Leigh-Anne Pinnock has released the first trailer for her new BBC documentary shedding light on racism within the UK music industry.
Leigh-Anne Race, Pop and Power sees the Little Mix star open up about her own experience of prejudice in the businesses.
The singer, 29, explains how she has been treated differently as the only black member in her band.
"The last tour, I remember coming off stage and crying most nights… and just being like, 'Why do I feel like this? Why do I feel like no one likes me? I might as well not be on the stage," Leigh-Anne told the BBC.
Speaking in the first trailer for the one-off special, Leigh-Anne tells the camera: "I feel like a I have a responsibility to speak up."
After being propelled to fame on The X Factor in 2011 Little Mix have gone on to become one of the best-selling girl groups in the UK - recently becoming the first girlband to win British Group at the Brit Awards.
Leigh-Anne said she wanted to use her platform to address the issue of colourism.
She says she was once told "You're the black girl you're going to have to work ten times harder."
As well as sharing her own experience, Leigh-Anne talks to other black British pop stars who have experienced racism in the industry including Keisha Buchanan from Sugababes, former X Factor contestant Alexandra Burke and singer-songwriters Raye and NAO.
Fellow X Factor alumni Alexandra is seen in the preview clip telling Leigh-Anne how she was told to 'bleach her skin to sell more records.'
Leigh-Anne is also seen in conversation with bandmember Jade Thirlwall, who says: "We were told our opinion didn't matter. But we are powerful" before the two share a supportive hug.
Ahead of the documentary's release on BBC One tonight, Leigh-Anne has said hearing the experiences of her peers were the most 'overwhelming' scenes to film.
"To be able to be in a room with these incredible ladies that have all experienced such devastating things to do with race.
"It was inspiring hearing them open up and it inspired me to open up more and it erased that feeling of not being alone. It was interesting as well because we all had such different experiences.
"I really thought that I was going to have similar experiences to Keisha being the only black girl in her group too but hers was completely different to mine," she told the BBC.
Leigh-Anne: Race, Pop & Power is available to stream on @bbciplayer or tune in to BBC One tomorrow at 9pm
