Perrie Edwards In The Hang Out on Solo Pressure, Little Mix Nostalgia, & Hilarious Misheard Lyrics!

19:28Declan Donnelly:Have you always felt like, oh, I've got a good voice? Yeah, I guess so. I mean, people used to ask me to sing all the time in the playground and things like that. So you kind of awed with you from a young kid that, yeah, there's something there. Yeah. And that's all I've ever wanted to do. like I wasn't good at anything else and like I remember being a kid in school and you know when you go to secondary school and you pick your things that you want to do and like you do you pick French you pick whatever and I picked dance music drama and French I don't know why and then I remember being like in the queue waiting to write down what kind of lessons I wanted to take and some one of my friend's mom was behind and she was like oh you're taking the academic route than I see.

20:09And my mom was like, hang on a minute. Or Debs. She was like, hang on. She wants to be a singer. And I remember being a kid and everyone being like, no, but what do you really want to do? And I'd be like, I've just told you. I'm going to be a singer. And they're like, no, no, no. But seriously, what? And I thought, is this not normal then? Am I never going to be a singer? Is this not right? So I'm glad I stuck to my guns and thought, no, because I suck at everything else. I'll be honest. I'm really bad at everything unless it's the performing arts. I'm really not good.

20:36Declan Donnelly:Oh, I wouldn't have a clue. We've talked about this. I wouldn't have a clue what we'd be doing if we weren't doing this. Yeah, it's wild, isn't it? People always say it on there. What would you do if you weren't working in real business? I don't know. I don't know. I'd be struggling. I would be very good at selling mobile phones. Right. Not cars. That would be a stretch of mobile phones. Oh, that's so funny. But if it's something you're passionate about. I'm not passionate about mobile phones. Oh, no, no, no, not that. I mean, I've got the new iPhone, but that's about as passionate as I get. No, I remember what you do now.

21:06Declan Donnelly:You know your stuff when it comes to phones. Don't give me that. I can get you a good case. Oh, wow. That's snazzy, isn't it? It is good. That is good. I'll get you one if you want. Thanks. Maybe three. What kind of age were you when you thought, right, I'm really going to go for this? Because was X Factor on telly already? Yeah. Oh, yeah. I was a huge fan. Yeah. My mom was actually, she was going to take me to the Australian one. She thought it would be less competitive. She was like, I know. Australia's smaller why don't we like do something there and I was thinking oh gosh let's move yeah yeah again move again but not break yeah no and I thought no that makes sense though it did make sense yeah and obviously everyone like I was thinking oh god people are going to see me from school and I'm going to be on the telly and if I don't make it everyone will laugh and like I was very conscious of that so I was kind of just embarrassed but I'm glad that my mum kind of pushed me into it and Newcastle auditions were cancelled last minute I think they lowered the age as well because I was only 15 or 16 for the first ever audition right and then my mom woke up one morning she was like Newcastle's cancelled we're going to Glasgow and I was like what do you mean and it was like three in the morning she dragged me out took me to Glasgow and then I did the audition there and then luckily it obviously worked out for me and I'm glad but I was terrified I bet I was so scared and that was the first time I've ever experienced nerves and like normally when I'm singing, I'll just sing.

22:34But sitting in a little tent with somebody staring at us, my voice was like Larry the Lamb. And I was like, and I thought, oh my God, what's happening? This is weird.

22:43Declan Donnelly:And that had never happened before. Never happened to me before. You never questioned your audibility in that way. No. Or worried that it might. Yeah. It was wild. But every time I sang in front of people, it was awful. So I don't know how I got as far as I did. I really don't. It's wild. What do you remember about that time? Do you remember it fondly? Or is it all a bit of a blur now because what has it been like 15 years it was kind of a blur but it was also one of the best times of my life i bet like meeting the girls and becoming like four best friends and sisters and everything it was just such a fun experience so remind me that because you you were in a pair weren't you did you we were all solo you're all solo then you got put into a pair then we got put into different groups i mean jesse were in a group and jen and liam were in a group and then we got nose again and then they brought the four of us on together and they were like do you think you could work together?

23:32God, that's amazing, isn't it? Because it was wild. And then you went on to win it? Yeah. Isn't that weird, though? It's mad. But they based it purely just on our height. Did they? Because we were so small. We were all exactly the same height, 5 '4".

23:44Declan Donnelly:So you'd look good together? Yeah. And that was what I was based on. That is crazy. I saw a really funny thing on social media the other day where they said, can you believe the X Factor used to have an over 25 category? We just spoke about that in the back today! And now, as a viewer, you would watch and go, oh go on you old fuck yes oh my god you keep chasing that dream no we just had this conversation and I remember being a kid thinking why don't they just get rid of that category nobody cares about these old people and now I'm 32 I think wow wow but do you think people back then were a lot older at that age than we are now the over 25s look like they seemed older they look like your mum and dad yeah whereas now I feel like a 30 year old's not that old yeah I agree I don't know but oh my god I was so savage I was like get these old these off we cheers give it up already come on young ones give it up you're lucky the ones are real talent so mean and your final was that Wembley Arena was it yeah I remember watching that so good and it just looked insanely huge on TV well I remember watching it because we were cheering for you guys because because of you and Jade yeah so we were like go on the Jordies the Jordies are going to relax back there we definitely had a massive following back home yeah Like that's probably where the majority of the votes came from.

25:00Declan Donnelly:And you've got no idea. I mean, we know, you know, Hosting Britain's got talent that the actors have no idea when it comes to the final of. No. You might think that I'm doing well and we've got lots of support or whatever. Yeah. But you've still got no way of knowing. Yeah, but we kind of convinced... Did you try and look for a little tick in Dermot's eye? No, we just convinced ourselves that it would probably be good if we don't win. Because for some reason, One Direction, like everybody who didn't win ended up doing really good anyway. and we were like it doesn't matter like we've got this far it's almost better if we don't win it's almost better if we don't right and then when they were like little mix we were like we'll take it we're happy anyway we are winners champions but we were buzzing but we had no idea and obviously girl groups never get far on the X Factor do they they're always booted out straight away we used to get papped like going into the studios and they'd be like oh enjoy it while it lasts girls you'll be out Sunday or whatever and we'd be like oh lovely thank you they were so mean to us oh my god that's horrendous I know.

25:58We proved them wrong though, didn't we? Yes, you did. Good for you. And then when you won it, your life must have just been turned upside down. Yeah, it was mad. My mum always says, God, I haven't talked about my mum a lot. She always says like, she's glad she took me, but she almost regretted it. Yeah. Because I was only 16, 17. That was it. I was gone. Moved to London. Me and Jade moved to Notting Hill. We didn't know anywhere in London. So we were like, Notting Hill? Seen the soap? We've seen the film. We'll move there. Didn't know how expensive it was. Jeez. and then yeah so it was hard because we were just away from our families and friends for the foreseeable future then and that was it

26:33Declan Donnelly:yeah of course yeah it was wild we were the same we moved to London we had to wait till I was 18 so we could sign the record contract didn't we yeah and then we moved out in London yeah it was either that or my mum would have to go everywhere if I'd signed it when I was 17 oh and we thought that was probably best not cramping your style of business I was up for it fair enough that's so funny I like Christine. She's good crap. She'll die now on you saying that. That'll be a text alert tone. Yeah, so then we moved and we never really had that moment where we're like, you know when you move out and kids go to university or you move out, people move out of the house and you say goodbye.

27:13Declan Donnelly:We never had that moment of moving out because we just, we went away for a couple of weeks to do this road show and then we came back and then we went away for a few more weeks to do a promo tour and then we came back to Newcastle. Then we just never, kind of went back and i've still looked back on that with sadness that we didn't have that moment i know what you mean it's like oh farewell this is it i'm doing it i'm going you kind of just whisked off yeah it must have been the same for you you just yeah you won the x factor then you went off and did some promo and you'd go home for a bit but then go for a bit longer yeah no it's wild when you think about it isn't it i think at the time you're just so caught up in everything yeah like everything just feels like it's just fast paced and it's gone and it's new and it's fresh and it's exciting but when i look back on it now i'm thinking how did we do that yeah like if somebody initially had said do you want this life this is what it takes will you do it it probably would seem overwhelming wouldn't it and you probably would be a bit scared going into it yeah when you don't know what's coming and you just kind of go in there blindfolded a bit you're like oh this is fun yeah you know yeah yeah and there's times where you think well we've made it oh no we haven't oh it's gonna finish oh it's coming back it's never a straight line it's never like that it's always that's just life though isn't it it's like that I presume in every career and I think when we left as well we'd known each other for five years or something we'd done Byter Grove and then it all started a snowball but for you I suppose you won the X Factor you got whisked off you were doing promo you were recording studios and stuff and you didn't really know the girls that well you were still getting to know each other yeah because yeah you were quite new to each other you know you'd been put together through the show was that tough not at all it wasn't no i think that's why we got lucky because we just it just worked like we just loved each other so much and i remember thinking oh my god this is so cool like and i thrive in a group dynamic like i think we all did um being on our own seemed a bit more like don't and but when you've got each other going through everything and all the dramas that the industry brings and all the ups and downs, like having each other was probably what we needed at that age as well.

29:21Declan Donnelly:Yeah. Because we were so young. And yeah, we were just like loving every part of it together. We say that though. That is very much the same as us. You know, if it wasn't for each other, it would have been very hard to kind of navigate the whole thing. Oh yeah, absolutely. And the one thing you will all have also is that, you know, you are the only four people to have ever experienced what you went through. That's what we always say. Well, like, nobody will understand us the way we understand each other. Yeah. Like, nobody. And we can, like, whinge and moan or, like, go through motions with other people that are in our circle.

29:53And obviously they get it, but not to that extent. It's not the same at all. So I'm glad we've got that still. Yeah. You know? Oh, you'll have that forever. Yeah. The relationship with the four of you, the things you've experienced together is unique. And Leanne, a scene that has just signed up for Celebrity Traitors. I know. Wild. I've never seen it. Have you not? Never. I haven't seen, I'd only seen

30:15Declan Donnelly:the last Celebrity Traitors. That was it. I don't watch the civilian one. Did you like it? Yeah. I like the Celebrity one. I tried to watch the civilian one, but I wasn't, wasn't it fine. I just, I can't get into it, but now I'm going to have to. Yeah, you are. Because my hands on it. So I need to watch it now. Is she a good liar? Oh, no. Is that what you have to do? Yes. Oh, she's so annoying. I already know it's going to annoy me. Really? Is that what you have to do? No. Yeah, just, if she's a traitor, and then she has to lie. No, she's annoying like that. She used to do that all the time. That's her thing.

30:44What, lying? Yeah. That's her thing. You don't understand how infuriating it is. She'll lie about silly things or she'll do pranks. And we're like, yeah, and she goes, it's a prank. I'm like, it's not a prank, you just lie. It's just annoying. Do you know what I mean? It's one of them. So I don't know if I've got it in me to watch her do that then for a full series. Well, it depends. If she's a traitor, she just has to lie. If she's a faithful, she has to try and catch the traitors. So it depends. Is she good at spotting liars then? Oh, she'll be useless at that. I know. What's she got on this show?

31:12All right. 20 quid on her to win. Yeah, no. That's worth watching. That's worth watching. I'm going to have to watch it now. Right, I get it now. Okay, I get it. I'm going to watch it then. Go on.

31:21Declan Donnelly:Have you settled into a solo performer? Yeah. Yeah, I think so. Yeah. How is your circle when you travel? Oh, great. I love my circle. I'm very lucky. I've got a very good circle around me and I still have the girls. We still have each other whenever we're going through things or like, is this normal? Should I be doing this? Should I be doing that? And then we kind of like lean on each other that way still. So it's nice. But I'm very lucky. The people around me are incredible. That's good. Yeah. You need good people around you. Oh yeah, you do. Yeah. We're recording this before Mighty Hoopla. Yes.

31:52When this goes out, you will have done Mighty Hoopla. Yeah. Are you excited about it? And how did it go? Oh, it was epic. The vibes were great. It was fun. It's a good one, isn't it, mate? It is, yeah. A good one to do. Yeah, I love it. I just love being on stage. I can't explain it. I'm obsessed with it. Yeah. Before I go out, I feel like I'm going to puke. Do you? But then once I'm on there and I'm like singing and just, oh, I just love it.

32:17Declan Donnelly:There's a lot of love from that crowd as well, isn't there? Yeah. Is there anything else that you want to do that you haven't yet done? Yeah. I'd love to be in like a movie musical vibe. Yeah. Like, you know, like The Greatest Shoreman. Yes. Oh, yeah. That is a piece of me, that. Oh, okay. That is a bit of me.

32:35musicals and movies and even West End things like that I just love it so I think that would be fun

32:41Declan Donnelly:and perform live every night exactly that would be epic there's always time for that how about the old man how's he getting on he's just won the league with Salik I know what a day that was and possibly the cup the atmosphere was epic yeah I bet honestly unbelievable I've never seen anything like it in my life oh everybody even if you're not a Scottish football fan everybody was watching on that day because they wanted to see what happened It's the way they all run onto the pitch. I've never seen anything like that. I'm like, the chaos is insane, but I love it. I love it. I'm glad we were there to be a part of it.

33:15Yeah, I bet. It was so good. And we went partying after. Yeah, I bet. And he likes how old we were and how tired we are. But I'm so proud of him. He's won everything possible to win in football. Amazing. Go on, what's he won? No, like everything. Is there? Any cup, anything. He's won all of them in British football. And now he's in Scotland and he's just won that one.

33:33Declan Donnelly:That's a tattoo and a half, isn't it? Isn't that amazing? Not just the Cups or the outlines of the Cups, just I've won everything there is to win. I've won everything there is to win. In England, that's it. Yeah. Won it all, mate. Yeah, I'm so proud. Football, completed it, mate. Yeah, completed it, mate. Fantastic. So done. Good for him. So buzzing for him. That's brilliant. I know, and I love Glasgow. It's a great city, isn't it? I know, I'd love to stay there a bit longer. Great people. It's the best. I think it's because I just love the Northerners, personally. Yeah. So chatty, so friendly, so approachable.

33:59Love it. Do you always find as well audiences the further north you go? Yes, the more rowdy. Yeah. Yeah, I like that. Yeah, me too.

34:07Declan Donnelly:I know Glasgow used to get quite a bad reputation for being too rowdy. Oh, never too rowdy. But we always liked it. I love it. Yeah, the rowdy are the better. Yeah. Before you go, we spend a lot of time on this podcast talking about misheard lyrics. We've done a little bit of time on this last week, I think it was, two weeks ago? A couple of weeks ago. and it's far more common than you think oh yeah I'm sure you must have you ever had that with any of your stuff little mix of stuff oh all the time shout out to my eggs no way I can't wear that such a popular one yeah shout out to my eggs I mean I get it because it kind of sounds like that yeah but yeah I do it a lot with lyrics as well myself oh I do I'm terrible yeah I'm so bad we have had some suggestions sent in okay love it which you don't know about and you don't know about so I'll happily I'm going to read you the line right and you've got to tell me what you think the actual lyric is and what the song is.

35:01I often think do songwriters get offended by this when you go, you know, you've poured over your lyrics and every word that you've written. I mean, I guess it's your own fault for not enunciating. Yeah, very good point. Do you know what I mean?

35:12Declan Donnelly:Yes. You've got to go yourself to blame. In the booth. Okay, so this one. For you, I peed myself dry. Oh, this is Coldplay. Yes. For you I peed myself dry Yellow by Coldplay Yellow by Coldplay Yeah, this is from So this is from Kitty Who writes in my family I'm known for mishearing Or misnaming lyrics That's what she thought The lyrics to Yellowwood But she'd peed everything out Yeah, well, she said I remember when I was six Asking my dad Why someone would write A song about that He explained how it's about love And wanting to give everything To another person To which I replied Even your wee Oh my God I'm 22 now, and ironically, that misheard pee is still used by me and my family.

35:58I'm going to sing that from now on now. I'm going to. That's going to be my thing. I'll feed myself dry.

36:03Declan Donnelly:Another one here. Hello, it's Bethan Parfit again. Bethan? From the Bethans of the World Unite Movement. This is not a movement. I'm Bethan. No, shut up. This is not a movement. I've got some good misheard lyrics. Okay. Please try and guess. I used to sing, oh, your socks are on fire. Oh. Your socks is on fire. That's it. Yeah, absolutely. No disrespect, but I'd much rather hear her sing it. Sorry, Dex. She has got a much better voice than you. Yeah, that's a good one, actually. Kings of Leon. Kings of Leon, yeah. Your socks are on fire. Yeah, socks are on fire. That's good. It's an innocent one.

36:38I was only 11, better than six.

36:41Declan Donnelly:Oh, there you go. And my mum never corrected me because she didn't want to tell me what sex was. Understandably so. Fair enough. Understandably so. Can I tell you a story about that song? I was at a friend's birthday party and there was some other famous people there and it was a karaoke. And my then six-year-old girl, Ayla, got one of the microphones and the next person to come up to sing was Peter Crouch. And he sang that alongside my then six-year-old girl, stood next to him, stood next to him. And he's singing, oh, you're sexy, I'm fine. And I go, this is really weird. oh no and was she singing socks because she didn't understand she was just going no and I was going Isla come here come here she's like no I'm not getting down oh that's so funny Peter Crouch was very weirded out singing alongside Isla yeah I'm not surprised that is jokes I remember being told in the Kings of Leon I was I went back to they were in the days where we used to do SMTV Live Saturday mornings back to Kat Dealey's house on a Saturday after the show you weren't there you'd gone back to Newcastle for the weekend and I was like I don't know if I'm going to stay here much longer.

37:48Declan Donnelly:Everyone was kind of getting tired and people were kind of leaving and all that. And then the doorbell went and she went, would you get that? And I answered the door and it was the four scruffiest looking blokes you've ever seen. And I was like, if this is the calibre of people coming in now, I'm leaving. So I left, got in the taxi and she was like, you didn't stay when the Kings of Leon came? Was that the Kings of Leon? Oh my gosh. I know, what a shame. That is hilarious. That's like an episode of Chums. Ding dong, it's the Kings of Leon. It's beyond proper being too judgy when they turn up on the door Yeah, that'll teach you It is really Hi guys Hi At seven years old and aspiring to be a pop star which sadly didn't work out I thought I would rehearse a song and proudly perform it to my family Oh no It's all I read It's just good already The lyrics that she sang Right were I saw an angel called Adam Shaw Oh I saw an angel called Adam Shaw that's Blunty James Blunt you're beautiful you're beautiful yes I saw an angel called Adam Shaw that was a good one he's marred me on the subway but he was with another man oh it makes sense it does make sense Adam Shaw was with another man Adam Shaw was with no wonder you'd be annoyed that was from Chloe from Southport oh that's really cute that's a good one do you want another one?

39:09yeah go on then I like this

39:11Declan Donnelly:this is from Louisa Bird in Mount Sorrow in Leicestershire Alan Partridge in a bad dream. Alan Partridge in a bad dream. Yes! What, the 12 Days of Christmas? Yes! No. Yeah. That's so funny. I feel like I'm quite good at this game. Yeah, you're very good at this game. I know, that was good. Your parents have to be big Alan Partridge fans for you to miss you the lyrics to the 12 Days of Christmas, right? Yes. That's really funny. Alan Partridge in a bad dream. Yeah. Oh, this one. You'll never get this one. I'll go on then. Okay. So this is from Lindsay in Teesside. Middlesbrough fan, don't hold it against her.

39:46Declan Donnelly:Oh, right. Come on. Her nana used to sing this. The lyrics are, you're the wobbly dog. You are the wobbly dog. Okay, you've thrown me with that one. Is it you're the wobbly dog or you are the wobbly dog? You are the wobbly dog. You're the wobbly dog. You are the wobbly dog. So I know it's slightly different. Oh. You're the wobbly dog. You are the wobbly dog. I know what this is. Is it? Ooh, ooh, ooh. Honey, the wobbly dog. You are the wobbly dog.

40:19Declan Donnelly:You're the one that I want from Greece. It's the title of the song? Yeah. You're the wobbly dog. You are the wobbly dog. Ooh, ooh, ooh, honey. Oh, that's really cute. But it's literally the name of the song. Stick on the one that I want. You're the one that I want. Yeah. It's called the one that I want. Oh, it's the song from Greece. I would know that. Yeah, that's true, actually. It's the song from Greece. I've got one last one. Go on then, I love it. This is from Helen in Basildon, my favourite misheard lyric at the moment. I popped out my tit. I'm never going to get that. I popped out my tit.

40:56Were you just... I popped out my tit. I popped out my tit. I'm trying not to give it away, yeah. I popped out my tit. I popped out my tit. I popped out my tit. I popped out my tit. I don't know what that is. I popped out my tip. I popped out my tip. I popped out my tip. I popped out my tip. That is the best one. That's the best one. You win.

41:22Declan Donnelly:She wins. Helen in Basel, then you win. That's the best one. Thank you for popping out your tip. Well done, Helen. Now put it away. I popped out my tip. Oh no, I'm never going to sing these songs the normal way ever again. Ever. That's so good. My favourite, yeah, my favourite is popped out my tip. And then Wobbly Dog. Wobbly Dog. Wobbly Dog. thank you for coming in thank you for having me it's such a treat thank you yeah I knew you'd like it it's very good yeah more for more Geordies on the show yeah all for more Geordies before you go would you like to take a biscuit I've been eyeing them up like the whole time well okay I love biscuits even if you don't take one what would be your number one is that a chocolate hop knob yes it is chocolate hop knob or a chocolate digestive no no she said chocolate hop knob that was one of mine the digestive doesn't do it for me hob knob The Hobnob 100%.

42:12Hobnob. And the cookies. It's yours. Dunker Bowl biscuits, they are. Yeah, they are. Dunk and biscuit. Yeah, they are. The tea is just a vessel for the biscuit. I agree.

42:22Declan Donnelly:Do you know what I mean? Yeah, it is. See? And you've got a dunk. Love it. Thanks. I mean, you don't have to. I mean, nobody's fingering them, but it's fine. No, I'd love a Hobnob, actually. Thank you so much. You're welcome. Thank you for coming. Thank you. Do take with our compliments a chocolate Hobnob. Big round of applause for Perry. Thank you, Perry. Well done, Anne. Thank you. Perry, the perfect guest. Lovely, isn't she? Really lovely. And we've met her a few times over the years, but she is just a very humble, lovely girl who is very talented. Great voice. The single's really good, you know.

42:56The single's great. Passenger Princess, Out Now. Out Now. It's really good. Yeah, it's really good. Big jangly guitars. I like it. Big bass line. I love it. It's really good. We took a little picture before she left. Yeah, we did take a picture. I took a little selfie.

43:10Declan Donnelly:You're the only one in focus. I took a little selfie of us. Derek took the selfie. He's the only one in focus. It gets worse as it goes on. At least you can kind of tell it's her. You don't even know it's me. It was all blurry to me. I didn't have my glasses on. We can unblur it and post it on our socials. No, I think we should leave it as a good. No, we shouldn't. You can't get a guest like Perry Edwards and do her dirty like that. We won't get any more guests, Jordies or not. Very good guest. very talented she's great she can come back whenever she wants that's all we've got time for today we'll be back on Thursday with the main pod those biscuits might not make it no I don't think they will make it the crisp will make it look at that I mean god what is in that crisp that is still alive will survive an apocalypse but yeah as I say we'll be back Thursday for the main pod until then thanks for watching thanks for listening respect guys and gals

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