Little Mix Jade Thirlwall sends fans wild with dig at Simon Cowell in new single as she drops latest video
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JADE Thirlwall has sent fans wild with a new dig at Simon Cowell in her latest single It Girl. The 32-year-old dropped the visualiser for her latest track last week and fans were quick to spot the nod to her time on The X Factor. Before being put into Little Mix and winning the show in 2011, Jade failed to make it past the audition stages in 2008 and 2010.
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The year Jade made it through - alongside Perrie Edwards, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jesy Nelson - Simon, 65, wasn't on the judging panel. And fans were quick to spot that the last line in It Girl is 'it's a no from me' - words regularly uttered by The X Factor judge.
![[JADE THIRLWALL - Wouldn't be a JADE video unless it was a little chaotic ¿ Named by you - IT girl is finally out in the pop world ¿ Written by me, @laurenaquilina + @jhartmusic, produced by @cirkut + @areyoulostboy Ty @fa_fon_ for dishing out the dramatic visuals once.again put me on the pedestal watch me dance ¿¿ swipe for some choreo with @blakejohnwood @samuelmenagarcia that didnt make the final edit .19h https://www.instagram.com/p/DEu2waqtlBj/?img_index=15]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/473547966_18485528773058516_5055628647705426454_njpg-JS963484913.jpg?strip=all&w=702)
Commenting on apparent dig, one wrote: "The 'It's a no from me' reference in the end is a masterpiece!". Another said: "omg is that Simon Cowell shade.". Someone replied: "I think it is shade to Simon Cowell because before Little Mix Jade auditioned 3 Times the first & second time she was rejected then the third time she was put in to Little Mix.".
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And a fourth added: "The 'It's a no from me' reference in the end is a masterpiece!". Little Mix - who went on hiatus in 2021 - split from Simon's record label Syco in 2018. And in her debut solo single Angel of My Dreams, Jade appeared to take a savage swipe at her ex-boss.
Some of the opening lyrics were: "You only care about money, sellin’ my soul to a psycho, they say I’m so lucky. Better act like you’re lucky, honey.". Responding to the apparent shade at the time, a rep for Simon Cowell told the Daily Mail: "The entire team who worked incredibly hard behind the scenes with Little Mix to help make the group a success would, I’m sure, always continue to wish them solo success.".
