# Angel of My Dreams
**"Angel of My Dreams"** is the debut solo single by the English singer JADE, the stage name of [Jade Thirlwall](https://www.edgepedia.org/jade-thirlwall), formerly of the girl group [Little Mix](https://www.edgepedia.org/little-mix), released on 19 July 2024 through RCA[1](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/jade-thirlwall-little-mix-angel-of-my-dreams-b2582644.html) • [2](https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/jade-angel-of-my-dreams/). It is a chaotic dance-pop song about her love-hate relationship with the music industry, built on a distorted sample of [Sandie Shaw](https://www.edgepedia.org/sandie-shaw)'s 1967 Eurovision winner "Puppet On A String"[2](https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/jade-angel-of-my-dreams/) • [3](https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/jades-angel-of-my-dreams-is-the-uks-number-1-trending-song/). The single reached the top ten of the UK Singles Chart, opened her debut album *That's Showbiz Baby!* The song opened JADE's debut album That's Showbiz Baby! (2025), and JADE won Pop Act at the 2025 BRIT Awards[2](https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/jade-angel-of-my-dreams/) • [4](https://music.apple.com/us/song/1813142779) • [5](https://kj.de/download.php?artist=Jade-Presseinfo+2026&file=%2Fimages%2Fmedia%2F7329_24962.pdf) • [22](https://www.bpi.co.uk/news/12870238).
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Artist and release | Debut solo single by JADE (Jade Thirlwall), released 19 July 2024, the last Little Mix member to launch a solo career[1](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/jade-thirlwall-little-mix-angel-of-my-dreams-b2582644.html) • [6](https://los40.com/2024/07/19/jade-ex-de-little-mix-debuta-en-solitario-con-angel-of-my-dreams-una-mezcla-caotica-pero-acertada/) |
| Sample | A "Frankensteined" sample of Sandie Shaw's 1967 UK Number 1 "Puppet On A String", winner of that year's Eurovision Song Contest for the United Kingdom[2](https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/jade-angel-of-my-dreams/) |
| Writers and production | Written by Thirlwall, Michael Sabath, Pablo Bowman, Steph Jones, Bill Martin, and Phil Coulter; produced and engineered by Mike Sabath, mixed by Serban Ghenea[4](https://music.apple.com/us/song/1813142779) |
| UK chart peak | Number 7 on the Official Singles Chart over a 16-week run (1 August to 14 November 2024); the midweek Official Singles Chart Update lists a peak of number 5[2](https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/jade-angel-of-my-dreams/) |
| Album | Track one on *That's Showbiz Baby!* (2025), running 3:17[4](https://music.apple.com/us/song/1813142779) • [7](https://www.albumoftheyear.org/song/762360-angel-of-my-dreams/17/) |
| Award | JADE won Pop Act at the 2025 BRIT Awards; Beyoncé, of Destiny's Child, had already won International Female Solo Artist in 2004[5](https://kj.de/download.php?artist=Jade-Presseinfo+2026&file=%2Fimages%2Fmedia%2F7329_24962.pdf) • [23](https://www.brits.co.uk/news/2015/international-female-solo-artist-nominations-announced/) |
| Streams | Over 100 million streams, and the third-strongest new entry of 2024 on the UK chart by a British act[5](https://kj.de/download.php?artist=Jade-Presseinfo+2026&file=%2Fimages%2Fmedia%2F7329_24962.pdf) |
## Background and writing
Thirlwall was the final member of Little Mix to release solo music after the group went on a break in 2022[1](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/jade-thirlwall-little-mix-angel-of-my-dreams-b2582644.html). She co-wrote the song in Los Angeles with [Steph Jones](https://www.edgepedia.org/steph-jones), a writer on [Sabrina Carpenter](https://www.edgepedia.org/sabrina-carpenter)'s "Espresso", Pablo Bowman, and producer Mike Sabath, who had worked with RAYE and with Thirlwall during her Little Mix years[8](https://cdn-p.smehost.net/sites/8e1f40b762984a27a20f577d99b7ac97/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/JADE_ANGEL-OF-MY-DREAMS_PR_JULY-19-2024.pdf) • [6](https://los40.com/2024/07/19/jade-ex-de-little-mix-debuta-en-solitario-con-angel-of-my-dreams-una-mezcla-caotica-pero-acertada/). Co-writer Steph Jones later told Music Week that the session began from the idea of Sandie Shaw's "Puppet On A String", which is sampled throughout the song, and that they wrote the chorus first so they would know where the song was heading[9](https://www.musicweek.com/interviews/read/hitmakers-steph-jones-on-the-making-of-jade-s-angel-of-my-dreams/091758).
She announced the track on 2 July 2024, saying she had deliberately avoided a safe first single: "I want people to hear it and be like 'what the f*** is that song?'. My worst nightmare is for someone to hear my song and go 'that's nice'"[2](https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/jade-angel-of-my-dreams/). After its success she reframed the same choice: "I deliberately created a song that wasn't meant to be huge, in the hopes of alleviating myself of the pressure"[10](https://www.thefader.com/2025/09/11/jade-thirlwall-thats-showbiz-baby-album-interview).
## Composition and meaning
Official Charts describes the song as a chaotic fusion of frantic synth-pop, 1980s-style synths, and jagged electronic beats[3](https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/jades-angel-of-my-dreams-is-the-uks-number-1-trending-song/). It opens with the chorus, "Angel of my dreams / I will always love you and hate you / It's not fair", sung over swooning power-ballad synths straight out of an 1980s power ballad, before lurching into jagged electronic breakdowns with fast, borderline-rapped verses[11](https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/jade-thirlwall-angel-of-my-dreams-exclusive-first-listen-debut-single/). The track runs 3 minutes and 17 seconds and moves from 1980s synth ballad to electro house to playful art pop without settling on one sound[7](https://www.albumoftheyear.org/song/762360-angel-of-my-dreams/17/) • [12](https://www.indiependent.co.uk/track-review-angel-of-my-dreams-jade/). MusicRadar lists it among the best song intros of all time, noting that its opening bears no relation to the rest of the song[13](https://www.musicradar.com/news/best-song-intros).
The subject is the music industry rather than a lover. Thirlwall described it as her love-hate relationship with the business, compressing her story into a deliberately chaotic three minutes[11](https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/jade-thirlwall-angel-of-my-dreams-exclusive-first-listen-debut-single/) • [14](https://jadeofficial.fandom.com/wiki/Angel_of_My_Dreams). The line "sold my soul to a psycho" was read as directed at [Simon Cowell](https://www.edgepedia.org/simon-cowell), whose Syco label had signed Little Mix[6](https://los40.com/2024/07/19/jade-ex-de-little-mix-debuta-en-solitario-con-angel-of-my-dreams-una-mezcla-caotica-pero-acertada/). Thirlwall told ELLE that the song's extreme shifts portray what the industry had done to her mental health, swinging between dream scenarios and a constant fear of being dropped[15](https://www.elle.com/culture/music/a66518319/jade-thats-showbiz-baby-interview/).
## Music video
The video, directed by Aube Perrie, who had also worked with [Harry Styles](https://www.edgepedia.org/harry-styles) and [Megan Thee Stallion](https://www.edgepedia.org/megan-thee-stallion), tells the rags-to-riches story of a young Jade's path to fame[1](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/jade-thirlwall-little-mix-angel-of-my-dreams-b2582644.html). It draws on *The Fifth Element*, *Showgirls*, and *Black Swan*, and includes home movies of the star[1](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/jade-thirlwall-little-mix-angel-of-my-dreams-b2582644.html). It traces her journey from [South Shields](https://www.edgepedia.org/south-shields) in north east England, where she busked outside a local Sainsbury's, to her breakthrough on *The X Factor* with Little Mix at age 15[1](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/jade-thirlwall-little-mix-angel-of-my-dreams-b2582644.html). Thirlwall said Perrie "was so obsessed with the song, and he knew I wanted to tell this story"[16](https://www.papermag.com/jade-thirlwall).
## Chart performance
The song debuted at number 5 on the Official Singles Chart Update on 28 July 2024, and the weekly Official Singles Chart lists a peak position of number 7 over a 16-week run from 1 August to 14 November 2024[2](https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/jade-angel-of-my-dreams/). Official Charts reported that this would be the second-highest UK chart entry for a Little Mix member's debut solo single, behind [Jesy Nelson](https://www.edgepedia.org/jesy-nelson)'s "Boyz", which reached number 4[3](https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/jades-angel-of-my-dreams-is-the-uks-number-1-trending-song/). On component charts it peaked at number 2 on both the Official Singles Sales Chart and the Official Singles Downloads Chart, number 1 on the Physical Singles Chart, and number 3 on the Video Streaming Chart[2](https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/jade-angel-of-my-dreams/). It also hit number 1 on the Official Trending Chart[17](https://www.officialcharts.com/search/angel/). In its first month it charted at number 175 on the Billboard Global chart excluding the US[18](https://storyofsong.com/story/angel-of-my-dreams/).
The single returned to the chart in 2025, re-entering in March that year[2](https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/jade-angel-of-my-dreams/). In late 2025 it drew renewed attention when it played as [Kylie Jenner](https://www.edgepedia.org/kylie-jenner) appeared wearing the Fantasy Bra at the [Victoria's Secret](https://www.edgepedia.org/victorias-secret) fashion show; Thirlwall highlighted the moment on TikTok, noting that her debut single had soundtracked one of the event's most viral scenes[19](https://los40.com/2026/10/20/por-que-sono-angel-of-my-dreams-cuando-kylie-jenner-aparecio-en-victorias-secret-el-significado-oculto-de-la-cancion/).
## Reception and legacy
Critics received the song widely and warmly, and it placed highly on 2024 year-end lists: number 1 with DIY, number 3 with The New York Times, number 4 with The Guardian, number 5 with NME, number 7 with both The Independent and Clash, and number 50 with Billboard[7](https://www.albumoftheyear.org/song/762360-angel-of-my-dreams/17/). The Independent called it "the finest call to attention British pop has produced in years", while Paste called it "one of the best pop songs of the 2020s"; The Line of Best Fit, by contrast, described it as "a confused mess of too many ideas"[20](https://chorus.reviews/albums/jade-thats-showbiz-baby). The Independent's album review praised the song's "monstrosity", laid out "astride assaulting synths and a distorted Sandie Shaw sample"[21](https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/jade-review-thats-showbiz-baby-sophie-ellis-bextor-b2823870.html).
The song's success carried into 2025. JADE won Pop Act at the 2025 BRIT Awards, accepted the prize[10](https://www.thefader.com/2025/09/11/jade-thirlwall-thats-showbiz-baby-album-interview), and received her first BRIT award as a solo artist[5](https://kj.de/download.php?artist=Jade-Presseinfo+2026&file=%2Fimages%2Fmedia%2F7329_24962.pdf) • [22](https://www.bpi.co.uk/news/12870238). On the album *That's Showbiz Baby!*, the track opens the record and is rated first among its songs by aggregated critic mentions[20](https://chorus.reviews/albums/jade-thats-showbiz-baby) • [7](https://www.albumoftheyear.org/song/762360-angel-of-my-dreams/17/). Thirlwall herself has treated it as a benchmark she does not expect to repeat: "The reality is there's never going to be another 'Angel of My Dreams.' It's always going to be that bitch of a song"[10](https://www.thefader.com/2025/09/11/jade-thirlwall-thats-showbiz-baby-album-interview).
## References
1. [Maira Butt (19 July 2024). "'One of the best debuts of all time': Fans react to Little Mix star Jade Thirlwall's first music video." The Independent.](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/jade-thirlwall-little-mix-angel-of-my-dreams-b2582644.html)
2. ["ANGEL OF MY DREAMS – JADE." Official Charts Company.](https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/jade-angel-of-my-dreams/)
3. ["JADE's Angel Of My Dreams is the UK's Number 1 Trending Song." Official Charts Company.](https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/jades-angel-of-my-dreams-is-the-uks-number-1-trending-song/)
4. ["Angel Of My Dreams – JADE." Apple Music.](https://music.apple.com/us/song/1813142779)
5. ["JADE Presseinfo 2026." Kontrapunkt (KJ.DE) press release.](https://kj.de/download.php?artist=Jade-Presseinfo+2026&file=%2Fimages%2Fmedia%2F7329_24962.pdf)
6. ["JADE (ex de Little Mix) debuta en solitario con 'Angel Of My Dreams'." LOS40 (19 July 2024).](https://los40.com/2024/07/19/jade-ex-de-little-mix-debuta-en-solitario-con-angel-of-my-dreams-una-mezcla-caotica-pero-acertada/)
7. ["JADE – Angel Of My Dreams, song ratings." Album of the Year.](https://www.albumoftheyear.org/song/762360-angel-of-my-dreams/17/)
8. ["JADE, 'Angel of My Dreams' press release (19 July 2024)." SME host CDN.](https://cdn-p.smehost.net/sites/8e1f40b762984a27a20f577d99b7ac97/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/JADE_ANGEL-OF-MY-DREAMS_PR_JULY-19-2024.pdf)
9. ["Hitmakers: Steph Jones on the making of Jade's Angel Of My Dreams." Music Week.](https://www.musicweek.com/interviews/read/hitmakers-steph-jones-on-the-making-of-jade-s-angel-of-my-dreams/091758)
10. ["Jade Thirlwall on Little Mix, politics, 'Angel Of My Dreams,' and That's Showbiz Baby!" The FADER (11 September 2025).](https://www.thefader.com/2025/09/11/jade-thirlwall-thats-showbiz-baby-album-interview)
11. ["EXCLUSIVE First Listen: JADE shapeshifts into a pop titan on Angel of My Dreams." Official Charts Company.](https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/jade-thirlwall-angel-of-my-dreams-exclusive-first-listen-debut-single/)
12. [Imogen Fahey (21 July 2024). "Track Review: Angel of My Dreams // JADE." The Indiependent.](https://www.indiependent.co.uk/track-review-angel-of-my-dreams-jade/)
13. ["The 30 best song intros of all time." MusicRadar.](https://www.musicradar.com/news/best-song-intros)
14. ["Angel of My Dreams." Jade Wiki (Fandom).](https://jadeofficial.fandom.com/wiki/Angel_of_My_Dreams)
15. ["JADE on 'That's Showbiz Baby!,' Little Mix, and 'Angel of My Dreams'." ELLE.](https://www.elle.com/culture/music/a66518319/jade-thats-showbiz-baby-interview/)
16. ["Jade Thirlwall (AKA JADE) on Drag, Horror and Pop Music." PAPER Magazine.](https://www.papermag.com/jade-thirlwall)
17. ["Search results: Angel." Official Charts Company.](https://www.officialcharts.com/search/angel/)
18. ["The real meaning behind JADE's 'Angel Of My Dreams'." Story of Song.](https://storyofsong.com/story/angel-of-my-dreams/)
19. ["Por qué sonó 'Angel of My Dreams' cuando Kylie Jenner apareció en Victoria's Secret: el significado oculto de la canción." LOS40 (October 2026).](https://los40.com/2026/10/20/por-que-sono-angel-of-my-dreams-cuando-kylie-jenner-aparecio-en-victorias-secret-el-significado-oculto-de-la-cancion/)
20. ["THAT'S SHOWBIZ BABY! – JADE, review score aggregation." Chorus.Reviews.](https://chorus.reviews/albums/jade-thats-showbiz-baby)
21. ["Album reviews: JADE – That's Showbiz Baby, and Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Perimenopop." The Independent (12 September 2025).](https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/jade-review-thats-showbiz-baby-sophie-ellis-bextor-b2823870.html)
22. [The BRIT Awards 2025: Winners, Performances & Highlights, BPI](https://www.bpi.co.uk/news/12870238)
23. [International Female Solo Artist Nominations Announced, brits.co.uk](https://www.brits.co.uk/news/2015/international-female-solo-artist-nominations-announced/)
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