Speaking exclusively to the Evening Standard, she said of her time with Syco: “I felt like for ages I was just waiting to hear what was going to happen to me.
I felt like I was put on the shelf for a long time. “I was always quite outspoken, so I just marched into the manager’s office and asked what was going on.
I said if you’re not releasing music with me, you just need to let me go, please. “I kind of asked to be let go, which sounds kind of crazy, but that’s what happened.
It was a relief, to be honest.” East added she was thankful to Syco for allowing the process of her leaving the label to be straightforward. “They were really supportive,” she said. “I didn’t have to go through a legal battle with them, they let me just take my music
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