PRE-ORDER #15 The 'I Support You' Issue – Leigh-Anne Pinnock

For Leigh-Anne, the past few years have not just been about going solo, but about learning what it means to have your own back. Turns out, leaving a decade-long stretch in one of British pop's biggest-ever girl groups to take on a solo career not only provided a completely new sound, but a brand-new definition of what supporting yourself can look like. Without the mechanics of a major label and bandmates behind her, independence has pushed her to lean into her instincts, invest in herself, and trust in a team that believes in her vision.

“I remember the phone call I had with my manager, when he told me Warner wasn’t getting the music. The first thing I said was ‘We’re going.’ That was it, I didn’t even hesitate, I just said bye,” she asserts. “I needed to make that decision for myself.”

Few people understand her career trajectory better than British singer, songwriter and producer MNEK. Both artists had to navigate the same corporate pop world in the early 2010s, coming up through the same management system and eventually collaborating while Pinnock was in Little Mix. Now, both find themselves at similar crossroads in their careers: harnessing their narratives, building their own teams, and redefining what support looks like outside of traditional industry structures.

PHOTOGRAPHY & CREATIVE DIRECTION Tom Johnson
PRODUCTION Chiara Maculan
FASHION Baillie Jones
MAKEUP Hila Karmand via Arch The Agency
HAIR Jaz Lanyero
NAILS Brixton Klaws, Vanesa Ademi
SOCIALS Richie Barker
PHOTO ASSISTANT Dali Ughetto
FASHION ASSISTANT Georgina Lunn
SPECIAL THANKS TO Satellite 414

Pre-orders from the BRICKS shop are currently available for customers in the UK, USA, Canada and Australia. If you are based in the EU or elsewhere internationally, copies will be available to order through our international stockist Antenne Books from late April, once the issue arrives back from the printers.

Pre-orders will be shipped by 27th April.