JESY Nelson has bravely spoken about the heartbreaking real life situation behind the domestic abuse video for her brand new single.
The superstar, 31, spoke candidly about seeing other women in her life suffer ahead of the release of her long-awaited new single Bad Things.
Jesy's haunting new ballad is based on domestic abuse she has witnessed 'first-hand' from 'a lot of women in her life who have suffered' from abusive relationships.
The video comes with a striking video which sees her working with charity Women’s Aid to sensitively depict domestic violence, with the star playing the victim in an abusive relationship.
It also comes with a harrowing warning to those affected by similar issues and a poignant appeal to those suffering to contact the charity at the end.
She said: “I’ve been blown away by the response to the video and the song, I really wanted to reach out to as many people as possible who are experiencing domestic violence.
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“I feel like it’s not really my place to say who the video is based on, but I can say that it’s about a lot of women in my life who have suffered from abusive relationships.
"And that’s why it felt so right for me to make this song and make this music video because I’ve had to witness it first hand and it is horrendous."
Jesy continued to explain why making the video was so important to her.
She said: "To watch people that you love go through it, is awful. It was so important for me to raise awareness about this because I don’t think it’s spoken about enough, and the amount of messages I’ve had since the video launched just shows how horribly common this issue is.
“Since working with Women’s Aid, they told me that it takes on average over six years for women to leave an abusive relationship.
"I didn’t know how far to push it until speaking to Women’s Aid about it because I knew it was going to be triggering to a lot of people that have suffered domestic violence.
“I spoke to my friend who’s been through it, I showed her the video and she cried and she got really upset. Then she said to me, ‘That’s the first time that I feel like I’ve ever been understood and ever been really seen’.
“And that was really hard-hitting for me to hear that and I felt like, ‘OK, we are on the right path with this’.
"Then she came to the video premiere last week and she got upset again watching it and it was crazy because she said to me - I get upset talking about it - she said, ‘It’s the first time that she watched it and she said she felt like, oh my God, I can’t believe I was in that and I’m out of that now.’
"She said, ‘I feel it’s the first time in my life since going through that that I’ve felt proud of myself and I feel powerful’.
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That alone was enough for me.”
During her chat with The Sun, the former Little Mix star also opened up about her mental health battles during ten years in the band.
She said: “I was never prepared...I was just a barmaid working in Dagenham.”
The star, 31, quit two years ago and also revealed she has not spoken to the other three girls since — but wishes them “every success”.
In a deeply emotional chat she said: “Being in a girl band, you are a machine going all the time.
“You don’t have a minute to breathe and take time out if you just need space. That was something I struggled with.
“For me my mental health issues were an ongoing thing while I was in Little Mix.
“I was struggling with my body issues, I was constantly being trolled — and I really, really struggled with it.
“I was in it for nearly ten years. I think I was never prepared for what was to come.
“I didn’t have social media or any of that, I was just a barmaid working in Dagenham.”
