “Oh my god, did you see what Perrie did?” It was that, but on a world scale and it was weird. But now, I couldn’t give a f**k.

Are diets a dirty word?
Jesy We love to eat healthy, but then we’ll have days when what we eat is unforgivable. I had the biggest Domino’s yesterday, but don’t care because it f**king made me happy. Then I’ll eat healthy for the rest of the week and have another cheat day.
P Nothing makes me happier than food.
Jesy We’re all such foodies. It’s not good to eat s**t all the time, but we’re normal and like to eat s**t!

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Girls were today at The Jonathan Ross Show. Jeremy Clarkson and Jonathan attempt their best twerk with some encouragement (Leigh-Anne) from Little Mix. I added photos to gallery:

November 11th – Jonathan Ross show

How can these four girls keep topping their best? Fourth studio album Glory Days certainly promises to be their most accomplished collection yet, but does it deliver? Here’s exclusive track-by-track review.

1. ‘SHOUT OUT TO MY EX’

Little Mix’s fourth chart-topper in the UK is their most personal smash hit ever. It doesn’t take a private investigator to work out who the subject is, but the girls get their own back on the unreliable former
fiancé with plenty of clapback lyrics, solid sisterhood and one enormous chorus. Its mix of personal insight and fun ferociousness sets the agenda for Glory Days decorously.

2. ‘TOUCH’

After putting that ex in his place, Little Mix are strutting into the club with ‘Touch’. This is the first time the girl group have gone full shimmering club anthem, and their powerful vocals and fierce delivery fit it perfectly. There’s a seductive bass line, the beats pop in all the right places, and there are clicks ready for some on-point choreography. “Just a touch of your love is enough to take control of my whole body,” they flirt on the chorus. Just a few seconds of this song is enough to take control of our whole body for sure.

3. ‘F.U.’

When it comes to a throwback ’50s sway, Little Mix have a reputation for playing the sweet and flirtatious girls so well (like on ‘Love Me Like You’ for example). But here on ‘F.U.’ that classic sound is given plenty of Girl Power bite. “You’re cheating, you’re lying, I know that you’re hiding two cellphones,” they warn their unreliable boyfriend. It’s a tasty twist on the traditional love song format, giving two fingers up to being treated wrongfully while fluttering their eyelashes.

4. ‘OOPS’

It looks like we have a new rebound anthem, people. “Oops my baby, you woke up in my bed / Oops we broke up, we’re best off as friends,” Little Mix coo on the doo-wop chorus, which is a total earworm. It’s hard to not be swept up with the melody of this one, as well as its addictive whistle line. We’re still in ’50s pop territory, but there’s enough bounce here to make it an album highlight. Charlie Puth also puts in an appearance as the other half, and his warm tone fits nicely opposite the girls’ soulful vocals.

5. ‘YOU GOTTA NOT’

Sass level overload. Little Mix are back to put the men in their life straight, but over hip-wiggling beats of course. There’s a huge airy chorus of the girls complaining that they need a man, so all the boys out there take note. It’s co-written by Grammy-winning singer Meghan Trainor, so obviously there’s a hook that catches you and refuses to let go. It’s buoyant, fun and knowingly fierce. Oh and the lyric “Is you afraid of Blue’s Clues?” is still 100% amazing.

6. ‘DOWN & DIRTY’

With a title like ‘Down & Dirty’ is it any surprise that this is a filthy electronic number for the club? In the best possible way of course. And it gets to business right from the off, as Jesy declares: “I’m tasty, delicious, I’m rough around the edges.” Same. It builds with synths and pulsating beats throughout, before dropping into trap-pop on the chorus where we can only imagine the seductive routine the girls are dreaming up for this one. Oh and there’s probably a lyric the Education Secretary will raise an eyebrow at: “Glad I didn’t listen to my teachers / Teachers teach you not to be a dreamer.” They have a point though. As fans of Game of Thrones, we also majorly enjoyed the Daenerys shout out too.

7. ‘POWER’

Vroom vroom. Little Mix fire up their motorbike engines for this Wild West-meets-Tomorrowland Festival blowout. Twangy guitars give way to a storming electronic chorus – and we need to speak about the girls’ vocals on this track. It’s their most ferocious delivery with raspy growls and big declarations on the hook. You can almost smell the burning rubber on the roads from them revving up their engines.

8. ‘YOUR LOVE’

After getting messed around by their beaus earlier in the album, ‘Your Love’ is a straight-up slice of romance with an airy chorus of glowing electronics and almost Lion King-worthy chants. There’s no other way of describing this than it feeling like 3 minutes and 27 seconds of being whisked away to a warm paradise island of joy. With an all-you-can-eat buffet as well, of course. It’s easily the most uplifting track on Glory Days.

9. ‘NOBODY LIKE YOU’

Here comes the big ballad moment. While ‘Shout Out To My Ex’ was the big middle finger up to that former flame, ‘Nobody Like You’ is the more vulnerable side to the break-up. “Stop making up excuses when it hurts,” Jesy sings on the largely stripped-back production, while some of the delivery is so emotionally-charged it sounds like they could burst into tears at any moment. It’s powerful and lifted even further at the end with echoed piano and strings. “I’ve tried goodbye a hundred times / Not one of them true.” Weep.

10. ‘NO MORE SAD SONGS’

Now that the break-up has well and truly sunk in, the girls are trying to put it behind them by getting back out there and enjoying their lives again. The one request? No more sad songs, obviously. “I’m still trying to put this behind me / I still want to know who’s taking you home,” Perrie admits on the verse, before it bursts into a spirited electronic-tinged chorus that you can really get swept up in with its addictive squiggles. It’s a beautifully defiant twist on a subtle club banger, and Perrie’s big vocal run at the end is a real moment.

11. ‘PRIVATE SHOW’

Quite possibly the most unexpected track on Glory Days, ‘Private Show’ hears Little Mix channel some of the very best influences from the ’00s. Think a dash of Christina Aguilera’s persuasion and a spot of Christina Milian’s peppiness with a slight whiff of Misteeq’s street sensibility. Sharp brass gives it bounce, rattling beats give it energy and the chorus will have pretty much everyone lip-syncing for their legacy. It’s that mighty.

12. ‘NOTHING ELSE MATTERS’

You just know that this is going to be the big empowering moment at Little Mix’s huge arena shows next year. “Nothing else matters but us,” they chant over crashing beats and an ’80s-influenced driving synth line, all coming together to deliver an effective finale. There’s even the part where you can imagine crowds of thousands clapping along. It’s a blissful sentiment to end with on an album that largely deals with heartbreak and love.

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Their forthcoming studio release Glory Days is out on November 18 and it promises to be the group’s most honest and eclectic yet. Member Perrie Edwards was kind enough to speak with us about the therapeutic nature of songwriting, the evolution of the Little Mix sound, their forthcoming 2017 tour with Ariana Grande and why they decided — as a group! — to be so candid and revealing in their recent book Our World.

I know it was only two years between Salute and Get Weird but it felt like much longer. Thankfully, there’s a shorter wait for Glory Days since it’s out in November. Was the writing process easier this time around? What inspired you guys to put out an album more quickly than before?
I think with the Get Weird album, it was the hardest album we’ve ever made so we had no idea what sound we wanted to go for, we didn’t really know what we wanted to write about…and so it took a lot of time. But the Glory Days album literally just kind of fell into place. It was kind of like therapy for us, I think. We spoke about everything we’ve been through over the past year or even the past five years in our career. And it just felt like the easiest album to make. It’s just been incredible, and we’re so excited about it. That’s why we can’t wait to get it out.

So would you say Glory Days is more autobiographical than your past albums?
I think so. Honestly, I think we poured our hearts and souls into this album, so it’s a very kind of love and heartbreak album, but we’re just really passionate about it.

Your sound has evolved a lot since DNA. That album had more of a straight-up pop sound, Salute was more R&B, and then Get Weird incorporated more rock and ‘80s pop. So your sound has shifted a lot over the years, which is great because it keeps things from getting stagnant. Where would you say Glory Days falls, sound-wise?
The thing is with us is, we never want to be predictable. But at the same time we know what our fans love and we know what kind of sounds we want to get across to everyone. But this album is definitely more eclectic — it’s completely different to what we’ve done on our other albums. Take all the best things of our other albums and jam them into one. Our second single in particular that we love, it’s so cool — the sound production, the harmonies, the melodies — it’s very catchy tunes that people just want to listen to.

Where did the album title come from?
So Glory Days is, basically, we’ve been saying that these are the best days of our lives and we’re gonna look back on this when we’re really old and think “Wow, we had so much fun, we absolutely loved it and we had the best times of our lives.” I feel like we’re living our glory days now.

Let’s talk about the lead single, “Shout Out to My Ex.” Why do you think it’s so relatable as a concept…the idea of moving on from a toxic ex or a disaster ex?
I think when you go through a breakup, the first initial thing you do is put on music. I think everyone can relate to music. It doesn’t matter who you are in the world, where you are in the world. Your initial reaction is to listen to really sad songs and get upset and get emotional. But I feel like we’re kind of missing that anthemic, I don’t really care anymore song that makes you feel amazing and makes you feel empowered and it’s inspirational. And everybody in the world can relate to it, because everybody’s got an ex, and everybody needs a little pick me up I think, which is nice, so that’s why we did it. We want everybody to feel great about themselves.

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