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Little Me is a song by Little Mix that serves as the second single and appears as the third track on their second album Salute. An acoustic titled "Little Me - Unplugged" appears as the sixteenth track on the Deluxe Edition of the album.

Background

According to Little Mix, the message of the song is to make their fans feel good about themselves. “We really wanted to write a song basically about what we would tell ourselves if we could go back in time,” Jade explained to Capital FM, while Leigh-Anne Pinnock explained: “It’s basically a message to the fans because a lot of them are quite young. “It’s like we’ve all been through it, we’ve had haters and people telling us we can’t do it and it’s like, ‘Well I wish I hadn’t have handled it in that way, I wish I hadn’t have let them get me down’.


Critical Reception

Robert Copsey of Digital Spy gave the song a positive review, calling it "effortless and uplifting" and awarding it four out of five stars. In another four-star review of 'Little Me', Renowned for Sound's Melissa Redman complimented the song's "exceptional vocals", "perfect harmonies" and "mature lyrics".

Chart Performance

The song peaked at #14 on the UK Singles Chart, at #18 on the Scottish Charts, #26 on the Irish Charts and #96 on the Australian Charts.

Music Video

On December 2, 2013, Little Mix previewed few teasers for the music video. In an interview with FrontRowLiveEnt.com, regarding the official music video, Jesy Nelson said: "We've never really done a video like this before. This is very heartfelt and meaningful. It's very sincere." The video premiered on YouTube on 18 December 2013. It features Little Mix in an abandoned warehouse. It also features various actors telling their stories and what they have overcome. The video is also in black and white, making Little Mix's first music video to be released in that format.

Synopsis

Little Mix introduced a black and white video background for their single Little Me. The video starts with a group of kids saying what they want to be when they grow up. Little Mix girls were in coats as they sing in an abandoned warehouse, in the video it definitely shows up that the song really focuses on the lyrical message that they want their fans to be themselves, and if they (Little Mix) could travel back in time to tell their younger selves that life would be okay, they would offer some handy advice.The video ends with pearls of wisdom from various women, saying "I like to look different, I don't follow the crowd", "Stand up for yourself", and "Be happy within yourself."

Teaser


Lyrics

Jade:
She lives in the shadow of a lonely girl
Voice so quiet you don't hear a word
Always talking but she can't be heard

Leigh-Anne:
You can see it there if you catch her eye
I know she's brave but it's trapped inside
Scared to talk but she don't know why

Little Mix:
Wish I know back then what I know now
Wish I could somehow go back and tell me
Maybe listen to my own advice

I'd tell her to speak up, tell her to shout out
Talk a bit louder, be a bit prouder
Tell her she's beautiful, wonderful
Everything she doesn't see

You gotta speak up, you gotta shout out
And know that right here, right now
You can be beautiful, wonderful
Anything you wanna be (Jesy: Little me)

Jesy:
Yeah you got a lot of time to act your age
You can't write a book from a single page
Hands on the clock only turn one way, yeah, yeah hey yeah

Perrie:
Run too fast, then you risk it all
Can't be afraid to take a fall
Felt so big but she looked so small

Little Mix:
Wish I know back then what I know now
Wish I could somehow go back and tell me
Maybe listen to my own advice

I'd tell her to speak up, tell her to shout out
Talk a bit louder, be a bit prouder
Tell her she's beautiful, wonderful
Everything she doesn't see (Jesy: I know that right here, right now)

You gotta speak up (Perrie: speak up), you gotta shout out (Perrie: shout out)
And know that right here, right now
You can be beautiful, wonderful
Anything you wanna be (Jade: Ohh, little me)

Little me, yeah yeah, hey, na

Leigh-Anne:
I tell you one thing, I would say to her

Little Mix:
I'd tell her to speak up, tell her to shout out
Talk a bit louder, be a bit prouder
Tell her she's beautiful (Leigh-Anne: beautiful), wonderful (Leigh-Anne: wonderful)
Everything she doesn't see

(Jade: You got to) You gotta speak up, you gotta shout out (Jade: You got to shout oh)
And know that right here, right now
You can be beautiful, wonderful
Anything you wanna be (Leigh-Anne: Be yeah)

I'd tell her to speak up, tell her to shout out
Talk a bit louder, be a bit prouder
Tell her she's beautiful, wonderful
Everything she doesn't see

(Jade and Perrie: oh woah) You gotta speak up, you gotta shout out
And know that right here, right now
You can be beautiful, wonderful
Anything you wanna be
(Leigh-Anne: I'll tell you one thing I would say to her)

I'd tell her to speak up, tell her to shout out (Leigh-Anne: Ohhh)
Talk a bit louder, be a bit prouder (Perrie: oh)
Tell her she's beautiful, wonderful
Everything she doesn't see (Jesy: ooh woah)

(Jesy: you got to) You gotta speak up, you gotta shout out (Jesy: shout)
And know that right here, right now
You can be beautiful, wonderful
Anything you wanna be (Perrie: Oh little me)

Jade:
She lives in the shadow of a lonely girl
Voice so quiet you don't hear a word
Always talking but she can't be heard

Leigh-Anne:
You can see it there if you catch her eye
I know she's brave but it's trapped inside
Scared to talk but she don't know why

Little Mix:
Wish I know back then what I know now
Wish I could somehow go back and tell me
Maybe listen to my own advice

I'd tell her to speak up, tell her to shout out
Talk a bit louder, be a bit prouder
Tell her she's beautiful, wonderful
Everything she doesn't see

You gotta speak up, you gotta shout out
And know that right here, right now
You can be beautiful, wonderful
Anything you wanna be (Jesy: Little me)
Mmmmm

Jesy:
Yeah you got a lot of time to act your age
You can't write a book from a single page
Hands on the clock only turn one way, yeah (with Little Mix: yeah hey yeah)

Perrie:
Run too fast, then you risk it all
Can't be afraid to take a fall
Felt so big (with Little Mix: but she looked so small)

Little Mix:
Wish I know back then what I know now
Wish I could somehow go back and tell me
Maybe listen to my own advice

I'd tell her to speak up, tell her to shout out
Talk a bit louder, be a bit prouder
Tell her she's beautiful, wonderful
Everything she doesn't see

You gotta speak up, you gotta shout out
And know that right here, right now
You can be beautiful, wonderful
Anything you wanna be (Jade: Oh, little me)

Little me, yeah yeah, hey, aah

Leigh-Anne:
I tell you one thing, I would say to her

Little Mix:
I'd tell her to speak up, tell her to shout out
Talk a bit louder, be a bit prouder
Tell her she's beautiful, wonderful
Everything she doesn't see

You gotta speak up, you gotta shout out
And know that right here, right now
You can be beautiful, wonderful
Anything you wanna be
Little me, oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh

Little me, oh oh oh oh oh

Jade:
You can beautiful, wonderful
Anything you wanna be

Little Mix:
Little Me

Audio

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