Leigh-Anne Pinnock Discusses Her Solo Destiny As She Covers The New Issue Of Rolling Stone UK

Leigh-Anne Pinnock is on the cover of the new issue of Rolling Stone UK. The singer is on the cover to promote her latest single, “Don’t Say Love”, and her solo career. Highlights from her interview are below.

On transitioning to a solo artist after Little Mix announced their hiatus: “When I got in the group, that’s all I ever saw; I didn’t ever see beyond it, because I just wanted us to be massive, I wanted us to be huge. It wasn’t really until we started having those conversations about bringing this to an end where I was like, ‘I can do this.’ I wasn’t ready to not sing. And once upon a time, my dream was to be a solo pop star. I went into something else, and I had the best time of my life, and I don’t think I could have done it any other way. But I feel like I owe this to the younger me. I owe her more.”

On making sure she feels represented throughout her solo career: “Now I’m on my own, I have the control to make sure 60 per cent of my team is Black, ’cos why not? Music is so heavily influenced by Black culture, so why are all the people at the top white? I can control these little things. I don’t have to be the only Black person in the room now, that just doesn’t have to be my reality”.

You can check out even more from her interview here.