‘Oh, 100 per cent’: Perrie Edwards promises Little Mix reunion as a three ahead of Mighty Hoopla gig (EXCLUSIVE)
"I’m like, just give me a ballpark time. Do you know what I mean? Just let me know when," Edwards tells Attitude
By Aaron Sugg
“Our LGBTQ+ fans have been such a core fanbase for so many years,” Perrie Edwards tells Attitude. The 32-year-old Geordie rose to fame after girl group Little Mix won the X Factor in 2011, alongside former band members Jade Thirlwall, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jesy Nelson.
After 11 years of making music together, the group confirmed they were taking a hiatus in 2022 to focus on their solo careers, following Nelson’s early departure in 2020. All three remaining members have gone on to pursue successful solo careers, continuing to embrace the LGBTQ+ community, as well as supporting one another.
Edwards, now a mother of two, released her debut solo album titled Perrie in September 2025, reaching Number 3 on the Official UK Albums Chart. She tells Attitude there was one single from the fan edition of her album that featured as a demo that she can’t wait to drop. ‘Passenger Princess’ is scheduled to be released on 29 May, just two days before her Sunday set at Mighty Hoopla 2026 on 31 May.
Speaking exclusively to Attitude ahead of ‘Passenger Princess’’s live debut, Edwards confirms the Little Mix trio are in talks of a reunion, reminisces on the time she and the group rebelled against Dubai’s anti-LGBTQ+ views and thought they were going to be arrested, and shares her thoughts on bringing up children in the current political climate: “You can be anything you want to be, love who you want to love.”
Attitude: What is your fondest Pride memory?
Perrie Edwards: Oh gosh… you know what, for me, I think when we were in the group, singing ‘Secret Love Song’ was always such a moment. When everyone sings it back and you can see everyone in the crowd just feeling it, in their feelings – I just love that. So probably every time we sang ‘Secret Love Song’.
Jade previously spoke about the group flying the Pride flag in Dubai in 2019. She mentioned you were quite scared about possibly being arrested due to the country’s stance on LGBTQ+ rights. What do you recall about that?
I do remember. I remember our team stressing and everything like that. At the end of the day we did it because we wanted to do it, and it means so much to our fans. When we got to the airport, I think it was our team at the time, were scared we were going to get pulled at the airport. And we were like, “Oh well, let them try.”
What did that moment mean to you, showing that kind of defiance for your LGBTQ+ fans?
It means everything to us. Our LGBTQ+ fans have been such a core fanbase for so many years, and they’ve been so supportive and so incredible. It’s a two-way street – they go above and beyond for us and we feel the same. It was a moment that meant so much to so many people at the time. And if that was going to get us in trouble, then so be it. We didn’t really care about that. We do everything for our fans and for the people that support us.
With the Pussycat Dolls having a reunion, do you think Little Mix would ever reunite?
Oh, 100 per cent. I’m ready and raring. We always message each other and are bantering like, “So how long until we do a reunion? Are we going to do one? Where is it?” I’m like, just give me a ballpark time. Do you know what I mean? Just let me know when.
Would it be as a three or a four?
A three. Definitely a three.
What keeps bringing you back to the LGBTQ+ festival circuit, particularly Mighty Hoopla?
I just love the vibes. The vibes are unmatched. It’s epic, it’s electric, it’s fun, it’s camp, it’s fabulous, it’s everything you could want. And it’s so fun as a performer, getting on stage and performing, but also being at the festival and enjoying it. I just hope it’s not too rammed or chaotic work-wise so I can actually enjoy myself.
What can fans expect from your Hoopla set, a single perhaps?
Oh yes, I’m going to be doing ‘Passenger Princess’. And ‘Passenger Princess’ was on the fan edition of my album as a demo, but not many people have heard it. So I think the hardcore fans that tried to help me in the chart position bought that version. But yeah, it’s like a completely different version now. It’s all polished. I’ve re-recorded it, changed the production. So it’s no longer a demo anymore, and I’m just excited to perform it live. I’m gonna have my band. It’s just gonna be good, feel-good vibes.
Will Hoopla be its first live performance?
Yes, it will! ‘Passenger Princess’ losing its virginity at Mighty Hoopla!
What is ‘Passenger Princes’ about?
I feel like in this world that we’re living in we have to be everything all the time, and it’s kind of draining. And listen, I love being independent, I love having my own shit, I love doing everything for myself, being strong and a powerful woman and, I can be a wifey, I can be a mother, I can birth children, I can run a business, I can have a career, I can do all these things, but you know, sometimes I can’t be fucked. Sometimes I just want to do nothing and be like, “Alex, can you just help me? Look after me, you know?” And I think that is okay, and I think both things can coexist. I can be an independent badass woman, but I can also be looked after too.
As a mother of two young children, how does the current political climate make you feel about their formative years, discovering who they are?
I mean, it is scary, obviously. I don’t think when you bring children into the world, when it’s not all sunshine and rainbows all the time, it is scary. There’s a lot to think about. It’s scary when they’re going to schools. It’s scary when they’re being led in a direction that’s almost out of your hands as well – when they go into the system, when they go to school, when they’re part of all this stuff. It’s like they’re teaching my children things that I wouldn’t necessarily teach at home. So it’s a lot, I think, when you have kids, and I do think it’s natural to worry about what they’re hearing and what people are saying to them and how. You know, I just want them to be themselves, make their own decisions, be happy in their own skin, be confident, be fearless – like all those things. I teach my little boy now: “You can be anything you want to be, love who you want to love, do what you want to do.” That’s important to me.
What was your first experience like at a gay bar?
We went for a night out, and I remember we were pole dancing… what shoes was I wearing? It was either Heaven or Freedom, you know? Freedom. It was Freedom. It was Freedom in the basement, had the time of my life. Just spent the whole night dancing. My shoes were fucking killing me.
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