Little Mix’s Perrie Edwards shows off sexy new look as she goes grunge for sizzling shoot

PERRIE Edwards has left fans doing a double take after switching up her style for a grungy new photo shoot.

The singer, 31, has embraced her edgier side for a series of sizzling photos and she looks worlds away from her Little Mix persona.

In one shot, Perrie can be seen wearing black leather gloves while gnawing on her finger.

She has a black dress on, lashings of smokey eye makeup and her blonde hair has been slicked into a wet-look style.

In another picture, Perrie is sticking her tongue out and winking at the camera after slipping into a different black dress with red heart detailing.

The gorgeous new photos are for the December issue of XMAG. Perrie stars on the cover of the publication to promote the release of her Christmas single, Christmas Magic.

Other shots show Perrie in a black PVC mini dress, fishnet tights and studded heels, and a black floral number with a faux fur bag and statement necklace as her accessories.

Perrie, who found fame on The X Factor in 2011, surprised fans earlier this month with news of her Christmas single.

The star is hoping to bag the Christmas Number One with her festive ballad, which she announced on Instagram alongside a sweet video of herself and son Axel.

The caption read: "Christmas has come early! Perrie is dropping her surprise Christmas single ‘Christmas Magic’ this Friday!!"

Meanwhile, last month Perrie opened up about her friendship with her Little Mix bandmates Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jade Thirwall.

She went on to admit the rejection she felt by their ex bandmate Jesy Nelson was like 'a dagger to the heart'.

Jesy abruptly quit the pop band in 2000 and they have not spoken since.

Appearing on the Happy Place podcast, Perrie spoke out about trying to "rectify things" with her former friend.

"I wrote a song about a friendship I had that I no longer have," Perrie told host Fearne Cotton.

"When it's the relationship breakdown of a friend, it's not something you hear about in music. It's just as heartbreaking if not worse [as romantic love].

"When you've been in that person's life for years and they've had your back, you've been through highs, lows and everything, all these experiences, it's a wild ride but you've gone through it together - then poof they're gone - that's hard to deal with.

"I struggled a lot with that. It's really sad, but at the same time these things sometimes happen.

"It does make you think 'do we try to rectify the situation? Should I reach out? It doesn't feel like I should, it feels like I should just stay away'.

"It's a really horrible dynamic to be in."

Sobbing, Perrie added: "When you try and then it doesn't get taken well either... it's like another..."

She broke off and imitated being stabbed in the heart.

Jesy later appeared to only reignite the feud by posting a cryptic late-night message on social media.

After the podcast episode had dropped, she posted: "The internet is gross and so are humans."