Music News: Little Mix talk "Pretty Girls" & scrapped 3rd album

Shy Boy

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Jesy said: “We’ve been away a while because we wrote an album, sat with the record label and we thought, ‘Nope, it’s not good enough’.

“We recorded a whole album but we’re perfectionists and knew we could do better. So we scrapped it and started again.

“It was very stressful, it just wasn’t happening.”

LEIGH ANNE continued: “The main problem is we just couldn’t find a single. Then we heard Black Magic and our prayers had been answered.

“There’s an Eighties vibe to it and a classic pop sound.”

Jade said: “Salute was very R&B and dark, this album is more fun. And there’s a lot of banter on it.”

Songwriters on there include ED DREWETT, JESS GLYNNE and JESSIE J, who Jesy says has written a “very honest and personal stripped-back song” for them.

Perrie said: “I think the Jessie collaboration is a song the fans will like.

“And a lot of the cheeky banter on the album comes from Jess Glynne, she’s one of the most fun people to be around.”

As usual, the girls have all penned lyrics on the new album, and now they’re writing for other people too.

I revealed earlier this month that they have writing credits on BRITNEY SPEARS and IGGY AZALEA’s huge single Pretty Girls.

Jade said: “We wrote it with MAEGAN COTTONE, who we’ve written a lot of this album with. We loved the song but it wasn’t really for us so we put it out there and, lo and behold, Britney wanted it.”

Perrie adds: “We were in the studio when we found out, none of us could believe it. I cried!”

Now the girls want to meet Britney, who they’ve loved since they were kids.

Jesy said: “We haven’t heard directly from her but you never know.”

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Eternium

I hope they get to meet her

Shy Boy

Some of those scrapped songs are bound to leak eventually.

TheOnlyOne

The Jessie collaboration better be her writing the song only and not singing on it

Shy Boy

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Originally posted by TheOnlyOne

The Jessie collaboration better be her writing the song only and not singing on it

I hope she didn't have anything to do with the vocal production either, no offense to Jessie.

Jaxswim

They also did some kind of collaboration with Marina a while back, not sure exactly what it was. I wonder whether it was for the scrapped album or the new one?

Ivan_brit

They should perfom sonetime Pretty Girls! maybe on tour

thewayshemoves

Am I the only one who thinks it's kind of rude as an artist not to meet (or at least thank) the person who wrote the song that is making you money? Anyway, I wanna hear the Jess Glynne one

abrahamjmr

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Am I the only one who thinks it's kind of rude as an artist not to meet (or at least thank) the person who wrote the song that is making you money? Anyway, I wanna hear the Jess Glynne one

They're still getting money for the song, though.

Shy Boy

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Originally posted by Jaxswim

They also did some kind of collaboration with Marina a while back, not sure exactly what it was. I wonder whether it was for the scrapped album or the new one?

I think it might have been for the scrapped album. Their single Black Magic was done in February of the year. I would guess that they presented the original album to the label in around September-ish of last year.

I've gotten into Marina a bit since then so I was really looking forward to that track. Hopefully it made it to the re-worked album.

Scandalous

i'm worried, Black Magic is my least fav single from them so far

Salute was the perfect direction for them to go in

thewayshemoves

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They're still getting money for the song, though.

That's true, it just seems a little impersonal to me. I guess that's the way of the business though

mandym

I'd like to hear some of the songs from the album they scrapped. And I really hope they'll release the one with Marina.

Pretty Lady

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knew we could do better

Britney's team should have realized this aswell.

BlueTimberwolf

It seems more like the label didn't think their previous album was commercial enough.

olympiccairways

Can't wait for the album I know it'll be great they always deliver

Hitori

Some of those scrapped tracks better be in the deluxe version.

J-esper

I always hate ti when we get to know about material or even a whole album being scrapped haha.
I guess that is why Black Magic also came as a suprise for some people, they have been through a whole different creative process and scrapped that before coming to that song, they are in a whole different phase than some of their fans.

CrisPop

I love how passionate they are.
I hope they Marina song makes the album. Didn't they work with her after Jessie for this album? Around October last year I think.

CHERLLOYD

They also had a song with Cher Lloyd, but then cher left syco so they probably did scrap it