# “I Had No Confidence” Perrie Edwards: The Shy Girl Who Became a Pop Star

An episode of [We Need To Talk with Paul C. Brunson](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1765126946), 20 Aug 2026, 30 min.

Audio: https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/1651/traffic.megaphone.fm/FLIGHTSTUDIOGROUPLTD1514638023.mp3

Perrie Edwards sits down with Paul to reveal how a painfully shy girl with no confidence was pushed into auditioning for The X Factor and became one quarter of Little Mix. (00:00) Intro (00:24) Perrie's Childhood and Moving Around Growing Up (04:07) Perrie Opens Up About Her Childhood Health Issues (08:13) How Perrie's Childhood Shaped Her as an Adult (11:20) Perrie on Living Without a Sense of Smell (17:57) When Perrie Realised She Wanted to Become a Singer (24:17) The Story Behind Perrie's X Factor Audition Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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