Jade Thirlwall Announces Deluxe Edition of Debut Album with 8 New Songs

Jade Thirlwall sent her fans wild with excitement on Thursday, as she announced the deluxe edition of her debut album, That’s Showbiz Baby! The Encore.

The former Little Mix star, 32, took to her Instagram to share the news that the extended version would drop on December 5, declaring: ‘The curtain isn’t closed on this era just yet.’

The singer released That’s Showbiz Baby in September, where it went to number three in the UK charts and scored the biggest opening week for a debut album of 2025.

The Encore edition will feature the pre-released singles Fantasy, FUFN, Plastic Box, and Angel Of My Dreams, as well as an additional eight songs.

These include the powerful track, Church, the socially conscious anthem This Is What We Dance For, and Jade’s cover of the Madonna classic Frozen, alongside songs Dreamcheater, Best You Could, Use Me, If My Heart Was A House and Tar.

Jade kicked off her solo career with her debut single Angel Of My Dreams, which has gone on to amass over 107 million streams and catapulted her solo career.

She became the first former girl group member to with a BRIT Awards, after taking home the gong for Best Pop Act at the 2025 ceremony in March.

While last month, she kicked off her first solo tour for That’s Showbiz Baby, playing dates across the UK and Ireland, and is set to head across the pond for a string of shows in the US and Canada next year.

The hitmaker will wrap up the tour in Europe, with concerts in the likes of Brussels, Amsterdam, Paris, Milan and Berlin, and ending March 18 in Hamburg, Germany.

Earlier this month, Jade was honoured with the Musician Award at Harper’s Bazaar’s prestigious Women Of The Year ceremony. 

And gracing the cover of magazine’s December/January issue, she revealed she’s received plenty of support from famous pals throughout her journey as a solo artist, including former Spice Girl Mel C and Lily Allen. 

She said: ‘Mel C was so lovely to me – and Lily Allen literally DM’d me and said she really loves the album and the topics I sing and write about. 

She continued: ‘She’s outspoken and, sometimes, she has to suffer the consequences of that. People love to berate outspoken women.’

Jade also opened up about about her time in Little Mix and adapting to life after the girl band went on an indefinite hiatus, admitting she struggled to adapt to life after the group went their separate ways.

The girl group, made up of members Jade, Perrie Edwards, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, formed on the eighth series of the X Factor in 2011 along with Jesy Nelson who later quit the band.

They quickly became one of the biggest girl bands of the 2010s with popular hits including Wings, DNA, Move, Black Magic, and Shout Out to My Ex. 

They released six studio albums, with several reaching No. 1 in the UK, before announcing in May 2022 that they were going on an indefinite hiatus to focus on their solo careers. 

And speaking about the aftermath, Jade admitted: ‘I struggled the most to adapt to life after the group – the other girls had better distractions: families, kids. They went into a new chapter willingly. It was just me. 

‘I didn’t know what to do with myself. Since I was 18, I lived and breathed Little Mix. It just took me a minute to adjust.’

‘There were so many spirals. I kept thinking, “Will I still be relevant by the time I come out? Will everyone forget about me?” And being 30-plus, you do wonder, “Is that old to start as a solo artist?”

‘I went out with friends, and travelled. When I got back home, I was like, “Okay, girlie, let’s get some therapy going, get in the studio and start figuring out who I am”.’

However, she confessed that life within the band wasn’t smooth sailing either, describing it as ‘cut-throat’.

Jade recalled: ‘It was cut-throat. You were always on a tightrope of success. If you fell out of the Top 10, there was a lot to worry about.

‘I look back at times when we were huge, before Get Weird came out, and we had a big sleepover, all crying, “If this isn’t a Top 10 song, we’ll get dropped.” It’s wild to think about now because we were so big at the time.’