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Little Mix singer Leigh-Anne Pinnock admits feeling ‘overwhelmed’ as she embarks on solo career

Leigh-Ann Pinnock has shared an emotional post as she prepares to go solo from Little Mix

(Picture: Instagram)

Leigh-Anne Pinnock has confessed that she is missing her family as she embarks on her solo career in an emotional post shared on social media on Thursday.

The 31-year-old former member of girl band Little Mix – who shares twins with footballer fiancé Andre Gray – said that she is a “family orientated” person and that she has been feeling overwhelmed lately.

The singer – currently recording new music in Los Angeles with Warner Records after Little Mix announced their hiatus in 2021 – revealed that she had forgotten the difficulties of being away from home and how lonely it can be on the road.

Taking to Instagram, the Buckinghamshire-born star shared a series of photos and a video giving a glimpse of her recent life as she attempts to carve out a name for herself as a solo act.

She captioned her post: “I am so easily overwhelmed... even when I feel like great things are happening, I start to freak out a bit.

“Still figuring out why I do that. I’m also super family orientated and I forgot how lonely being on the road can be.

“Gratitude is so grounding though. I think about this whenever I get these feelings. Well... there’s your stream of consciousness for the day.”

Pinnock originally shot to fame as one-quarter of chart-topping girlband Little Mix when they won ITV singing competition The X Factor in 2011.

Leigh-Ann Pinnock pictured with her twins (Leigh Anne Pinnock)

Member Jessy Nelson decided to leave the group in 2020, with Pinnock, Perrie Edwards and Jade Thirlwall continuing on as a trio.

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