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Perrie Edwards has reportedly chosen to include a song about her ex-bandmate Jesy Nelson on her debut solo album.
The singer, 32, had hinted that there would be a track about her former pal on her upcoming record, but fans assumed it had been canned after she admitted she scrapped many of the songs she had planned.
But according to The Sun, Perrie’s track about Jesy will still feature on the album, which will be released on September 26, and it’s been aptly titled Goodbye My Friend.
However, rather than be a ‘negative’ take on Perrie’s friendship with Jesy, sources have revealed that it’s more of a ‘love letter’ to their bond.
They said: ‘Perrie re-did her album as she didn’t feel she connected with it.
‘However, the track about Jesy has always been very close to her heart. Rather than being negative in any way, it’s a love letter to Jesy and the bond they had.
Perrie Edwards has reportedly chosen to keep a song about her ex-bandmate Jesy Nelson on her debut solo album (the pair are pictured together in 2018)
‘There is no communication right now, but some are hoping it could be an olive branch.’
Daily Mail has contacted a representative for Perrie Edwards for comment.
Perrie had previously hinted she’d penned a track about Jesy for her new album after admitting she ‘couldn’t stop crying’ while listening to one of the songs.
The pair both shot to fame in Little Mix after the band was formed on The X Factor in 2011, alongside Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jade Thirlwall.
The girl group went on to win the show and skyrocket to global success, before Jesy unexpectedly quit the band in 2020, citing her mental health.
Since her departure she has not spoken to any of her former bandmates since, with Leigh-Anne, 32, previously admitting the remaining trio had therapy after to deal with the ‘painful’ and ‘traumatic experience’.
Speaking on The Zach Sang Show on Tuesday, Perrie discussed her new solo career after Little Mix disbanded in 2022, and the inspiration behind her upcoming album.
She revealed that one track was all about a former friend and while she didn’t explicitly name Jesy, she described them as someone who was a ‘big part of my life’.
Sources have revealed that rather than be a ‘negative’ take on Perrie’s friendship with Jesy, it’s more of a ‘love letter’ to their bond
She said: ‘There’s a friendship that I no longer have. I wrote a song about that. That song – I can’t even listen to it without crying.
‘It is about them and how we didn’t see eye-to-eye. It’s a really sad song. We don’t talk any more. They were a big part of my life so it’s sad how it all ended up.’
When host Zach asked if she would ever be willing to make up with the ex-pal, Perrie admitted: ‘I’m open to it. I don’t know if they would be after they hear the song.’
Jesy previously said she had left Little Mix because she had been struggling with her mental health in the band.
Perrie had previously shared that her shattered friendship with Jesy provided inspiration for her new music.
Speaking on Fearne Cotton’s Happy Place podcast, she said: ‘I wrote a song about it – a friendship I had that I no longer have. We don’t know how to talk about friendship breakups.
‘It’s still as heartbreaking – when you go through all these things with someone all the highs and lows and then they’re just gone.
‘But these things happen. Do we try and rectify things? Or just stay away?’
