Jade Thirlwall Leads Her Mighty Hoopla Crowd in an Anti-J.K. Rowling Chant
The Harry Potter author has spent the last few years sharing transphobic talking points on social media.
Jade Thirlwall performs during day 3 of BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend at Sefton Park on MAY 25, 2025 in Liverpool, England. Joseph Okpako/WireImage
As Pride Month kicks off, former Little Mix member Jade Thirlwall is saying avada kedavra to transphobia, courtesy of her latest words against J.K. Rowling.
During her set at London’s Mighty Hoopla festival on Saturday (May 31), the “Angel of My Dreams” singer led her crowd in a call-and-response chant during her song “FUFN” (that’s “f–k you for now”). Thirlwall named various things she did not mess with, with the crowd yelling “f–k you” and holding up their middle fingers after each one.
Among the singer’s list of middle-finger worthy topics was “performative allyship,” “homophobes,” “transphobes” and finally “J.K. Rowling,” the latter of which earned the crowd’s loudest “f–k you” and a smattering of cheers.
Fans online quickly applauded Thirlwall for calling out the Harry Potter author’s slew of transphobic comments over the course of the last few years. “Been a fan of jade since I was a young doll I KNEWWWW she would stand up for us,” one fan wrote underneath a video of the moment, while another added, “never been a jade fan but maybe i am now???”
Billboard has reached out to Rowling’s team for comment.
Rowling has spent the better part of the last five years sharing her anti-transgender views online, including active campaigns against trans women participating in sports, using public restrooms that align with their gender and having their legal documents align with their gender identity rather than birth-assigned sex.
Most recently, Rowling drew ire from the LGBTQ+ community for her post celebrating a U.K. court’s ruling defining “woman” as a marker of biological sex. In her post, Rowling shared a photo of herself smoking a cigar and holding a glass of wine with the words “I love it when a plan comes together” written as a caption.
Link to the source article – https://www.billboard.com/culture/pride/jade-thirlwall-slams-jk-rowling-show-london-mighty-hoopla-1235987135/
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