JADE
What I'm going for is a pop punch to the face,” says JADE, AKA the artist formerly known as Jade Thirlwall. “I want people to be like 'oh my god, I didn't expect that – but then want to listen to it again'.”
That sonic attack comes in the shape of her forthcoming internet- breaking debut solo single, Angel of My Dreams, a frenetically shapeshifting, gloriously OTT banger that explores her love/hate relationship with a pop industry she’s been at the heart
of since her former band Little Mix launched in 2011.
While it would have been easy to play it safe and ride on the coattails of an already pretty stellar career, JADE – always the most outspoken in the band, whether it be around political issues, or via her enduring LGBTQ+ allyship – wasn’t interested in towing the line. Inspired by risk-taking, big statement solo singles, Angel of My Dreams, which JADE co-wrote in LA alongside Steph Jones, Pablo Bowman and producer Mike Sabath, aims to melt your brain at every turn. The lyrical themes are brought to life via an eye-popping video that takes the song’s playful storytelling and blows it up into big neon letters. Directed by Aube Perrie and filmed over four days, it’s a visual feast, inspired by the Fifth Element, Showgirls and Black Swan, that stars various versions of Jade all scrapping for the spotlight.
Angel of My Dreams is Jade delivering Big Pop Girl Energy. It is, as she says, doing the most it’s OTT, it’s ridiculous and it’s gloriously WTF.
