Leigh-Anne Pinnock has hinted that her debut solo album could possibly be launched in 2024.
Pinnock, beforehand of the band Little Combine, launched her debut solo single ‘Don’t Say Love’ in June. The storage and house-inspired observe was produced by Jon Bellion and Pete Nappi and co-written by Aldae, and sees the star deal within the complexities of affection. She additionally featured on Jon Batiste’s latest observe, ‘Working Away’.
Showing on Amazon Music’s +44 podcast with hosts Zeze Mills and David ‘Sideman’ Whitely, Pinnock hinted {that a} solo album might arrive as early as subsequent yr.
She advised the podcast hosts: “Nicely, I imply, it’s undoubtedly within the works. Yeah, to be trustworthy, coming collectively faster than I believe anybody thought, which is nice. I reckon subsequent yr for certain. As a result of I wish to tour like I wish to carry out, I belong on stage.”
Talking in regards to the transition from being part of a bunch to a solo artist, Pinnock added: “It’s been a tough type of transition. I keep in mind, after we did ‘Shout Out To My Ex’ and when streaming began taking up and it actually began coming in. I’m so old fashioned, I’m making an attempt to type of get used to it I suppose however with social media and TikTok, that’s such an necessary a part of any marketing campaign. Now we have to set time apart for that. Whereas earlier than it’d be like oh, neglect time, we’ll determine it out.”
She added: “It’s unbelievable what Little Combine have accomplished and what we’ve achieved, we’ve completely killed it. However now I’m alone and never all the Little Combine followers are going to come back together with me, I’ve to construct a brand new fan base. Yeah, so I do really feel like a brand new artist to some extent…”
Little Combine shaped in 2011 and have become one of many best-selling lady teams of all time by 2022, in addition to one of many UK’s biggest-selling acts. They offered over 75million information worldwide and earned six UK Platinum albums and over 15billion streams.
The band’s authentic line-up included Jesy Nelson, Jade Thirlwall and Perrie Edwards. Nelson left the group in 2020 earlier than Thirlwall, Edwards and Pinnock took a break from the group final yr.
Final December, she advised followers that new music was on its manner: “I’ll be providing you with as a lot music as I can as quickly because it’s prepared.” She promised she was “working actually arduous” on it and is “so proud of what we’ve made to this point.”
Following the band saying their cut up in 2021, Pinnock made her movie debut within the Christmas film, Boxing Day. She praised her fellow Little Combine members for his or her assist while she did the position.
