we chat to ‘the saturdays’
The Saturdays are about to throw themselves headfirst into your consciousness like a five-woman whirlwind, and bring back some much-needed, shameless fun to the charts. As well as being sassy, talented and purveyors of some of the most instantly likeable songs you’ll have heard for eons, these girls just wanna have fun. They don’t take themselves too seriously, their tracks are genuinely brilliant and adults are going to love them just as much as kids. What’s not to like?
Frankie, Una, Rochelle, Mollie and Vanessa are ready to take the UK music scene over!
We caught up with Frankie from the group.
How are you feeling about the success you’ve had so far?
It’s weird, this time last year we were all wondering when everything was going to kick off and what was going to happen and suddenly we’re on our third single. We’re busy everyday, it’s mental!
You’ve been performing a lot recently. I heard you’re at G-A-Y in January. Are you looking forward to that?
I love doing G-A-Y, it’s so much fun and the crowd is always awesome. Lots of big artists have performed there and this will be our third time now. We also did the Jingle Bell Ball which was really cool. We couldn’t believe we were on the bill with the Sugababes, The Pussycat Dolls and Enrique Iglesias. It was our first national thing as The Saturdays.
How did you get together as a group?
Me and Rochelle knew each other from S Club Juniors and we knew the people at the label so they had us in mind for the auditions and our management knew Vanessa. When they heard Una and Mollie they liked them straight away as well. It was quite cool how it all got put together.
Did you get a chance to write anything on this album or is it something for album number two?
We just left it to everyone else to help us find our sound so it was kind of nice to just sit back. We’ve already started writing the second album and it’s going to be really good to be more involved with it. I haven’t done much writing before even though a couple of the other girls have. It’s quite fun for me!
How have your lives changed since the album was released?
We’re just a lot busier and a lot more people know who we are now which is cool. Everyone keeps saying they see us everywhere but we don’t even notice we’re doing it so don’t get to see what we’re on.
Do you hope to have the kind of success that The Pussycat Dolls and Girls Aloud have had?
Yeah definitely! Especially like Girls Aloud who have been around for years and have proven themselves. For a while people weren’t sure about them and didn’t think they were cool but everyone loves them now.
You did a few shows with Girls Aloud. Did you ever speak to them?
When we were on tour with them we would see them in the canteen and stuff everyday and they were always very nice and used to come and sit with us. They never really gave us advice because they were probably weary of sounding like they were preaching to us but they did say if we ever need any advice then we can always give them a call.
Is there anyone who you look up to that you’d really like to meet or already have met?
I met Victoria Beckham when I was younger. She was the person I had always wanted to meet. Other than that I’m not sure. Rihanna walked past us at the Jingle Bell Ball, I would like to meet her.
Who would you like to work with in the future?
I think it would be cool to work with an Indie band that is totally different to us. I don’t know who yet but that would be good.
What do you listen to at home?
I listen to most things but I like Kings of Leon and Boys Like Girls. That kind of stuff. Quite different to what we do!
The album is really fun. People seem to be too cool to have fun these days. What do you think?
It’s kind of our thing. We’re not trying to be anything or acting like we’re cool Pop or too different. That’s why we’re getting away with it. I think people are ready for a bit more Pop at the moment to be honest. There’s been a lot of Indie out and I’m into that kind of music but even I’m ready for some Pop you can have a good time to. The snobbishness of that is wearing off now and because we’re open about it nobody’s really pulled us up on it.
Do your looks usually get pulled by the stylist or do you have an input?
When we’re working they pretty much dress us in things they’ve chosen for us. Although a lot of the time we’re wearing the same dress we always make sure that there’s something different about it for each person. We personally feel we have our own individual style and we’d like to keep it that way. Our stylists are really good at honing in on that. As a new band you need something to remember you by so right now we’re using the colours where each girl wears a different colour. The longer you’re around the more you can wear different things to each other so it can take a while. We haven’t even been together for a year yet. I started off as ‘the blue one’ but then we mixed it up. I love our clothes!
Where do you shop when you’re on your own?
I’m not really a designer person and I stick to places like Urban Outfitters, Topshop and American Apparel. I change my mind about what I’m into a lot so if I buy too many expensive clothes I’d be broke by the end of the month! I also like All Saints and Religion. We were at The Clothes Show the other day and they gave us loads of free clothes it was really cool.
You’re together a lot at the moment. Are there ever disagreements?
We don’t ever really disagree as such. We’re really good at understanding that girls have their ‘off’ moments. To be honest with you we’re usually just like ‘I’m in a bad mood today.’ We’ve never really had any disagreements. There’s just no point in it.
Who’s the messy one?
I think Vanessa can be pretty messy! She won’t mind me saying it.
The Saturdays’ new single ‘Issues’ is released 5th January 2008.
The Saturdays’ debut album ‘Chasing Lights’ is available now.
By Rashmi Shastri
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April 6th, 2009 at 9:51 am
hey girls how do you do i love your music videos and i love up i got to tell did you saw my sister
in iceland?? so if you get this message write me one back thanks xxxx
April 6th, 2009 at 9:52 am
hi
April 6th, 2009 at 6:37 pm
i love u