Little Combine’s Leigh-Anne is stepping out to launch her solo profession.
The British singer drops “Don’t Say Love,” her first solo quantity after 11 years with the award-winning, chart-topping pop act.
Produced by Jon Bellion and Pete Nappi, and co-written by Aldae, “Don’t Say Love” is a beats-heavy nugget with lashings of U.Okay. storage.
The only, via Warner Music, “is about now not looking for exterior validation and regaining my confidence and sense of self in a world the place I typically felt misunderstood and unheard,” she explains.
It’s accompanied with an official music video, helmed by Emil Nava, which creatively captures Leigh-Anne’s transformation — out with the previous, in with the brand new period. The video is a “visible illustration of me discovering my voice,” she continues. “I’m excited to proceed to take action with my old flame, music.”
Little Combine capped an enormous profession with the 2021 Brit Award for finest group, turning into the primary woman group to win the class. “It’s not straightforward being a feminine within the U.Okay. pop business,” Leigh-Anne mentioned from the BRITs podium. “We’ve seen white male dominance, misogyny, sexism and lack of variety. We’re pleased with how we’ve caught collectively, stood our floor, surrounded ourselves with robust girls, and are actually utilizing our voices greater than ever.”
Fashioned in 2011 on the U.Okay.’s X Issue, with an authentic lineup of Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Jade Thirlwall, Perrie Edwards and Jesy Nelson, who break up from the act in December 2020, Little Combine had been main hitmakers of their homeland.
Previous to coming into an prolonged hiatus in 2022, Little Combine racked up 5 U.Okay. No. 1 singles, and a best-selling album, 2016’s Glory Days. They’re the primary woman group to log 100 weeks within the U.Okay. singles chart prime 10, touchdown 19 titles within the prime tier. Two of their albums 2012’s DNA (No. 4) and 2014’s Salute (No. 6) cracked the highest 10 on the Billboard 200 chart.
Profession document gross sales prime 75 million, and the act have gathered over 15 billion streams, in response to Warner Music.
Stream “Don’t Say Love” under.