11 fascinating facts about Little Mix Queen Perrie Edwards 👑

From smashing it with girl band Little Mix to dropping solo hits like 'Forget About Us' and 'If He Wanted To He Would', Perrie Edwards is certainly living her best life right now!

As well as her musical career, her personal life also keeps fans closely connected. Pez is happily engaged to footballer Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and a proud mum to her son Axel, and new arrival Alanis Valentine, born in January 2026.

Following the release of Perrie's self-titled solo album in September 2025, and her latest single 'Passenger Princess', released in May this year, we're taking a look at some facts about the singer.

1) She's from South Shields

Geordie princess Perrie is from South Shields in the North East - along with her bandmate Jade Thirlwall, although the pair never met before The X Factor despite living a few miles away from each other!

Perrie, who no longer lives in South Shields, returned to her hometown to film a segment for Alison Hammond's Big Weekend show in early 2025. Perrie and Alison visited her old house, as well as grabbing fish and chips at the beach and heading to the local pub!

Perrie also dedicated a track on her solo album to her hometown, called 'Sand Dancer'. A Sand Dancer is a name given to people from South Shields. Following her album signing in Newcastle on Wednesday 1st October 2026, Perrie visited a pub called The Sand Dancer in South Shields, where she performed her new track and celebrated with her family and friends.

2) Perrie was named after a famous singer

Perrie's parents Debbie and Alexander were huge fans of American rock band Journey, most famous for the song 'Don't Stop Believin'', and so Perrie is named after the band's former lead singer Steve Perry.

During her trip home in October 2025, Perrie performed a duet alongside her dad to 'Don't Stop Believin' in the local pub, The Sand Dancer.

3) She sang an Alanis Morissette song at her X Factor audition

Perrie performed the iconic You Oughta Know by Alanis Morissette at her audition, where she was grouped with Jesy Nelson. Years later, in January 2026, she announced the birth of her first child - a daughter named Alanis Valentine.

4) Perrie was in a separate girl group with Jesy Nelson at Boot Camp

The pair were in a group called Faux Pas, but failed to get through to the Judges' Houses stage. They were then put together with another group named Orion made up of Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jade Thirlwall... And the rest is history! The girls first performed together in the Judges' Houses round, singing a beautiful and emotional rendition of 'Big Girls Don't Cry' by Fergie.

5) She's best friends with her Little Mix bandmates

Ok, so we know this is a given, but the girls are genuinely best friends. Since Perrie was put together with Jade and Leigh-Anne during The X Factor back in 2011, the girls have struck up an amazing friendship and give us serious friendship goals.

Since they started their hiatus and went solo, Perrie, Jade and Leigh-Anne often publicly support each other. The Little Mix bond seems unbreakable.

6) Perrie disliked dancing so much at the start of Little Mix she nearly quit

Speaking to Buzzfeed in May 2020, the girls were asked which of them has improved the most with choreography since their days on The X Factor, with Perrie saying: "It's got to be me, surely.

"I absolutely despised dancing, I did want to leave the group! Do you remember when I sat down with our management in the first few years and I was like, 'Just FYI, if we have to keep dancing, I don't think I can be in this group anymore!' I cried the whole time, every rehearsal we ever had."

When Leigh-Anne asked whether it was to do with confidence, Perrie agreed, saying that she'd danced in school and college, but as soon as it came to "serious" choreography, she hated it.

7) Perrie has some serious musical theatre chops

During the global pandemic of 2020, Perrie was in lockdown just like the rest of us. Using the time to work on various TikTok challenges with boyfriend Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Perrie also showed off her musical theatre skills with some beautiful performances from musical My Fair Lady.

READ MORE: Perrie Edwards reveals the adorable inspiration behind son Axel's middle name

8) She's a big dog lover

Perrie has three adorable pooches - Hatchi the Pomeranian, Travis the French Bulldog, and the more recently announced Polo the Golden Retriever puppy.

Revealing the latest canine to her growing pack on social media, she began the caption: 'Life lately ☀️' , followed by 'Pup pup is called Polo!'.

Followers began swooning over the pup, with one writing: 'POLO. My heart. My best friend. I miss him already 😭😭😭', while another added: 'And polo is so adorable 🥹💖🐾'. (sic)

Fans were originally introduced to her first two pet pals in 2020, during the pandemic.

9) Perrie really cares about her fans

Perrie shared a super honest post about her mental health, opening up about her struggles with anxiety and panic attacks to help her fans feel like they're not alone. Sharing a statement on Instagram, Perrie ended it with the line: 'I don’t want to hide it anymore. I suffer from anxiety and I want you to all know if you suffer from anxiety you’re not alone ♥'.

10) She's got her own clothing brand called Disora

Perrie and her Little Mix bandmates Jade Thirwall and Leigh-Anne Pinnock all announced that they plan to work on solo projects in 2021 which focus on their individual interests and passions.

Perrie made a subtle change to her personal Instagram bio revealing the name of her secret project Disora as she swapped out mention of Little Mix and added the link to the project website in her bio.

Disora then launched in October 2021, with Perrie confirming it was a luxury clothing brand which would be available globally. The Disora limited Capsule collection included a hoodie, sweatshirts, a denim jacket and a leather-look blazer.

11) She's engaged to Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

Perrie has been dating footballer Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain since 2016 with the pair not being shy in posting loved-up snaps to their socials.

Perrie and Alex then confirmed their engagement in June 2022, just one day before Alex's first Father's Day!

Sharing the cutest photos from the big moment, Pez told her followers: 'Last night the love of my life got down on one knee and I said… YES!'. (sic)

Scroll through to see Alex and Perrie's full relationship timeline...

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