Little Mix reveal fantasy band member

Little Mix are the brand new cover stars of 'The Beat.

The magazine is out this week and Little Mix shot the cover in South East London last month.

The new issue of The Beat magazine is available at selected London stockists and online at http://thebeatjuice.tictail.com/

BEAT: If you could sign one other girl band member on loan, past or present, who would you pick?
Leigh-Anne: Oh my god, Beyoncé right?
Jesy: I don't know, she'd steal the limelight. I'm not sure about that. Maybe one of the Spice Girls.
Perrie: Geri!
Leigh-Anne: Mine would be Mel B. We absolutely love Sporty Spice and Baby Spice, we've met them loads of times and they're so lovely. I still call them by those nicknames actually. Imagine us doing a collab with the Spice Girls!
Perrie: I wouldn't be able to get on the vocals! I'd be dead on the floor! Mel C was in our Word Up video and that was enough drama for me for one day. I can't breath when I'm around them, it's weird. They're incredible.
Leigh-Anne: Didn't you meet Victoria Beckham?
Perrie: I didn't speak to them but I saw them at the closing ceremony at the Olympics and they were just walking down the corridor and it felt like I was watching the movie because they were all holding hands. Geri's so crazy in real life. She told me she loved Little Mix and what we were about and I had a tear in my eye.

Asked how much it annoys them that people assume they're just presented with all their songs the morning they're due to record them.

"It really pisses us off. We work for hours and hours in the studio. It's so frustrating. I think a lot of it comes from us being a girl band and from The X Factor."

For them, the fact their names appear on the credits of Britney Spears' recentPretty Girls single ("Britney's been our idol since we were little and so for her to have one of our songs is just crazy," squeals Leigh-Anne) is proof enough that they're involved in the music they put their names to.

"I think the fact the Britney song's come out and we've written on it might shut a lot of people up," adds Jesy emphatically.