Little Mix's Glory Days sees the British girl group celebrating their fourth album without any indication they're slowing down anytime soon. Cheeky lead single "Shout Out to My Ex" hit No. 1 in the U.K. and it's the group's second-biggest hit in America to date, but the music in Glory Days indicates how far the foursome has come as artists, songwriters and vocalists. Like I said upon the release of 2015's Get Weird, Little Mix is definitely here to stay, and this new LP foreshadows how much bigger they can be with some of their most promising and honest material to date. While a chunk of the album's hype has been fueled by rumors about breakups and shout-outs to exes, Fuse spoke to member Perrie Edwards about the new material. The 23-year-old powerhouse squashes a few rumors and opens up about why the bond with her band mates is the most important part of their career.

FUSE: Congratulations on Glory Days, your fourth album, Perrie! Not too many girl groups can say they've gotten to album No. 4, but here y'all are, still on top and killin' it.

Perrie Edwards: It feels amazing. We never even thought we'd get a second album, so to be on the fourth album is incredible. It's really hard for girl groups because this industry is very fickle so we always said we'll do as best as we can, and we love what we do, so we feel very blessed. With "Shout Out to My Ex," I thought of Taylor Swift—not sound-wise, but concept-wise, as you took the media's narrative and made it a hit song. Did you consciously try to make it stand for something larger?

Um, yeah, I think we just knew this song could relate to anybody in the world. Everyone has an ex—and who doesn't have a bad one?—and we wanted that kind of anthemic song, so when you break up with someone, you don't go back to your room and cry about it. We wanted people to feel empowered after a breakup.

Looking forward to the other songs, have you considered a second single?

We haven't announced what it's going to be yet, but we just shot the video for that and it'll be out very soon. We're very excited about that.

“ We've had our ups and downs, and it's times like that we stick together the most. ” — Perrie Edwards

I have to say, "Touch" is such a standout...

Ohh! Interesting choice! [Laughs] Is it, now? Well, I really love it. It's very trendy, very sexy, has so much potential around the world. Could tell us a little more about that song?

We absolutely love it because we feel it's quite different than what we've done before so it's a lot more bass-vibe, that's really cool. "Touch" was one of those songs we heard and we just fell in love with it straightaway. We're just happy everyone's loving it since it went out as an instant-grat track and it went down really, really well. I really love "Touch." I was reading about this song when it came out and Ariana Grande's name kept popping up as some mysterious collaborator. You'll be going on tour together soon, is something in the works here?

No, unfortunately, there isn't a collaboration. I mean, we would absolutely love to because we love Ariana. Other than the touring with her next year, there isn't a collaboration or song. Unfortunately. That would be wonderful, though!