McFly: Poor Dougie {RE: No Go Queen}

This is a repost from No Go Queen (a blog dedicated to McFly)

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Frankie Sandford never argues with her McFly boyfriend Dougie Poynter about what to watch on TV, because she rules the remote. The 21-year-old singer - voted fourth sexiest woman in an FHM poll - revealed she likes to spend her nights in watching TV and snacking.
She said: "I wouldn't say Dougie and I ever argue about what to watch because we watch what I want to, and that's that." The Saturdays cosied up on a giant pink sofa in London's Covent Garden to promote T-Mobile's Night In which rewards customers by giving them 'five things for £5' at Blockbuster. Frankie has just moved back into the London home she shares with Dougie after a brief split earlier this year, but insisted they had no problem living together. She revealed: "He's more of a woman than I am. I am really messy and leave my stuff everywhere and he is always tidying up after me."

*She really wants us to hate her doesn't she? What a spoilt manipulative cow.

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[RANT/]

~ I'm so far beyond sick of her.

Not only does she not respect Dougie's privacy she exploits the poor boy for publicity. ¬_¬

I cant wait for the day that she gets knocked off her pedestal....
OK, all I'm going to say is that, ask yourself if she really did love Dougie then she would respect his privacy.

Sorry about the bashing but  what Frankie has been saying and doing through the tabloids is seriously a new level of desperate. Attention whore's born with a silver spoon in their mouth tend to make up the most ignorant people in the whole of humanity. It's just morally wrong to exploit a person in the way that she does Dougie. What makes this so much more horrible is that Frankie is dehumnising  someone she actually claims to 'love'.The girl has no shame. *sigh*

Stephanie xx

McFly: Interview - European Tour 2009 (Paris) -- Better Quality

An interview with McFly in Paris during their European Tour 2009. French subtitles.
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McFly: Interview - Celebrity Master Class (Premier 21 Podcast)

An interview with McFly on Premier 21
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McFly: V Festival Interview

An interview with Tom, Danny, and Dougie of McFly at V Festival 2009

McFly: Heatworld Interview

Posted by Digital 23 November 2009 14:01

Being big fans of McFly ourselves, we knew that you'd all want to know every word that came out their lips yesterday. So, we've put up the whole interview just for you to enjoy. Don't say we never do anything for you...

Tell us about today. What have you been up to?
Tom: We’ve been doing a Celebrity Masterclass, where we’ve been trying to pass on some knowledge to a group of 26 people...
Danny: [Interrupting] 26 youths.
Tom: We’ve been talking about our career over the last six years. It’s been good talking about the bits of our job most people don’t get to see, like the behind-the-scenes stuff. Like, coming up with ideas for videos, or the album artwork, or recording...
Harry: Yeah, it was good. We first of all talked about how we got into it, how it all started for us, our journey, how we all met, and our record deal. All that kind of thing, and then we split them into three groups, and first we talked about song-writing and lyrics...
Tom: We did a breakdown of our song Lies, explained all the lyrics and how we came up with it. Normally we don’t get to say, really.
Harry: Then we set them a challenge to rewrite the lyrics to Lies, the verse and the chorus, in pairs, and then in each group they chose the best lyrics to perform.
Tom: They did good, didn’t they? It was only, like, an hour.
Danny: It was really, really good.
Harry: That was our thing, Tom was saying about their song-writing and lyrics and coming up with ideas, you have to dare to suck, just get out there and do it. Don’t be afraid. They did really well with it, and to just get up there and sing...it was awesome. Me and Danny talked to the groups about production and recording an album, and Tom and Dougie talked about the creative side of things, while Tommy our tour manager talked to them about touring and stuff, so they got an insight into everything. In the end, the guys [Tom and Danny] played them a little tune (Falling In Love – it was amazing), and it was a good day.

Do you think that a lot of kids assume the way to get famous is to do The X Factor or similar?
All: Yeah.
Tom: That’s the thing. I think a lot of them were kind of surprised by how much work goes into it. You know, hearing about how, when we’re writing songs like now, when we’re writing songs for our next album, already we’re coming up with what the next tour stage is going to look like, or what the artwork’s going to be like.

As this point, the boys get distracted by a signed picture of them on the table (the same one you can see above). Danny has noticed that Harry is “popping out” on the end, and finds it very funny...

Danny: Harry’s just popping out of there! That’s the worst picture ever.
All crack up.
Harry: I can’t believe they did that to me! Why did they do that?
Tom: [Laughing] It’s like a panto photo!
Danny: It’s like your picture when you work at GMTV.
All crack up again.
Harry: I could be a GMTV presenter...
Danny: You could with that!
Tom: That should be your Twitter profile picture!
All laugh.
Harry: I look like Ben Shephard!
Dougie: You do, yeah, I think that’s it.
heatworld: There’s nothing wrong with looking like Ben Shephard...
Danny: I’m Tweeting about this interview!

After we’ve all compared who has the most followers on Twitter and talked about how good Harry looks in a cricket jumper, we get back on track...

Do you think you’re good role models for young people?
Danny: I can roll quite a long way...
All fall about laughing.
Danny: A forward-roll model!
Harry: I think we are.
Dougie: I think so, yeah.
Harry: We’re quite well-behaved.
Danny: That’s quite a tough question.
Tom: I think we are, in comparison to other people. I think the fact that we work hard at our job means a lot. Obviously a certain amount of luck is involved, and we have a one-in-a-million type job, but it does take a lot of hard work to do this. We sit somewhere in the middle of a pop boy band and the creativeness of a rock band. We have the best of both worlds.
Danny: The best of both, like the bread.
Tom: Like that middle advert. It’s good to be in the middle. We’re semi-skimmed milk, that’s what we are.

Has there been one bit of advice, throughout your career, that you’ve always remembered?
Harry: When you’re going through hell, just keep going. I love that quote.
Dougie: When you’re going through hell, just keep going?
Harry: Just keep boshing it. Just bosh it! Epic, isn’t it?
Dougie: That is cool. Who’s it by?
Harry: Winston Churchill.
Danny: That is cool!
Harry: That makes it even cooler.
Tom: I think I’ve seen that on Call Of Duty 2.
Harry: I remember Robbie Williams at The Brit Awards after-party, me and Dougie were talking to him and he said something really nice and gave us some advice. He was like, “Enjoy yourselves.”
Dougie: Be the band you want to be, not the band you think you are. Tom Delonge from Blink 182 told us that.
Harry: Dougie loved that!
Dougie: I loved it. I went home and was like, ‘Yessss!’ I got an erection.
All laugh.
heatworld: You got an erection?!
Dougie: [Laughing] Nah...
Danny: We can’t take you anywhere, can we?

Has there been one person who has been the best teacher for you guys?
Harry: We’ve kind of learnt along the way and been there for each other. We’ve always been together.
Dougie: We kind of taught each other as well. If I started being a bit of a knob, then I know one of these [gestures around the room] would tell me.
Tom: Our management have been great, too.
Harry: You know, we enjoy it, but we don’t take ourselves too seriously.
Danny: Well, we do take it seriously.
Harry: We take it seriously, but we don’t take ourselves too seriously. We take what we do very seriously.
Dougie: We don’t think we’re the most amazing band in the world...
Danny: Yeah we do!
Harry: [Deadpan] We do.
Dougie: We’re not like, I am legend.
Danny: [Laughing] I am London!
Tom: We are my favourite band, that’s true. [Laughing] We’re amazing. I think I would really like myself, if I wasn’t myself.
Dougie: But every time you see yourself on TV, you always go, ‘Oh no,’ like that.
Tom: I hate myself on TV.
Danny: I think I’d be really jealous of McFly.
Harry: I wouldn’t.
Danny: I’d be like, ‘They’re so scabby.’ I’m so jealous.
Tom: Look at those poor talentless twerps – how did they make it?
Harry: I wouldn’t like you if you said the word ‘twerps’!
Dougie: I love ‘twerp’.
Danny: Makes me think of a Twirl. Mmmm.
Harry: Do you think if you were exactly the same person, but you looked different and you met you, do you think you’d like yourself?
Tom: I’d be jealous of their normal chin.
Harry: No, you’re the guy with the normal chin.
Tom: Oh... Then I’d probably hate him.
Harry: I think I’d think I was quite classic. [Laughs.]

Do you think you’d ever do anything like this again? Another masterclass?
Harry: Our manager was like, ‘Harry, you could be a college professor.’ And I was like, ‘Really, what would I teach?’, and he was like, ‘You know...music.’ So I was like, OK...
Tom: It’s quite fun. If the person is genuinely interested, then it’s really great. When Dougie was talking it was a little bit...
Dougie: [Interrupting] Amazing!
Tom: [Laughing] Yes, amazing. I would like to do it again, yeah.

What would you be doing if you weren’t in McFly?
Tom: Professional Tweeter.
Dougie: Burglar.
Harry: Shagging...
heatworld: Shagging? Does that mean you don’t now...?
Harry: [Laughs.] I don’t know why I said that! I don’t know what I’d be doing, being a hobo apparently.
Danny: You’d see him in, like, Rio de Janeiro walking down the street.
Dougie: I’d be, like, hanging out...

Can you tell us anything about the new album?
We went out to Australia in February to do some recording, and then along that way we sort of found a new direction, halfway through the recording process. We came home, then we had the tour earlier in the year, and then we went out to Brazil and Europe, so we were touring for most of the year and now we’ve just started writing again and er...

Danny has started laughing at the photo of Harry “popping out” again...

Tom: [Distracted] And, so, we’ve kind of got a new direction we’re exploring...

Danny is trying not to laugh and it sounds like he’s squeaking...

Tom: And, like, this whole year, because we haven’t released anything, we’ve spent the whole year planning what we’re going to be doing next...

Danny, Dougie, Harry and heatworld are all now laughing.

Tom: [Laughing] You can’t have a serious conversation about this...
Danny: [Almost crying with laughter as he holds up the picture] It’s signed!
All crack up.
Danny: It’s signed like he’s proud of it!
Dougie: I’ve got to put that in my wallet.

A lot more laughing as Dougie attempts to fit the picture of Harry into his wallet.

Tom: Anyway, we’re writing up until about February, then we go back into the studio around then I reckon.

Will there be a UK tour next year?
Tom: Definitely! We’ll definitely tour next year.
Harry: [To heatworld] Will you come?
heatworld: Yeah!
Tom: We’ll release something first, because we haven’t released anything this whole year.
Danny: Release a dove.
All laugh.
Tom: We’ve got some quite different plans for next year. Not sort of music related, but something new. Something quite exciting... It’s really boring talking in the creative stages, because we can’t say anything. This whole year has been setting up stuff.
Danny: It’s pretty epic.
Tom: Much more so than we’ve ever done before.
Danny: Lots of exciting things, but they just take a bit of planning.

Harry: Do you want to ask us one more thing? Go on...
heatworld: OK. Harry, why don’t you Tweet more often?
Harry: [Groans.] That’s a bad question!
heatworld: Lots of people were asking that on Twitter today.
Harry: Tell them I’m aloof. [Laughs.] That’s a great word. He’s being rather aloof today! I love it.

McFly: Digital Spy Interview

McFly

Friday, July 4 2008, 06:46 BST

By Nick Levine, Music Editor

The McFly boys aren't just chart-topping popstars these days - they're entrepreneurs running their own record label too. In fact, they've just brokered a rather audacious deal with the Mail on Sunday, which will distribute copies of their new album, radio:ACTIVE, six weeks before it hits the shops. But have they kept their sense of fun as they've grown up? We called drummer Harry Judd - the one who knows a certain Miss Lohan pretty well - to find out.

What made you decide to set up your own label?
"Well, we had an opportunity to leave our label, Island, and we took it. We decided to set up our own label and invest our own money into it so we could have complete creative control. People are really sceptical about it and don't believe that we parted with Island on good terms, but we genuinely did. We just wanted the opportunity to do things differently."

How are things different now?
"I think this album has much better songs and the production is a huge step up for us. This is the album we always wanted to make and this is the way we always wanted to sound. It's not stripped down at all. In the past, because there were so many people making decisions at our label, the album would often get filtered and wouldn't sound how we wanted it to sound. We're still the same guys and we're not going to start releasing death metal or anything, but everything just sounds better now."

What's the single, 'One For The Radio', about? It has quite a pointed chorus: "Don't pretend you hate us when you sing along..."
"It's a positive lyric. It's saying we really love what we're doing and we've got lots of really loyal fans, so we don't really care if you don't like us."

Do you feel some music fans have dismissed you unfairly in the past?
"People are entitled to their own opinion, but I think often their opinion of us was based on things we didn't necessarily want to do. If people don't like us now, that's fine, because this is who we really are."

Is there one thing from the past that you really didn't want to do?
"Yeah, doing the Greatest Hits album. I really didn't want to do it and I was really p***ed off about it. At the same time, you can understand why the label decided to do it. Even if we hadn't supported it and we'd chosen not to promote it, they still would have released it because they own the masters to all our songs. It's great being on our own label now, because we'll own all our masters from now on."

Why were you so against it?
"Because we weren't breaking up and we had so many new songs that we wanted people to hear. We'd churned out three albums in three years and people had already heard all of those songs. It just didn't feel right because we were desperate for people to hear our new stuff. There's a bit of a stigma attached to Greatest Hits albums too, and we certainly didn't want people to think, 'Ooh, they reckon they've got loads of great hits'."

What persuaded you to sign the deal with the Mail on Sunday?
"It was an opportunity that came up and it just seemed like a no-brainer really - it means that within one day millions of people will get to hear the album. I believe there are loads of people out there who would love our stuff but they've never given us a chance because they pigeonhole us as a boyband or something."

How have fans reacted to the deal?
"It's been mainly positive, but I think some of them found it hard to understand, at least initially. A few fans are worried that the songs might not be as good because they're being given away for free, but that's not the case at all. Actually we want more people to hear these songs because we're so proud of them. Some people want the full album package with a booklet and all that, but that's coming out in September so they won't miss out."

Do you read the Mail on Sunday?
"Well, my mum gets the Mail on Sunday so I have read it a bit over the last few years. She'll definitely be picking up her free copy of the album on July 20."

Now that you're growing up and have your own record label, will you still show your cheeky sides? Will you still get naked at G-A-Y?
"Yes, definitely! We don't want people to get the wrong impression and think we're trying to be all cool and serious now. We're really good mates and we like having a good time and titting around, so we'll still be doing things like that."

Will Dougie still set fire to his pubes onstage?
"Haha I'm sure he will! He's a very odd boy. I can see him now actually, he's eating a salad out of a plastic bowl on his own. He doesn't talk when he's hungry, so that's why he's not doing an interview at the moment. He needs to refuel."

McFly: Ghost Hunting With…McFly Interview

October 10th, 2007 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: ITV2, Reality TV

Taking a trip into the deepest, darkest places in Northumberland, the world’s foremost ghost hunter, Yvette Fielding and pop punksters, Mcfly prepare to delve into the spooky unknown! Join the band and their ghost hunting guide as they prepare to face their most frightening fears. Ghost Hunting With…McFly is brand new and exclusive to ITV2, Tuesday 23 October at 9pm. Here is how the boys found the whole experience………

Why did you want to take part in the show?

Tom: We thought it would be fun…….we were wrong!

Dougie: I didn’t

Had you experienced any paranormal activity before you took part in the show?

Tom: No, not really. Harry saw a ghost once, and Dougie and I saw a UFO.

Dougie: I once saw the ghost of a cat’s bum.

Danny: No never.

Dougie, you seemed to be the most scared during the trip. Did you anticipate this?

Dougie: Well, I bought 10 pairs of boxers in case.

What was the scariest location you visited and why?

Tom: The mine – it was pitch black, wet and underground.

Dougie: The mine, because it was cold damp and very dark.

Harry: The castle, because it felt like we were in a real horror movie.

Danny: I think it was when I was in the hut in the forest on my own, I shat myself!

What was the most positive part of the show for you?

Tom: When it was over and we got back to the hotel.

Dougie: None of it.

Harry: Taking part in everything that I was asked to.

Danny: When Dougie ran into the wall in the lead mine.

Was there any part during the experience where you nearly walked out?

Tom: No, I wanted to finish the night.

Dougie: The whole thing.

Harry: Yes, once.

Danny: No, I wanted to go through with it all.

Tell me about the Ouija board experience?

Tom: The Ouija board wasn’t so bad, it was the stones being thrown at us that was f*cking scary!!

Dougie: It sucked, I crapped my pants.

Danny: Scary.

How did you find working with Yvette?

Tom: She was very nice in the end. Weird, but nice.

Dougie: I think she’s a witch and she keeps trolls locked up in her house.

Harry: She was great fun, awesome.

Tom – When at the castle you felt like you were being pushed. Why did you not tell Yvette about this as it was happening?

Tom – It was weird, but I wanted to be pushed harder and I thought if I told someone about it, it might stop.

Are you glad you took part in the show?

Tom: Yes.

Dougie: No.

Harry: Definitely.

Danny: Very glad, it was a great experience and I would love to do it again.

Do you now believe there is something out there?

Tom: Maybe…..we’ll have to come back and do it again to find out.

Dougie: Yes.

Harry: Definitely.

Danny: Something! Don’t know what though?

Have you had any further paranormal experiences since taking part in the show?

Tom – Not yet.

Dougie: I keep feeling someone touching my bum, but I think it’s Tom!

Harry: Dougie is a paranormal experience!

Finally, why should ITV2 viewers watch your show?

Tom: If you wanna see four wimps completely shitting themselves and running around in the dark for an hour, whilst having ghosts throw rocks at them, then this is the show for you. Ghostbusters eat your hearts out!

Dougie: If you like watching cocky losers soil their pants and cry like babies, this show is for you!

Danny: Because it’s the best one yet!

McFly: Popjustice Interview

Story filed Sunday, 09 October 2005

An interview with the gentlemen from McFly in which tour-related issues are discussed. "I want the big benders back."

So says Dougie Out Of McFly in this 'sensational' and 'hard-rocking' interview wot we have done with a) Dougie and b), c) and d) the rest of The 'Fly.

We have done it because they are out and about doing a series of pop concerts - a tour, if you will - which will explain why most if not all of the following questions are of the 'on the road' variety.

It's tempting to say we joined them backstage on the first night but in truth we just did them on the phone about three weeks ago.

But anyway.

While on tour, do you have any fairly standard rider requirements which could be blown out of all proportion by the tabloid media?
Dougie: Not really, but it's very difficult to get a good diet when you're on the road - most of our food comes from motorway service stations and hotel room service.

Do you eat petrol and trouser presses?
Dougie: No, it's just all the Burger Kings and KFCs. I don't like eating at Wimpy, though - Wimpy sucks.

Wimpy used to have a sausage in a bun 'combo' called a Big Bender. Did you ever get your mouth around a Bender?
Dougie: HAAAA!!!! They had a sausage called a Big Bender? NO WAY. That's an amazing name for a sausage! (Laughs uproariously) Awesome! They should bring that back. Put that in writing! I want the Big Benders back!

Tourbus beds are a bit like coffins. Is this a good thing or a bad thing?
Harry: A good thing, I think, because if you crash and die then you're already in the coffin, so it does save time because they could just cut the bed out and chuck it straight in the ground. But if you crash then you're screwed either way.

You've got a female string section on tour with you. Do any of them have a fiddle?
Harry: No.

Would you like them to have a fiddle?
Harry: Yes, I would like that very much.

People always promise surprises when they go on tour. Is there anything genuinely shocking in your set?
Harry: There is one thing - it's quite shocking but I think people will like it.

Does it involve nudity of any description?
Harry: No, it involves music...

That's not completely shocking, is it? You go and see a band live, and the band plays music. HOLD THE HOME PAGE!
Harry: A fair point. Perhaps it's not that controversial. You'll just have to wait and see. We're very excited about it, though.

Which band are you glad you're not in?
Dougie: I would have to say Franz Ferdinand. I actually quite like their music, but the way they come across on stage just seems really weird. With their weird short haircuts, and their marching. It's too intimidating for a young lass like me!

Are you not just intimidated because you think they might have better hair than you?
Dougie: No! Not at all. Maybe it's subconscious. (Thinks for a bit) No, it's definitely not the hair.

Are there any rituals you all do before you go on stage? A group prayer, perhaps?
Danny: We all have a big poo. All the big American acts say a prayer - McFly have a poo. But there's nothing worse than being on stage and needing to go to the toilet.

Have you ever soiled your underwear on stage? That could be a major problem considering McFly's 'trousers below arse' policy.
Danny: I've always been quite lucky, but I presume you just take a break. What else can you do? You can't poo your pants on stage!

Well you could, but you'd have to make sure you did it each night to make it look as if it was part of the show.
Danny: Yes. That would be typically classy, wouldn't it?

Dougie. Quiet, hairstyle-changing Dougie. You do a new solo song on the tour. Is it 'emo' and should the rest of the band's 'Charlie alarms' be sounding?
Dougie: I'm not that into emo! I suppose I have my emo moments, every now and again. My 'emoments', I suppose you could call them. But no, this song isn't emo! It's standard girl-and-boy stuff.

Harry. You're about to go on stage in Glasgow or somewhere and you realise you've left your hair straighteners on in London. Disaster! What do you do?
Harry: Well, I don't user straighteners now, so...

Well your iron, then.
Harry: I don't iron my clothes. And I don't cook, either.

Come on, Harry, play the game. Presuming you wash from time to time, imagine you've left a tap running in London. You do wash, don't you?
Harry: Yes, let's go for a tap. In that case, I would ring our estate agent and get them to go round to the house and turn the tap off.

You see after all that hassle, that was a really boring answer.
Harry: Hahah! Okay, then - I'd actually reveal that I was a superhero, and I'd fly home, smash through the walls of the house, and pull out the sink with my bare hands. But dramatically, that would create even more of a leak - so I'd get my bed and shove it down the pipes to stop the leaking. I would then bosh through the wall again and fly back up yo Glasgow, and make it on stage in time. Was that dramatic enough for you?

That'll do nicely.
Harry: Great!

How 'rock and roll', in terms of popular cliche, is your general on-the-road routine?
Harry: I'm hooked on Sudoko. It's not very rock and roll, is it, sitting in your room at 3am with a pen and paper? Oh well.

Is anyone allowed to shit on the tourbus?
Tom: Absolutely not! You cannot shit on the tourbus. It's liquids only.

Tom, be honest. Have you ever broken the 'Number 2' rule?
Tom: I almost did, once. You have to sit down to go for a wee on the tourbus, because if you stand up and you go round a corner it all goes everywhere. One day I sat down and then I thought, 'Hm, I need a fart', and you know how farting has an effect on these thingsâ?¦ It almost came out, but fortunately I managed to hold it back in.

Has anyone else ever done one?
Tom: No - we thought there was once but when we investigated it turned out to be a bit of chocolate.

Girls Can't Catch: Interview .DigitalSpy.

digitalspy.co.uk
Friday, July 17 2009

Girls Can't Catch are, from left to right, Daizy, Phoebe and Jess, they're signed to the same label as Girls Aloud and The Saturdays, and their debut single 'Keep Your Head Up' is a fat slab of electropop that introduces the word "romantasies" to the English language. Always ready to welcome a new girlband into the DS bosom, we hooked up with the girls for a chinwag. Oh, and naturally we took the opportunity to ask them about those pesky D***y R**k**s.

When did you all first meet?
Jess: "We came together at the beginning of the year. We were all doing our own things musically and the label wanted to put together a three-piece girlband, so they scouted us individually and asked us if we wanted to get involved. It's been really, really fast-paced."

Did you bond quite quickly?
Phoebe: "It did take a little while. Obviously if you chuck three people who don't know each other into a band, you're not going to be best mates straight away. But we were literally working together every day - we did two weeks of straight choreography because we were about to tour with Girls Aloud and we really bonded over that."

Who came up with the name?
Daizy: "Oh God, that was a bit of a nightmare actually. Because we didn't know each others' personalities, it was really hard coming up with a great name that suited all of us. It was the label who said, 'What about Girls Can't Catch?' and we all just fell in love with it. It's a bit different and quirky and that's what our band represents."

Were any really terrible names suggested?
Phoebe: "The Decibels!"
Daizy: "We were nearly going to be called The 11.59s, which I just hated so badly."
Jess: "The Forgotten Graces was another suggestion, Jeopardy, Hoodie Love..."
Daizy: "What about Gracie La La? That was the worst one of all!"

What do you think Girls Can't Catch have that other girlbands out there don't?
Daizy: "Obviously we come from the same family as Girls Aloud and The Saturdays, but we're providing a little bit of variety. We're grittier and a bit dirtier - the way All Saints are to Spice Girls, Sugababes to Atomic Kitten."
Jess: "Also we're three lead singers, so it's all about our vocals."
Phoebe: "Our songs are quite different to what other girlbands sing. 'Keep Your Head Up' is probably the poppiest track on the album. One of our songs has a Basement Jaxx vibe to it, and one is a kind of piano ballad with a really cool beat."

Have you finished recording your album?
Jess: "Pretty much, but we're re-recording some of the early demos to get them just right. We've done about 15 tracks so far, so we're getting to the stage where we choose which ones we want to go on the album."

Have you been involved in the songwriting process?
Daizy: "Phoebe wrote 'Stop', which is the B-side to 'Keep Your Head Up', but we're going to be writing more on the next album."
Phoebe: "It's a song about keeping your strength when men are pr**ks. We've all had experiences like that and I think it's important for girls to know they're not the only ones who get given s**t."

Do you feel pressure to match the success of Girls Aloud and The Saturdays?
Jess: "I don't think there's any pressure really. I think it's a privilege to say we're on the same label as these really successful groups. There's no rivalry or anything."
Daizy: "I like that Fascination has kind of become the girlbandy label. It feels really nice and sisterly."

Do you feel any rivalry with the Dolly Rockers?
Daizy: "Ooh! We haven't been asked about them yet!"
Jess: "We've heard that they don't like us, but we haven't heard any of their stuff yet so we can't really say anything about them."

They don't really like you?
Daizy : "No! They called us manufactured crap or something like that. That's their gimmick though - to slag everyone off. They're like 'We're stage school, but we're gonna pretend that we're not and be really outspoken'."

You've described 'Keep Your Head Up' as the Girls Can't Catch anthem. How so?
Jess: "I think because it's one of the first songs we heard when we got together. We loved it straight away and we were like 'This has got to be the first single!'"

The video shows you playing croquet in a rubbish dump. Whose idea was that?
Jess: "The director suggested it and..."
Daizy: "... we were like 'What?' Then she referenced Heathers and The Lost Boys and I love both of those films, so I was sold."
Phoebe: "The video's got a kind of eighties vibe to it and I love that."

What chart position are you aiming for?
Daizy: "Number one! How can we say anything else?! Imagine if we got to number two and Dolly Rockers got to number one."
Phoebe: "Haha! I'd have to buy some weapons and sort it out! Seriously though, we'd be happy with anything in the top ten."
Jess: "Nah, top five! We're ambitious girls."

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Stephanie x