Article: Little Mix’s Perrie Seemingly Slams Sex With Zayn on New Single, ‘Shout Out to My Ex’
On October 16th, 2016, the girl band Little Mix released their new single, Shout Out to my Ex, setting the tone for the rest of their new album. This female-empowering tune calls out all of the ex boyfriends who have left you heartbroken. However, member Perrie Edwards has been accused of attacking her ex-fiance Zayn Malik in this new song.
Erica Russell from PopCrush Magazine breaks down the lyrics to find out why people think that Perrie is singling out her ex. She connects events to specific lyrics and utilizes shocked diction to convey that Perrie did, in fact, write her new hit about Zayn.
Russell writes, "There also appears to be a reference to the former One Direction member’s famed tattoos, with another line that goes, 'Guess I should say thank you / For the ‘hate yous’ and the tattoos / Oh baby I’m cool by the way / Ain’t sure I loved you anyway.' Ouch." While dating, Zayn had gotten Perrie's face tattooed onto his bicep, something that most people disapproved of. It's not much of a stretch to connect this to the angry lyric about tattoos.
Following each debrief of the lyrics and how they relate to real life, Russell writes simply, "ouch," or "oof," or even, "yikes." This repetition of these words with shocked connotations shows that if this was an attempt to attack Zayn, then it definitely worked.
Russell is writing to all of those who are bitter about Zayn dumping Perrie. It is her way of showing that Perrie definitely got her revenge.
This purpose was definitely achieved as Russell sets Zayn up to be the bad guy who deserves whatever he gets. "The tabloid also reports that Edwards refused to warn Malik about the savage pop tune in advance, with band-mate Jesy Nelson explaining, “We don’t think he deserves a warning! He’ll just have to wait and see.”" This quote sort of justifies what was done and portrays Perrie as a heartbroken girl who was just doing what she thought was right.
Either way, the song is such a bop and I recommend you go listen to it!
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