{"id":142011,"date":"2025-01-04T23:01:30","date_gmt":"2025-01-04T23:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/04\/jade-thirlwall-the-music-industry-is-a-savage-machine\/"},"modified":"2025-01-04T23:01:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-04T23:01:30","slug":"jade-thirlwall-the-music-industry-is-a-savage-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/04\/jade-thirlwall-the-music-industry-is-a-savage-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"Jade Thirlwall: The music industry is a savage machine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2025-01-04\" datetime=\"1736031690\" pubdate=\"\">4 January 2025<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/jade-thirlwall\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,jade-thirlwall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jade Thirlwall<\/a> thinks the entertainment industry can be a &#8220;savage&#8221; place.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Jade Thirlwall starred in Little Mix<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old singer auditioned on the UK version of &#8216;The X Factor&#8217; when she was just 15 years old, and Jade admits that it was a very tough environment for aspiring stars.<\/p>\n<p>The pop singer &#8211; who previously starred in Little Mix, the chart-topping girl group &#8211; told The Independent: &#8220;I don\u2019t think that kind of show can exist any more. We\u2019re in a different place now.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We wouldn\u2019t put someone that\u2019s mentally unwell on a TV screen and laugh at them while they sing terribly. The concept of a joke act on a show is just cruel. It\u2019s all very Roman empire. But then at the same time, was it not the best training ever for me to enter the music industry?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jade suggested that reality TV shows are more challenging than viewers often realise.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe singer &#8211; who starred in Little Mix alongside Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Perrie Edwards, and Jesy Nelson &#8211; admitted to feeling &#8220;conflicted&#8221; about &#8216;The X Factor&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>\nShe said: &#8220;I don\u2019t know anyone that\u2019s come off that show and not had some sort of mental health issue on the back of it, but also, even now, personally I\u2019m conflicted criticising [it], because it changed my life. <\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;I was from a very normal working-class family up north, I had tried sending demos in to labels, I\u2019d gigged all over, I was doing everything I could to make it, and I needed a show like that to give me a chance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nJade acknowledges that she&#8217;s been very fortunate in her career.<\/p>\n<p>\nShe explained: &#8220;It\u2019s so savage, this machine that we\u2019re a part of. Even back then, we knew how lucky we were every day that we were still signed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/jade-thirlwall-music-industry-savage-machine-1411569.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4 January 2025 Jade Thirlwall thinks the entertainment industry can be a &#8220;savage&#8221; place. Jade Thirlwall starred in Little Mix The 32-year-old singer auditioned on the UK version of &#8216;The X Factor&#8217; when she was just 15 years old, and Jade admits that it was a very tough environment for aspiring stars. 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