Perrie Edwards channels her inner cowgirl as she belts out her new country song in Newcastle - after speaking out on toxic relationships and heartbreaking baby loss

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Perrie Edwards has returned to the stage with a performance of her new country track, after detailing her struggles with toxic relationships and baby loss in her most candid interview yet.
The Little Mix star, 32, has been promoting her new song If He Wanted To, He Would, and took to the stage at the Come Together Festival in Newcastle to belt out her new song on Wednesday.
Channelling her inner cowgirl, Perrie slipped into a black catsuit with white fringing as she performed the song, which is set to be released on Friday.
Earlier this week, the star sat down for a hard-hitting interview on Paul C Brunson's We Need To Talk podcast, where she revealed for the first time she'd suffered two heartbreaking baby losses.
Perrie shared that she first miscarried early into her first pregnancy, and discovered the devastating loss when she started bleeding and headed to the doctors.
She then went on to reveal that a year after giving birth to her 'rainbow baby' Axel, who is now three, she discovered she was pregnant again, but tragically lost her baby at 24 weeks.
Speaking about her son, Perrie said: 'Axel's a rainbow baby.
'So I had a miscarriage very early on with my first ever pregnancy, and it was so early. I remember finding out I was pregnant.
'Obviously, I started bleeding not long after, and I went to the hospital and I had the scan and they were like, 'There's no baby.''
'And I was like, 'oh, I've made this up. Maybe I got a false positive or something.' And I remember being on my own at the appointments because nobody was there.'
Perrie added that due to her miscarriage, she was 'on edge' while she expecting her son Axel, admitting she 'just wanted to get past' the 12-week scan.
'And then when I had Axel, when I was pregnant with him, like, I loved being pregnant, it was one of the happiest times of my life. Like, I just love carrying babies,' she said.
'And it was lovely. But I was a bit on edge thinking, oh, gosh, like, I want to get past the 12 weeks. I want to get past this. And when I get past every scan and that pregnancy was complete bliss, it was perfect.'
Perrie then revealed the heartbreaking moment she learned she'd miscarried again following her 20-week scan, having learned she was pregnant again while rehearsing for Little Mix's final tour in 2022.
She then went on to reveal that a year after giving birth to her 'rainbow baby' Axel, who is now three, she discovered she was pregnant again, but tragically lost her baby at 24 weeks
She continued: 'And then we fell pregnant again after. So maybe a year and probably not even. Actually, yeah. Not even a year, because Axel wasn't even walking yet and we were pregnant'
She continued: 'And then we fell pregnant again after. So maybe a year and probably not even. Actually, yeah. Not even a year, because Axel wasn't even walking yet and we were pregnant.
'And I remember thinking, right, I found out when I was rehearsing for the Little Mix tour, the last Little Mix tour, I was at rehearsals and I thought, oh, I don't feel good. Every, every symptom under the sun. I was like, I think I'm pregnant.'
'And then we went for what was a 20-week scan, but we were actually 22 weeks, and that was just the worst day of my life. Like horrendous.
'And I just knew something was wrong in the scan, and he just kept going over the same thing, over the same thing... I've never experienced an out-of-body experience where everything goes in slow motion.'
Recalling the moment she and her fiancé Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain returned home from the hospital after learning the devastating news, she said: 'So then I remember sobbing. He [Alex] was injured at the time and he couldn't really drive.
'He was struggling to drive, but I couldn't see straight. I was just distraught. And yeah, we basically lost the baby at like 24 weeks.'
'It's weird because the first time it happened, I think because it was so early, I was like, oh, that's hard. But I think when you're fully, like carrying in your 24 weeks and you've planned out like that room and all these things, it's really hard.'
'And nobody knows other than, like, immediate friends and family. And I remember, like, shortly after, like, friends would message and be like, ''how's the bump?'' And I'll be like, ''there is no bump.'''
During the same interview, Perrie also revealed she escaped a 'toxic' relationship with her ex-fiancé Zayn Malik that left her thinking she 'didn't want to meet anybody.'
Reflecting on her dating history, Perrie, who did not name her ex-partner in the interview, admitted that behaviour in her 'first relationship' left her fearing the 'pain' of meeting someone new, as she was led to believe their actions were 'normal.'
The singer previously got engaged to One Direction star Zayn in 2013, but they split two years later.
She said: 'I think definitely at the time I thought everything we experienced in our relationship was normal.
Reflecting on her dating history, Perrie, who did not name her ex-partner, admitted that behaviour in her 'first relationship' left her fearing the 'pain' of meeting someone new
'Because it was my first relationship, first love. I was like, 'Oh, this is how it's supposed to feel. It's supposed to feel a little bit toxic. In some ways, this is probably normal, right?'
'And then when I became single, I was almost thinking, like, I never, ever want to go through that again. I didn't even want to meet anybody. I was like, that's me done. I don't think I could bear that pain.'
'But now, reflecting back, I'm thinking, oh, that probably wasn't good. And I've noticed it a lot.
'Like in the start of the relationship, I would handle things differently with Alex, and he'd come at it with such a level head that it would throw me.'
After kickstarting her solo career in 2023, Perrie is set to release her new song If He Wanted To He Would later this week.