43 h. ago Jade: That’s Showbiz Baby! review – former Little Mix star thrives in chaos on an idiosyncratic debut

(Sony)Jade Thirlwall offers a wild ride through electroclash, Eurovision drama and emotive synth-pop – albeit one she can’t quite maintain for a whole albumLast month, the indefatigable Vice magazine published a piece on the “summer of British chaos”, documenting a scene of deranged social media provocateurs existing at the crispiest fringes of our nation’s cooked identity. Writer Clive Martin defined these graven images of the algorithm as being regionally specific, lurid, rowdy, funny and hedonistic. As a former member of Little Mix, a girl band put together via public vote on The X Factor, Jade Thirlwall might not seem like the likeliest bedfellow of this unhinged movement. But the South Shields pop star’s debut solo single, last year’s Angel of My Dreams, dodged focus-grouped smoothness to present a sublimely whacked-out, thoroughly British pop vision that felt like spinning through someone else’s for you page and realising they exist in a markedly different universe from your o...

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5 d. ago I have lost 21kg on Mounjaro, dropping from a size 18 to a size 10 in just six months... but now I fear coming off it will trigger the debilitating condition that's haunted my life

Scrolling through her online application for weight-loss jabs, Lauren Malone came to the section she had dreaded: Have you ever been diagnosed with an eating disorder?

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5 d. ago Ukrainian teenagers dubbed the 'children of heroes' are given a break from the hell of war thanks to the generosity of kind Daily Mail readers

Many of these youngsters have lost a parent fighting off Putin's brutal invasion. Now Daily Mail readers have helped pay for a precious trip to Britain for trauma therapy - and hope for their futures

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7 d. ago Just a picky eater or does YOUR child suffer from an eating disorder that deprives them of vital nutrients? Terrifyingly, your GP will never have heard of it... Special report by CLAIRE COHEN

Most parents remember the phase when their child couldn't seem to pick up a toy without putting it in their mouth. But Michelle Jacques remembers her son refusing to put 'anything near his mouth'.

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1 week ago Little Mix star rallies behind Jade Thirlwall as she celebrates major career milestone

Jade Thirlwall has been supported by her former bandmates from Little Mix as she surprised crowds by playing the opening act slot on Chappell Roan's UK tour

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2 w. ago DR MAX PEMBERTON: As a psychiatrist I have treated influencers for eating disorders

Becoming a successful social media influencer can lead to a glamorous, easy life.

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2 w. ago Dark side of Biggest Loser from 'eating disorders and PTSD' to 'bullying and near death'

Netflix's Fit for TV has seen former The Biggest Loser contestants and crew members make a number of allegations about the show, including that they were forced to gain weight

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2 w. ago Beauty influencers 'just as toxic as Andrew Tate' warns top psychiatrist

The professor "partly blamed" social media with the spike in extreme eating disorders he has seen in young patients

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2 w. ago Joe Wicks accused of 'triggering eating disorders' over dangerous diet and 'relapse'

Joe Wicks, also known as The Body Coach, has been documenting his bid to go sugar free on his social media – with some experts now speaking out about the attempt

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2 w. ago Children whose parents did not go to university more likely to develop an eating disorder

A recent study claims that children of parents who did not go on to further education face the highest risk of eating disorders

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2 w. ago Jade Thirlwall calls out 'very privileged' Matty Healy for refusing to share his political beliefs: 'It's very easy for someone who's white and straight'

Jade Thirlwall isn't holding back when it comes to speaking up about her beliefs and has called out Matty Healy for not being 'political'.

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2 w. ago Consume Me, the highly personal game about feeling ‘stupid, fat and ugly’ in high school

Jenny Jiao Hsia’s award-winning coming-of-age tale is a charming look at a teen trying her best to stay on top of thingsIf you visited the V&A’s Design/Play/Disrupt exhibition in 2018, you may have played an interesting minigame collection, in which you fought wobbly physics to feed a girl named Jenny, using a Tetris-style board to achieve the perfect calorie amount, and then twisting her into pilates poses.Almost seven years later, the full version of Consume Me, which won this year’s Independent Games festival grand prize, is set for a September release. According to developer Jenny Jiao Hsia, the game has become a semiautobiographical tale about how she felt “stupid, fat and ugly” in high school. What started as a collection of minigames about Hsia’s struggles with dieting and disordered eating grew into a game that looks at the many facets of her life as a teenager, including her relationship with her mother – who appears accompanied by Persona-style boss battle music and al...

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2 w. ago Labels showing calories you burn walking upstairs appear on public steps in Korea causing outrage as people say it will 'trigger eating disorders'

London-based Sussanah was in Busan when she noticed that the steps in a public area were marked with the amount of calories a person would lose by climbing each one.

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3 w. ago I spent years unlearning an eating disorder – then I was told to diet for health reasons. This is what it taught me | Amelia Tait

First I had anorexia, then high cholesterol. It’s hard to maintain a healthy relationship to food in a society obsessed with weight lossWhen I was a teenager suffering from anorexia, I thought it was a life sentence. I genuinely believed slogans like “every woman has an eating disorder” and couldn’t imagine a future where calories didn’t make me sweat. With this in mind, you must understand that I’m boasting when I write this next sentence: in November 2024, I was diagnosed with “very high” cholesterol.After years of restriction, I spent my 20s unable to understand why every meal shouldn’t be the maximum amount of delicious. This means that last year, I was regularly melting a packet of white chocolate buttons on my morning porridge before heading out for a white chocolate matcha with cream, followed by a cheese and egg sandwich in a brioche bun, a slice of cake, fried chicken and chips, to say nothing of the bread and butter before dinner and dessert. In short, I was smashing throu...

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3 w. ago Jade Thirlwall says she fights 'daily battle' to use Ozempic after eating disorder struggle

The former Little Mix star, 32, said despite being the ‘healthiest [she’s] ever been’ online scrutiny around her weight continues to fuel harmful thoughts

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3 w. ago Jade Thirlwall admits 'daily battle' to not take Ozempic after cruel comments

Singer Jade Thirlwall has revealed that in the past, she has considered taking Ozempic after some social media users shared cruel comments about her weight

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3 w. ago Wealdstone Raider returns with viral 'dim sum' clip backed by unlikely fan Jade Thirwall

The mouthy bloke dubbed the 'Wealdstone Raider' has gone viral again after starring in an Itsu ad – which has sparked support from unlikely fan, Jade Thirlwall.

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3 w. ago Little Mix's Jade Thirlwall calls the Wealdstone Raider 'phenomenal'

The Raider was one of the biggest stars of the internet in 2014

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3 w. ago Jade Thirlwall criticises Matty Healy over ‘disappointing’ political decision

‘I don’t think you can be a pop artist and cover your eyes,’ singer said

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3 w. ago ‘I have a daily battle with myself not to go on Ozempic’: Jade Thirlwall on anorexia, protest in pop and life after Little Mix

As part of the hugely successful girlband, she had to contend with an eating disorder, racism and a hostile tabloid press. Now JADE the solo artist is conquering the charts with her unorthodox pop bangers and unfiltered attitudeIt’s customary for former girlband members to shun their manufactured roots the second they go solo. But now that Jade Thirlwall is no longer a member of Little Mix, she’s become their biggest fan. “I look back and I’m gagged at us!” she tells me, eyes wide with delight. “I still watch our music videos or performances and wonder how we weren’t even bigger, because we were fucking amazing.“Before I released my first solo song, I listened to Little Mix’s entire discography and cried. I was this young lass from South Shields who just wanted to make it as a singer, and I went on to be in the best, coolest girlband ever.” And now? “Now I get to have a bonus round, doing my own songs,” she beams. Continue reading...

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