Jade Thirlwall poses in swimwear as she shares rare snaps with boyfriend Jordan Stephens after enjoying a new year 'reset' in Sri Lanka

Jade Thirlwall looked incredible as she posed for a stunning swimwear snap alongside her boyfriend Jordan Stephens from a recent trip to Sri Lanka. 

The singer, 33, travelled to the country to ring in 2026 and described it as the 'ultimate reset after a chaotic year'. 

The Little Mix star looked incredible as she posed in a green top and matching bikini bottoms as she went for a dip with Jordan, who she has been dating since 2020. 

In another photo, Jade displayed her figure in a white bikini top and blue and green pyjamas. 

The couple, who were joined by a group of friends on the holiday, also went hiking together.

Jade shared a playful snap of herself wearing a helmet while eating breakfast and a black and white snap lounging at their accommodation.

Alongside the post, she wrote: 'Spent the new year in Sri Lanka with lovely people. The ultimate reset after a chaotic year. Hardly any phone time which felt so good. 

'Lots of curry. Lots of reading. Lots of dogs. Lots of mosquitoes bites and a few leeches. Feeling ready to get back into it. Don’t Worry Be ✨'. 

It comes after Jade kicked off her first solo tour, That's Showbiz Baby, in October in support of her album of the same name.

It's her first record since Little Mix went on an indefinite hiatus to pursue solo projects. 

Little Mix, made up of members Jade,  Perrie Edwards, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, formed on the eighth series of the X Factor in 2011 along with Jesy Nelson who later quit the band.

They quickly became one of the biggest girl groups of the 2010s with popular hits including Wings, DNA, Move, Black Magic and Shout Out to My Ex. 

They released six studio albums, with several reaching No1 in the UK, before announcing in May 2022 that they were going on an indefinite hiatus to focus on their solo careers. 

However, Jade has opened up about what life was like in the band back then, admitting it was 'cut-throat'.

Speaking to Harper's Bazaar UK, she recalled: 'It was cut-throat. You were always on a tightrope of success. If you fell out of the Top 10, there was a lot to worry about.

'I look back at times when we were huge, before Get Weird came out, and we had a big sleepover, all crying, "If this isn't a Top 10 song, we'll get dropped." It's wild to think about now because we were so big at the time.' 

Since then, Jade has gone on to become a highly successful solo artist - winning the 2025 Brit Award for Best Pop Act, releasing a Top 10 single, and a critically acclaimed debut album that debuted at No3 on the UK Albums Chart. 

However, before she embarked on her solo career, Jade struggled to adapt to life after the group went their separate ways and didn't know what to do with herself. 

She admitted: 'I struggled the most to adapt to life after the group – the other girls had better distractions: families, kids. They went into a new chapter willingly. It was just me. 

'I didn’t know what to do with myself. Since I was 18, I lived and breathed Little Mix. It just took me a minute to adjust.'

'There were so many spirals. I kept thinking, "Will I still be relevant by the time I come out? Will everyone forget about me?" And being 30-plus, you do wonder, "Is that old to start as a solo artist?"

'I went out with friends, and travelled. When I got back home, I was like, "Okay, girlie, let's get some therapy going, get in the studio and start figuring out who I am."

Jade's solo tour kicked off in Dublin, Ireland in October and is set to conclude on March 18 in Hamburg, Germany.