MAHALIA: WHY ARE SOME FRIENDS SO JEALOUS?

MOBO WINNER HARNESSES ‘QUEEN ENERGY’

AHALIA may have ‘kissed a lot of frogs’... but no-one has hurt her quite as much as jealous friends.

Now the 22-year-old double Mobo winner says she is exorcising her troubles on new track Jealous, which she made with Rico Nasty.

Sharing her gripes with Guilty Pleasures, she explained: ‘I’ve definitely kissed a lot of frogs. I’m only a baby at 22.’

She said that, as she has grown up, she has learned to look at the behaviour of the other person in the relationship and tell them, ‘That sounds like a “you” problem rather than a “me” problem’.

But having reconnected with friends from her past, Mahalia has been bugged by signs of envy at her success. ‘Unsupportive and negative people around me were hurting me much more than any romantic relationship I had ever been in. That was overwhelming,’ said the I Wish I Missed My Ex singer.

‘When people say nasty things, I always think, “What have I done to hurt you?” I have always blamed myself for other people’s behaviour. As I get older I understand we all have those moments where we’re looking at someone else’s life and feel negative toward them.

‘I want to step away from blaming myself for other people’s s*** towards me and start believing in myself, my power and my queen energy.’

For now, Mahalia’s creative juices are flowing. She starred in the 2016 film Brotherhood, and says: ‘Acting has always been part of my life and something I want to continue. And I’m kind of finding my way back into dance. I trained for so many years. That’s something I want to incorporate.’

She is certainly on a hot streak, having been nominated for a Brit Award last year. ‘That was a real milestone for me,’ she said. ‘Along with the Mobos, it felt like a lot of gold stars.’

It’s no croak: Mahalia has learned to back away from the ‘frogs’ she kissed