JESY Nelson has split from her record label Polydor after just 14 months.
Insiders said the former Little Mix star decided to walk away from her deal to make a fresh start.
Jesy Nelson has split from her record label Polydor after just over a year[/caption]
Jesy, 31, first quit Little Mix in December 2020 and said she could no longer cope with the pressures of being in a girl group.
She signed a major solo deal with Polydor Records, who also look after Billie Eilish and Sam Fender, in May last year but has only released one single, Boyz.
The follow up track to Boyz, which peaked at No4 in the charts, and her hotly anticipated first album have both been delayed.
Music insiders have now revealed Jesy and Polydor have split and are no longer working together.
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Jesy has also since been removed from Polydor’s roster of talent on their website.
A source said: “Jesy decided it was the right time for her to make a clean break.
“She and the label have been going in different directions in recent months. And while there hasn’t been a fall-out, Jesy just felt it was better to start afresh now – while everyone was still friends.
“Jesy enjoyed her time with Polydor – but feels, rather than go on together while having such differing musical ideas for the future, she now wants to be able to fully develop her own ideas as an individual artist.”
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A second music insider added: “Jesy loves the music she has been working on and is really proud of it.
“She has been working hard in Los Angeles and is determined to get it out there and make a success of her solo music.”
A spokesman for Jesy said: “Jesy Nelson feels now is the right for her to move in a new direction. As a result, she has decided to part company with Polydor.
Jesy has been working on new music in Los Angeles for much of this year.
The singer, who was in Little Mix with Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Jade Thirlwall and Perrie Edwards, has been working with a host of producers and writers – including Tayla Parx who wrote the band’s smash hit Sweet Melody.
Last month The Sun revealed how Jesy’s new music had been pushed back after she failed to come up with songs which worked for Polydor.
A source said at the time: “After releasing Boyz last year, Jesy let the label hear early versions of the songs she had come up with.
“The bosses felt sure there was potential there but they wanted her to go back to the drawing board. They felt the tracks would benefit from it — so that is what she has done.”
A spokesperson for Polydor said: “Polydor have amicably parted ways with Jesy. We have enjoyed working with her and everyone at the label wishes her nothing but the best for the future.”
Jesy with her Little Mix bandmates, from left: Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Perrie Edwards and Jade Thirlwall[/caption]
