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Holy fuck, when did Mutya start looking like that
Yeah it is a bit low key, but obviously they want to celebrate the debut as a soft relaunch and then move on to the exciting new materialMight just be me but this whole ‘campaign’ is really boring
what’s the point spending years getting your name back just to put out some old songs with a few remixes?
there was no momentum babes! @dUb and the other six remaining disciples don't qualify!I just think they might have wasted the last bit of momentum they had but we’ll see
Oh goodness, not these three again.
Sugababes 2.0 reunionReplace Siobhan with Heidi and this will blow up.
Am I going mad or did One Touch come out in 2000? Why are they doing a 20th anniversary in 2021?
Listening back to ‘One Touch’ and the Sugababes’ production-line final albums, it’s fair to say the band ended up with a different vision to how it started. When did you feel it change?
Keisha: “For me, the Sugababes was about our harmonies and three voices put together. After Siobhan left, Mutya and I tried to continue our signature sound. When Mutya left, it became harder to maintain that. Every time someone leaves, it changes the dynamic. But there might be someone out there who loves the very last Sugababes line-up after I left.”
Siobhan: “Nah!”
Keisha: “Siobhan! I’m just saying there might be people who actually like that, but for me, it changed and lost its essence. After Mutya left, it became about being sexy and not being allowed in the creative process. It became this machine – and it looked and sounded like that. I give Heidi [Range, who replaced Siobhan and remained until the end] props. She’s a big part of the Sugababes so I’m not shading her or the line-up she’s in. But it was mind-boggling and alien to be told: ‘Your album’s going to take two weeks. It’s already written for you’.”
What was it like to be a part of that?
Keisha: I like to see the glass half-full so I’d turn up and do my routine, but I was embarrassed almost every single day. Siobhan, you would have died. During one session, a big name producer – who I won’t name – actually had someone come in and teach me, Heidi and Amelle about harmonies. I had to sit through that! Afterwards when I said that we really needed to be involved in the creative process, I was told: ‘OK, you’re being an issue now’, so I just shut up. And that album was disappointing.”
Sugababes share Blood Orange remix of 'Same Old Story' and talk fighting for independence
Sugababes shared the Blood Orange remix of 'Same Old Story' from the upcoming 20th anniversary reissue of 'One Touch', and talk to us about evolution and industry sexismwww.nme.com
Hmm could be but I assumed it was Sweet 7, which had the big name producersooh that’s hot goss!
I guess that album she’s talking about must be Catfights?
Oh right, I forgot there was Keisha version of Get Sexy! I read it that she’d had to go through with the album, but I suppose not!Hmm could be but I assumed it was Sweet 7, which had the big name producers
Although this is what they had to say about it during Sweet 7 promo so could be
"We're still really proud of [Catfights], even though it wasn't our most successful album," says Buchanan, who's invariably first to answer questions. "I was surprised – I think Change should've got those bad reviews, because that was a lot poppier. With Catfights, we decided to go a bit old-school and stripped-back. But if we stayed in the place we were in, we'd never move on." But she finally admits they did become complacent, and that must be a difficult thing to own up to, coming from someone who's otherwise unswervingly on-message about how great it is to be a Sugababe. "When I say complacent, I mean we had put ourselves in boxes and said we were just singers."
"We took our eye off the ball and didn't concentrate on the performance and styling side," says Range. Though presentation is a critical factor in a chart-pop band's continuing success these days, the trio confess they'd neglected it because, crazily, they assumed fans would want to hear them sing no matter how they looked. Buchanan sighs. "The industry is changing. We used to say in interviews that we could put bin-bags over our heads and people would still come to see us. But they wouldn't now. People want to see the whole package. They want to know all about you."
But Sweet 7 is full of bops!