Leigh-Anne Pinnock shares a 'record store cover' of 'ICU'
Fans have been asking for more covers
In the same week that Leigh-Anne Pinnock has announced her debut memoir Believe, she also started to tease something new, which ended up being a new cover of a song called 'ICU' by Coco Jones.
The singer, known for her Little Mix hits with Jade Thirlwall, Perrie Edwards and former member Jesy Nelson, uploaded the video of her singing in a record shop to YouTube.
The video shows Leigh-Anne singing 'ICU', just accompanied by a guitar. In an email to her fans she explains: 'Thank you everyone for all the love on my SWV cover for #IWD. I know you've been asking for another one and when I was asked what to cover next, I knew there was only one song I wanted to do.
'I've been obsessed with Coco Jones and her song 'ICU' for so long and now I finally get to present my take on it. We filmed this one in south London in this gorgeous record shop and I'm so happy with how it came together. Let me know what you think! X'.
Watch Leigh-Anne's performance below:
On 19th April, Leigh-Anne shared a photo of herself standing in front of loads of records, with the caption 'Tomorrow x' and the emojis: '🎤🎶', followed by a link to her YouTube channel.
At the time she tweeted the photo, the latest video on Leigh-Anne's channel was an acoustic cover of SWV's 'Weak', for International Women's Day.
Leigh-Anne's fans were left getting very excited, with one saying: 'SO EXCITED TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE PLANNED FOR OUR EARS! ❤️', and another saying: 'the way you’re feeding us with all this new content??!! your hard work doesn’t go unnoticed 🖤 can’t wait to hear your beautiful voice again!'.
Back in January, Leigh-Anne shared two snaps of herself working away with the caption: 'It's been a weird couple of weeks, getting used to certain life changes. Emotions flying.. but I'm excited for the year ahead... we been cooking up a storm 🎶😍.'
Of course, fans couldn't contain their excitement and gushed over the prospective of new music. One wrote: '🥳🥳🥳 cannot WAIT!', as fellow singer Sinead Hartnett added: 'can’t wait to hear beauty 😍.'
She also shared photos of herself in the studio in her 2022 round-up video, sharing highlights from her year alongside the caption: '2022 done just like that! 😩 Sending so much love to you all and a Happy New Year 😘❤️.'
This comes after a previous post in June 2022 to share another update, following the news back in February 2022 that Leigh-Anne had signed a solo record deal with Warner Records UK.
Taking to her Instagram account, the 'Power' singer teased that new music was on the way with silent videos in a series of snaps from the Caribbean captioning them with the Jamaican flag, musical notes and a black heart: '🇯🇲🎶🖤'.
The photos showed Leigh-Anne, along with songwriter Tayla Parx, who co-wrote and co-produced Little Mix's 'Sweet Melody', producer PRGRSHN, and singers àB and Dyo. The last slide also includes a silent video from the studio, showing the crew nodding their heads in time to some unheard music.
Meanwhile, Leigh-Anne's sister also shared a silent Story of her sister dancing in Jamaica, as they presumably listen to the singer's new music.
And her mum Debbie Pinnock also took to Twitter saying: 'LEIGH-ANNE IS COMING and I can promise you won’t be disappointed 😘😘🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲'.
Debbie also retweeted several fan tweets, including one which read: 'WHERE IS ALL THE HYPE????? LEIGH LITERALLY CONFIRMED SHE'S WORKING ON HER MUSIC AND POSTED A CLIP FROM THE STUDIO TODAY ???? LIKE LEGIONS WHERE YALL AT'. (sic)
When is Leigh-Anne Pinnock releasing solo music?
We don't know yet when Leigh-Anne will be releasing solo music, however she has teased something will be announced on 20th April.
While we're waiting to hear music from Leigh-Anne, you can still hear Little Mix's biggest hits on Cool FM.
Now take a look through Leigh-Anne's career:
2011 - Leigh-Anne Pinnock wins The X Factor as part of Little Mix
Prior to auditioning for The X Factor, Leigh-Anne Pinnock worked as a part-time waitress at Pizza Hut. In 2011, she chased her pop stardom dreams and auditioned for the show as a solo artist. Leigh-Anne was soon put into a girl group along with Jade Thirlwall, Perrie Edwards and Jesy Nelson, originally named Rhythmix. They soon changed their name to Little Mix as they continued with the show.
On 11th December 2011, Leigh-Anne, Jade, Perrie and Jesy became the first group to win The X Factor, with Little Mix crowned the champions under the leadership of their mentor Tulisa Contostavlos.
2021 - Documentary, film debut and Little Mix hiatus
Leigh-Anne took part in a documentary, entitled Leigh-Anne: Race, Pop and Power, which aired in May 2021. The documentary centred around Leigh-Anne talking about racial issues, and also featured RAYE, Keisha Buchanan from the Sugababes and Alexandra Burke. She received a nomination at the National Television Awards for Best Authored Documentary.
After the documentary, Leigh-Anne and Andre launched a charity called The Black Fund. The charity works with existing charities to deliver support to the black community.
In October, Leigh-Anne appeared on RuPaul's Drag Race UK as a guest judge. The series featured many famous guests throughout, including Emma Bunton, Steps, Matt Lucas and Oti Mabuse.
Leigh-Anne's film Boxing Day was released on 5th December. Not only did Leigh-Anne's Pinnock Productions contribute to the film, but the singer also starred in it. After filming wrapped in early 2021, the movie was released in UK cinemas on Friday 3rd December 2021.
Then, later in December 2021, Little Mix announced they would be going on a hiatus in 2022, following their 'Confetti Tour'.
2022 - Leigh-Anne announces solo record deal
In February 2022, Leigh-Anne confirmed she had signed a solo record deal with Warner Records UK, sharing their announcement with the caption: 'So excited for what's to come 😍🙏🏽'. Later that year, she shared pictures from Jamaica where she could be seen with other writers and producers, confirming she was working on new music.
2023 - Honorary doctorate, debut solo single and memoir
In March 2023, Leigh-Anne announced that she'd narrated the original Hans Christian Anderson version of The Little Mermaid for Audible UK.
In July 2023, Leigh-Anne received an honorary doctorate from Buckinghamshire New University in recognition of her anti-racism and racial equality work. She returned to her home town of High Wycombe to collect the accolade.
Leigh-Anne delighted fans by dropping her debut solo song 'Don't Say Love' on 16th June. Speaking about her new music, Leigh-Anne told us: "I would love to sell out shows on my own. That would be a dream. Just to have fans, just for me I think is gonna be... Ah yeah, there's gonna be tears."
In July 2023, Leigh-Anne received an honorary doctorate from Buckinghamshire New University in recognition of her anti-racism and racial equality work. She returned to her home town of High Wycombe to collect the accolade.
She released her second single 'My Love' on 7th September 2023. The song features Nigerian singer Ayra Starr.
Leigh-Anne released her memoir Believe on 26th October 2023, announcing the news on social media with a clip of herself reading it. She wrote in the caption that she'd felt as though she'd been in a "whirlwind" since winning The X Factor, and hadn't had "chance to process," adding that she wanted to "respect her past" before embarking on a "new journey".
2024 - 'No Hard Feelings' EP and first solo show
Leigh-Anne released 'Stealin' Love' on 28th March, a new song which featured on her EP called 'No Hard Feelings', released on 31st May. Leigh-Anne described her EP as a collection of songs which: 'While not part of my album, have helped inform my direction as an artist, a songwriter and a musician.'
Leigh-Anne took to the stage for her first headline show since going solo in Lafayette London, a live music venue near Kings Cross.
On Friday 22nd November 2024, Leigh-Anne took to the stage of Birmingham's bp pulse LIVE arena for Hits Radio Live, performing solo hits and new music. The 'Don't Say Love' singer wowed audiences with her incredible vocals and energetic dance breaks. Check out all the pics here.
2025 - More songs and leaving her record label
In May 2025, Leigh-Anne began teasing new music, sharing pictures of herself in the studio and featuring what appeared to be a clip of new music.
In September 2025, Leigh started to tease another song, which fans believed was called 'Dead and Gone'. It was later released on 17th October, following pop banger 'Hello' on 3rd October, for which she teamed up with Sigala and Jonita.
Her last song of the year was released on 21st November, called 'Friends' and featured Jamaican singer Rvssian. In an email to her fans, Leigh-Anne explained what it was about: 'We've all had that one friend who turns out wasn't actually your friend. This song for me captures that feeling of the weight off your shoulders after finally cutting them off ❌.' (sic)
Leigh-Anne reflected on a busy 2025 in a New Year's Eve Instagram video featuring footage recorded earlier that year, opening up about her decision to leave her record label. She said: "So, long story short, the label have said no basically. They don't have the budget to put my album out. So I'm ready to just take the reigns. It'll be a new chapter and I just can't wait. And I'm leading this s---."
2026 - Debut album release
Leigh-Anne released her debut album on 20th February, telling Hits Radio: "This is a massive moment, I think it's just because it's taken so long to get here. It's been two years in the making and I think the fact that I'm doing it my way, like my terms, and I've done it myself, and got it over the line myself, I just feel like it's just even sweeter."
On the day Leigh-Anne announced her debut solo album, 'My Ego Told Me To', the singer also revealed she will also be going on tour in April 2026. She will be performing in Glasgow, Manchester, Bristol and London as part of a wider European tour.
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