JADE’s debut album ‘That’s Showbiz Baby!’ dropped today, and the Little Mix singer shared with the Billboard Pop Shop Podcast how Madonna inspired the album, her transition from writing music for her girl group to solo, and more! (You can listen to the full podcast episode next week.)

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JADE:

Especially in the next few weeks, I just want to be super present with this record. It’s something I’m so proud of and waited a long time for, and I want it to feel like a celebration between me and my fans. I feel like I’ve waited a long time for this moment, and I’ve talked about it so much, and I’ve hinted at it, and, you know, I’ve released all my singles, and got to this point, and now that I’m actually here on it, oh, wow. Like, I really am about to, you know, release a debut album, it’s a pretty big deal. Like, musically, I kind of had an inkling of where I might go. There was a song I wrote for the girls on our fifth album called “Wasabi.” And it kind of became a fan favorite, and it became almost known as, like, my song within the group. And so I kind of knew that that would be a good starting point. But I think lyrically, it wasn’t until after, I think because I was so used to writing lyrics that were very universal or very, you know, like, relatable for everyone, because in a group, you can’t be too personal. It’s not just about you. So it wasn’t until afterwards, when I was in rooms on my own, and, you know, getting more confident and realizing, oh, like, I actually can just literally write about anything now, and I can be, you know, almost uncomfortably honest at times with my own experience. And I think what really excited me was there was still so much that people didn’t know about me on my own. 

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