Sugababes: Catfights and Spotlights Documentary
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- A documentary, detailing the rise of girl band Sugababes during their sixth album era.
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I really want to thank you for all these documentaries series. For real. I am a huge Sugababes fan and they are a big part of my childhood / teenage days. Through your videos I see a lot of Babes content that I never seen before. Thank you deeply once again.
Agreed 🫶🏽
Thank you so much 💜
agreed - all the interviews and BTS footage
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As a random side comment, has anyone noticed that Heidi’s speaking accent never changed throughout her 10 years with all the other Londoner girls & vice versa?
Just because an album doesn't sell well, doesn't make it a bad album. There are some amazing albums that have sold poorly. People are fickle...and will turn their backs on artists in a heartbeat.
Every single one of these documentaries has been expertly crafted - as a lifelong Sugababes fan thank you! So many rare gems of performances included in them all. I’m excited and actually kind of sad to see the downfall of the band in the Sweet7 episode ! But thank god for the Lost Tapes era now… fingers crossed we’re getting the new rumoured music video…
Probably will get hate for this, but aside from The Lost Tapes, this is vocally their strongest album. So underrated.
This was a vocally strong album. I think Keisha did amazing work organising vocal harmonies with this lineup. She really did the best with what they had. Unbreakable Heart was one of the vocal arrangements that just clicked for me
100% agree If people disagree, theyre just being teeny bopper sooks. This was a more mature album and the vocals are so much stronger than other albums
My favourite Sugababes album and it deserved more success
One Touch is by far the best. But that’s only my opinion
Such an underrated album! Definitely the most underrated of their discography! I admit I wasn't the biggest fan of it when it came out, even though I loved "Girls", but it has grown on me the last few years! I wish we had seen "Every Heart Broken" released as a single too. Also it felt bittersweet watching them having a good time with it, while knowing what followed soon after! Thank you so much for this series, as a major fan of the band, it really is a gift!
Έλληνας; ❤️
@@kevinwright7781 Ναι!😊
This 👆
Every Heart Broken is still one of my Top5 'babes
Imagine an MKS update... SIobhan would 🤩
But it's strong enough that id love it from anyone.
I get why this is their least commercially viable album, but in a way it gave me Three vibes, easy listening, bit out there and tight melodically.
I also think Vs Change for e.g. theres no skips and its stayed fresher.
Thank you for creating such great documentaries on my favorite girl group. I'm from the U.S. so it still pains me that Sugababes never had their breakout hit here. But, luckily due to UA-cam I'm able to view their recent performances. They're truly an amazing group with an intriguing history. They also sound better than ever!
THIS
Amelle's voice had some resemblance with Mutya's husky soul voice but Amelle has her own unique voice too and I just appreciated it more now ☺
We all know the next Sugababes documentary will be full of TEA ☕️ ☕️ ☕️ 😅😅😅😅😅😅
Did not expect this so soon thank you!!
no can do is a BOP! & much better than many other sugababes singles (about you now 👀)
These have all been absolutely fantastic, thanks for the hard work! I'm beyond excited for the Sweet 7 one, I've never seen a proper timeline pieced together about Keisha's departure. Eeek!
SO EXCITED FOR SWEET 7 DOCUMENTARY
I love that you included THAT interview with Keisha and Amelle. What a time it was back then! ❤
Was Keisha faking? 😩 I don't know all the inside mess. Amelle comes off sweet in these interviews, which was surprising to me. Were they projecting an "all is fine" image for camera?
Which one? Why was it special?
You covering sugababes when every pop video essay channels look away who are still celebrating y2k renaissance: no seriously nobody has still done a deep dive on one of the best contemporary -but messy- uk girl group in youtube afaik. Your series helped me learn more about them while not reading off wikipedia. This series is perfect! Looking forward to sweet 7 era and maybe mks soon? 😆
I have such a sweet spot for this album: it is by far my favourite with Three and One Touch. Nobody talks enough about how majestic Unbreakable Heart is. It is a severely underrated album, with very few tracks feeling like fillers. I hope they can work again with Klas Ahlund because Every Heart Broken and Side Chick are pure magic and Can We Call a Truce is the sweetest bittersweet closer ever. Thank you for the documentaries - they show such a passion and dedication and I love how you keep track of what all the members were doing during the same era.
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Keisha's adlib on the second chorus of UH gives me the feels even now.
The label literally picked the worst singles.
If they wanted radio-friendly wide appeal they should have gone with You On A Good Day - miles better and timeless.
But EHB is genuinely stand out good, and would have fit the reputation they had at the time for coming back with a lead single that's a complete gear shift.
Unbreakable Heart is such a tune! One of my favourite tracks from the album. Definetely wasted Single potential
This really should of been Keisha's solo album, it was her baby she did all the work on it. She sounds utterly amazing on it as well.
I get the sound she was going for, she wanted them to go back to being more organic, she often mentioned that she felt this was a true successor to One Touch in that it sounds more raw, has more of a live feel to the production and harmonies.
Whilst I get what she was going for, the harmonies were erm lacklustre and you can't really recreate a sound without what made that sound in the first place.
It's not a bad album at all, it's just not memorable as a Sugababe album and would have worked better for a Keisha solo album.
Girls was the obvious single choice, it's the most commercial and it was forced upon them by Darcus (head of the label at that time) to try and get them a hit after the relative failure of Change and Deinal (though the latter did better in some parts of Europe). The label wanted a big hit, they didn't hear one on the finished album, hence Girls being recorded, it worked but it was also seen as a gimmick as the song had been used for 2 or 3 years on a boots advert here prior to the Sugababes one coming out (their version then was used on the boots ad replacing the original).
I agree No Can do was the wrong choice of single, I do not agree the label didn't promote the album, they did, it had the same marketing team and budget as the previous 2 studio albums, I think the album not selling had more to do with them no longer being relevant, there was a clear downward trajectory after Mutya left, About You Now stopped the rot, but they couldn't capitalise on it and they were chasing trends, their time was coming to an end even before Keisha got kicked out.
I agree on your points a lot! Just out of interest, were there any explicit statements from Keisha herself that it was the sort of follow up to One Touch? Anyway, I have always imagined Keisha leading the way on this album as she would have known how to orchestrate the vocals (mostly Heidi doing the small, side bits and Keisha largely playing off Amelle for contrast) just like in Unbreakable Heart and Sound of Goodbye.
In my opinion, Keisha did the best with what she had at that time (I strongly feel that she had always felt that Mutya and Siobhan were vocally her gold standard).
They were already selling out by riding to whatever was trendy at the time (Boots advert sell out) but Sweet 7 was the absolute pinnacle of selling out for the Sugababes (shockingly slutty Get Sexy and generic, faceless American sound).
Wasn't expecting the Catfights and Spotlights doc so soon. Lol. I guess maybe I should give this album a complete listen to. You work fast and wonderfully. I'm guessing the Sweet 7 doc will also cover 4.0 releasing "Freedom" and the subsequent end of 4.0. I'm so looking forward to the MKS era/The Lost Tapes doc. Talk about coming full circle. It's crazy to think we now have 2 albums from 1.0.
You should give it a listen
Just watched the Change documentary you did. Gonna finish cleaning up and watch this one! You are fantastic. Thank you for making these!
You are killing it with these!! So excited to dive into this one. A favourite of mine!
Absolutely loving this series. Catfights and Spotlight is one of my favs by the girls along with Talker In More Ways. This album is so underrated. I would love to hear these songs on tour. It's a solid album with no filler. "No Can Do", "Every Heart Broken", "Unbreakable Heart", "Side Chick", sad it didn't do well.
Thankyooooou, @pop underrated
i actually think 'no can do' was one of the better songs this 3rd line up created
the hate in the comments for the song astonishes me. Maybe it's too American/Motown sounding for Brits 🤷🏽♀
Agree. It’s my favourite third lineup song.
Yup. Much better than Girls. As much as I think Girls relied too much on its sample, I still feel like it, along with the next 3 songs on the tracklist, was such a strong start for the album. When Side Chick kicked in, the album started to lose its retro sound and drifted into the trendy yet faceless US R&B sound at the time.
Yeah I don't get the hate for it at all
Sugababes plus this sound was an unexpected win, I just hope they stuck to it and stretched it out on the entire album. Change may have had the bigger hits, but this is still sonically superior.
Amazing album, amazing girls, excellent vocals, this lineup and all these live songs are just 🔥
This is my fav Sugababes album. I play it all the time! Best work from the babes 💜
THAT interview with Amelle and Keisha 🙂
These documentaries have been outstanding. If there's a UA-cam Award for Pop Music Documentaries you deserve it hands down. I'm American and came on as a fan of Sugababes during Change. 3.0 is my favorite line-up and Catfights and Spotlights is my favorite album. Soooo excited for the next one as I still lose sleep over what happened during those years...
Thank you
Third line up is also my favorite. ❤
I can’t wait for the sweet 7 documentary. Thank you for these. ❤
Very insightful! I didnt remember them liking the until recently last proper album that much. The songs are good actually - just felt forced as everyone was doing 50s and retro during that time due to the explosive successes of Amy Winehouse and Adele. Also: LOL at the end. Hilarious. Well done!
Excellent job as always on these very informative documentaries! Before you go into Sweet 7, I think there are some things you should know about beforehand. Sorry if it's a long read.
1. Keisha confirmed that she was present at the "About A Girl" music video shoot for the stunt double scenes, which surprisingly makes sense since one of the stunt doubles resembles her a little bit. " ‘About A Girl’ is the only one that brings up things for me because it was around that time. I’ve still never watched the video. I was there when that was being filmed, you know. I was on the way to the site. That wasn’t a good day.". - Keisha in a recent interview
2. When Jade was being recruited for the group, she actually thought that she was replacing Amelle, because her and Keisha were actually mutual friends beforehand!!! When Amelle disappeared for a while, that lead to the rumors of her quitting the group when Keisha and Heidi did the MSN gig as a duo. Unfortunately, a week later, Keisha found out she was kicked out of the group at the same time that we all found out. She was sat down and told by management that SOMEONE (I still wanna know who it was🤬) felt bullied and that she was unfairly labelled as "difficult". Don't even get me started on all the racism she unfortunately experienced. 😔
3. The 4.0 lineup announced an 8th album, but it's been rumored that they never had a full album ready to go evidenced by lack of published song titles and very few or little to no confirmations of fully fledged writing/recording sessions. Whatever little they worked on reportedly left their management and label unimpressed. When they were dropped by Island, Sony offered to distribute Freedom, but wouldn't pay for the release. This is what lead to the group taking on several sponsorships to fund the release of "Freedom" themselves. They also announced a second single titled "Hard" but has never been heard to this very day.
4. The final public appearances of the 4.0 lineup was a performance on Daybreak (27.09.2011) and episode of the minidocuseries Pop Life titled "I'm In A Girl Group" (03.03.2012) which also interestingly enough also featured an interview from Keisha. Once MKS reunited, 4.0 quietly fizzled out and their split was never completely acknowledged until a 2013 Digital Spy interview with Jade and the 2020 Ladies of Liverpool podcast interview with Heidi. Not sure if Amelle has ever completely acknowledged it though. Even in 2019, she was still saying she's in the group despite MKS reclaiming the Sugababes name back shortly afterwards.
Hope all of that helps. I appreciate you doing these documentaries and I just thought I'd help find some of the rare bits of info that are hardly ever acknowledged outside of fan forums. Can't wait for the Sweet 7 documentary. Take all the time you need to make it because I'm both super excited and nervous lol
Thank you for making these
This album was a masterpiece but definitely the wrong singles chosen! But Thankyou for these amazing videos! Please do sweet 7. It will be a very interesting one!
I do have this album (CD 📀 of course ✊) and even here in Russia I knew of the release because of the first single Girls being heavily aired and promoted. I still do think that the album was ahead of its time and that it is a stratospheric level for girls 🔥💫💫💫
My favourite track is "You on a Good Day" 🐕
I love these documentaries. Can't wait for the sweet 7 one. I find the transitions between the band members fascinating and the return with MKS and sugababes name legals. I really wish 4.0 had a fresh fully fledged album with freedom. Shame we never got to hear it. Liked the sweet 7 taster at the end of this
I know the traditionalists are gonna come for me but I loved this line up. I thought Amelle, Heidi and Keisha were such a polished and cohesive looking and sounding group. It’s sad that Amelle and especially Heidi aren’t included in the current reunion tour. I get the OGs recording and moving forward as the group and they sound absolutely fantastic. But I’d love to see all of the Sugababes on a reunion tour.
Love your content. So insightful, even as a sugababes fan there are things i didn't even realise.
The "No Can Do" slander in the comments is strange. It's a bop!I I think it would have been a better choice as lead. It was still modern enough for pop and radio. Girls is a little irritating and better as an album track. IMO, there weren't any other standout singles on the album, even though songs like Unbreakable Heart are incredibly good.
Thank you!!! That song is brilliant but you know people are fickle. If it had been a hit people would be signing a different tune about it.
These documentaries are top tier.
Yay
I completely remember that Catfights and Spotlights was massively overshadowed by Girls Alouds Out Of Control - that album was seen as the top calibre of girl band material at that point 👌🏻
...and it was nothing in comparison to this album. This is a far superior album
@@mickydrew that had a much better lead single, though. The Promise delivered great melody, which Girls severely lacked.
@@highland_persuasion yeah exactly. Any other track would have been better
I love the Sugababes 😍
Thanks for this so much! I'll always think it's a shame Keisha wasn't the original artist on Broken Strings. She sang it soo much better than Nelly Furtado!
I want 1.0 to do No Can Do so bad.
Thanks so much!! whoever produces this Sugababes Docuseries has my utmost respect!! I love sugababes, all line ups.
I always loved this album but this was the Point in which it was obvious they no longer had control as a band, and the power was with management and the label. They were known for setting a musical trend, but this album was chasing it. Looking back this whole campaign felt disjointed and rushed to capitalise on a music trend and make sure they weren’t over shadowed by Girls Aloud, who at the time were at the peak with Out of Control.
was the Motown/throwback era in at the time?
@@imalwaysright it was nearing its end. I think the Amy/Duffy/Adele/Mark Ronson throwback sound began in 2006 and this album came out late 2008. So it definitely seemed like they were chasing trends this time around rather creating them. Same with Sweet 7 obviously.
This line up never had any control as a band, only Keisha was heavily involved in this album, the other 2 contributed very little, their management had control and then took over full control (later ownership) after this album bombed.
@@MattHamrick But Sugababes put a different twang on it. It was more Black soul/Supremes than what you mentioned. Sweet 7 is definitely chasing.
Fantastic review. Ugh, I can’t wait for the Sweet 7 / Freedom era 😮
I ❤❤❤❤❤❤ these so much!!!! Thank you!!!!! I can’t wait for sweet seven + MKS era + the lost tapes doco especially ❤
The most underrated album! I loved these songs.
Again, you’ve done an amazing job. Love these documentaries. Looking forward to the next one
IM SO EXCITEDDDD FOR SWEET 7
Thank you so much for these documentaries!! loved every single one!
💜
You're really good at these
My favourite Sugababes album (And I know that it's also one of Keishas favourite Sugababes records :D).
Absolutely wrong single choices and lack of promotion ruined it. Every Heart Broken should have been the third single. It was stronger than Girls and No Can Do combined
I always wonder what would have happen if the album did better commercially. Maybe Sweet7 would disappear into the void where it belongs. Anyways people should give the album a listen or two. It's lovely and has nice tracks (You On A Good Day, Sunday Rain, Nothing's as Good As You, Sound of Goodbye, Side Chick...)
There would be no third single, because the album underperformed :(
@@fanstastic83 yes due to releasing the worst 2 songs as singles
@@Philipp19967 No Can Do is a banger
@@Philipp19967 No Can Do is actually quite melodic and soulful, unlike Girls, and makes better, more tasteful use of its sample. If not one of the ballads (none are really that memorable, unfortunately), the label would likely have gone with You On A Good Day or Hanging On A Star as a next single had the album been promoted and sold well.
Can we call a truce is the highlight of the album for me. I honestly don't remember anything else from that album 👀
Love Heidi's accent
this is incredible!
I really love this album
Loved them all so far well done xxx
Ooh can’t wait for the next one ❤
Hello friend, I've been waiting patiently. When can we expect part 7? 👀 x
#soon
I am working on it but the day job is somewhat hectic at the moment.
@@popunderrated That is understandable; please take your time and look after yourself. X
I always thought that Catfights didn't bomb because it was a bad album... Imo it's way more cohesive then Change, and imo also much stronger songs.
It's just that the single choices were absolutely poor. Though I initially liked Girls, I nowedays barely listen to it anymore. It's one of the weaker tracks on the album imo... Same for No Can Do. I never liked it, though it has kind of grown on me recently. But overall, to me it feels like they released about the weakest songs from the album. You On A Good Day, Sunday Rain, Beware, Unbreakable Heart... Pretty sure they all would have faired better.
But it's not only the singles choices, imo it's also that it lacked promotion... I am from Germany, Sugababes had been fairly big here as well, and I never knew about the album AT ALL until Keisha got the boot. I always thought they might just had taken a break or whatever. Catfights didn't happen at all outside of the UK, and I feel like it didn't even happen that much in the UK either.
Yes!!! It had 0 promotion outside the UK.
I agree with Heidi: People didn't know they got an album out.
I legit had no idea about it until Get Sexy
Spoiling us this holiday season! Side Chick was a banger and should have been a single imo over Girls
Great job! Thank you!♡♡♡
My question is, the first part says it is a 7 part doc...so after Sweet 7 doc won't you do anything? The whole MKS 2013 era and the new Sugababes era???
I wasn’t planning on it. I’m sure I will cover MKS and Sugababes in 2022 at some point though!
@@popunderrated please do that!♡♡♡♡
I love No Can Do. can't believe it was sampled .had no idea.
But Side Chick or Every Heart Broken should have been a single instead though. they always picked the wrong choices 😅.
Another interesting part of their PR/Promo for this album:
The girls also marketed this album as a “live sounding” album which would be their response for NOT touring with this album. Clearly this is PR for the lack of charting/sales of the album - but from the jump the girls would say this album is their most “organic live sounding” album.
I know the followed the same formula as ‘Change’ with their Album Chart Show special etc but It was by far the least exciting promotional campaign out of all the albums.
I can’t wait for the next MESS! 😂
Sweet 7 era was messy but it wasn't their worst charting album and it did give them 3 top 10 UK singles which they hadn't had since taller in more ways.
@@Jarmix-vq3gn 3 top 10 singles that only lasted 4 weeks in the top 40 and didn't sell the album. They were not hits, top 10 yes but not hits.
Wow wow!
Please keep them company. ✔️💕
Keep up the great work
I was definitely a fan of the Sugababes at this point. I did not enjoy “Girls” at all, however, the rest of the album was fantastic.
In hindsight, I now have an issue with this line up, but the music was good.
James Morrison looked quite nervous when preforming. Keisha was an interesting person to have on the song but I think I like the clean cut vocals than raspy Nelly's ones more
We can call a truce is amazing
Thanks for this Suga series. Will you be doing The Lost Tapes?
Possibly but not right away
It's a very strong album (particularly vocally), and one of their most cohesive. But it's not the type of album for chart and mainstream success. As someone said, it would have been overshadowed by the 2008 pop landscape - Katy Perry, Duffy, more X Factor finalists, Adele (19), Flo Rida, Leona Lewis, Pink (Funhouse era), Beyonce (Sasha Fierce era), Girls Aloud. IMO Change is better and the Change slander must end 😝
even Don't Look Back is pure talent and it was relegated to B-Side.
Catfights and Spotlights is not only my favourite Sugababes album... it's one of my fave albums of any artist... It is full of bops... near perfect in my opinion. I think Girls and No Can Do are probably the two weakest songs.... Every Heart Broken would have been a much better choice...and could have had such an epic video. i think had they used other songs as singles, the album would have been more successful. There was near no promo for the album ... another case of the record label failing to do their job.
Agreed, it’s a great album and perhaps the wrong singles were chosen.
Recalling the sonic landscape at the time, with the retro-pop successes of songs from Amy Winehouse, Duffy, and heck, even Girls Aloud at the time, I won't blame the label or the girls for pushing Girls and No Can Do as singles. The latter, in particular, is quite competent and melodic. If they released something like Side Chick or Every Heart Broken, they would have blended in with the US R&B sound (ergo the rest of pop radio) at the time. That's partly why the retro sound was successful at that time - because it cut through and popped out of the increasingly generic R&B sound that dominated that era - it just unfortunately did not work as well for Sugababes as it did for other artists. People were not ready for their particular take on the Motown-inspired sound.
girls would have been fine as a lead single for a greatest hits album but not a brand new studio album. Id have released sunday rain first
That SWEET 7 vid is about to be 😳👀
This amazing and underrated album (highlights being 'Sunday Rain' and 'Every Heart Broken') should have been the final Sugababes album, until now that the original line-up are back together. 'Get Sexy' & 'Freedom' were awful, the 'Sweet 7' album wasn't good and Jade definitely wasn't the right choice to be a member. Making out Keisha was a bully when she was actually forced to leave the group was terrible. No original members in the group = Not Sugababes.
Can’t wait for Sweet 7!
Sweet7 NEXT PLEASEEEE
And regarding the first interview bit here... Just. Please. It's so obvious "Song 4 Mutya" is about a lover and not some friends (or whatever). Because just listening to the lyrics, it's clear that the situation that led to the break up in the song wasn't her choice, she was beeing dumped. Which is not what happened in the Sugababes at all. That's a good example of the media always stirring and causing drama when there actually is none 🙄. (though I tend to believe the thing about Strung Out is true, after all, like Mutya beeing furious about the song actually beeing from Amelle)
It was initially intended to feature British singer Estelle with the title "Song 4 Estelle", but according to Groove Armada, "she didn't nail it at all".
@@TrickKeyOne Yeah I know that. This doesn't contradict my statement at all. Though Mutya was involved in writing the song too, at least she got writing credits. And I don't think it's because she only changed the lyrics from Estelle to Mutya.
sometimes the artist or the record label/team create the drama to get publicity but they don't want you to know that 😂😂 It's clearly a song about a breakup.
Well strung Out is registered 4 times, twice by 2.0, once by 3.0 and once by Mutya, Amelle's name only appears on the registered 3.0 version and none of the others. The first 2.0 recording was registered in 2003 and revised in 2004, no Amelle on the writing credits, similarly Obi Mhondera is only listed on the Mutya version. Amelle didn't write it.
28:52 "No Can Do" was bland, and having men as lampshades wasn't going to change that. The second single should've been "You on a Good Day" - it too has a Motown feel, but it's actually worth listening to.
Love the album..
Can you do sweet 7 also?.. Lots of juicy stuff in that Era..
It’s coming. I rushed through the last 2 documentaries so just taking my time with the next :)
Girls should have been a buzz single with boots and released the same time. Sorry No Can Do was a great single but it should have been “Side Chick” as its more on the catfights side and compliments the album.
‘Denial’ was from the previous album, Change.
@@popunderrated oh yhh lol what would u have liked the singles to be?
@@randomclips888 I actually think ‘Girls’ made sense as a lead single and it’s chart placement was really good. I would have followed it with ‘Every Heart Broken’ seeing as that was the song being talked about most from people who had heard the album. ‘Can We Call a Truce’ would have been a lovely ballad or maybe ‘Unbreakable Heart’ and then end with ‘No Can Do’. Perhaps 😆 🤷🏻♂️
Shade from Heidi “and the song Amelle wrote”
When she said lukewarm reception from there previous album change she okay about you now went to number 1 and its there best selling single plus the album went to number 1
I assume it was in reference to the album reviews.
33:30 was hilarious but accurate too
Hahaha. Dramatic right? 😝
@@popunderrated Yes I wanted to use dramatic too. I think that word is also fitting.
Implosion also describes Sugababes 4.0 really well. What an almighty mess.
I wasn’t a big fan of this album or the last very intrigued about them though sweet 7 and Keisha departure next after a break!
When's the next coming out?? 👀 🙏😂
Once I’ve taken a breath 😆
也许我这么说有点过分。但是听了新专辑后，以及这么多年听她们专辑的感觉--Siobhan像是一个精神控制者，Mutya和Keisha是被她打造出的两柄兵器。Mutya强大和无情，Keisha更具有自主意识，两人多多少少都继承了Siobhan的冷酷。
后来，Mutya觉醒 ／Siobhan 离去，Heidi的到来给组合带来一缕温暖。再后来，受蛊惑的Mutya出走，Amelle的临危受命带来了活力和希望。接下来，越来越闹腾的Keisha被换成了（＿＿的）Jade。。。
兜兜转转后，Mutya和Keisha又回到了Siobhan手中。Siobhan肆无忌惮的满天作妖，Mutya变得更加沉默寡言，Keisha则是只要有一个舞台，就要燃尽自我。
Not sure what this says but it looks so pretty 😆 🤩
Interesting. You think Siobhan is the controller.
wait what is this fanfiction, I'm lowkey impressed 😆😆
Heidi being shady in the beginning... her nice act is so put on. Mean girl.
这是一张让人遗憾的专辑。在质量方面，输在了制作上的赶工；在宣传上方面，作为单曲推出的曲目，又太平庸。
I miss Heidi and Amelle,their voices are warm.
It's a dig to amelle.. Obviously.. Song for Mutya..
I don’t think so, seeing as Mutya wasn’t even the intended original singer of the song.
@@popunderrated obviously, she changed the lyrics when she about to record
You can see how insecure they were about the album.
They have added a well known song (Girls), Mary Wilson (sounded wonky live) and Trio Cruz to make sure this sells!
There was no point in going throwback Motown looking at the competition within the same soundscape at that time.
Plus the greatest throwback producers (Ronson,Saadiqe etc.) were not used to make a real impact with that sound.
Heidi (as performer) is bland and Amel doesn't really help to amp it up. They appear wooden, less spontanious and vivid on stage.
This was definitely the weakest lineup of Sugababes.
I always wonder how much creative input they really had... Because I heard Girls was forced on them by the label and they actually hated it (at least they always admitted that the song was lying around in some drawer of a person high up in the ranks of their label, lol). I don't think it's that far fetched to believe that it was indeed the label that dictated the style. I think the only one that was really convinced was Keisha. Based on the writing credits, the other two weren't that involved, so it's also not hard to see why they might have been insecure about all that.
They didn't like their chosen Lead Single much... Probably weren't sold on the sound completely and maybe they also thought it's too risky (which it was... But I do think it was also partly the label's fault).
@@maritta2504 not only party the labels fault, mostly the labels fault!
They didn't even promote the record in mainland Europe and also promoted it less in the UK. What did they expect? Tbh their label got worse and worse with the years,.especially with bad single choices (Follow me Home 2006, cancelling To Good to be Gone in 2006, no fourth single for change and both single choices on C&S)
not insecure. They were trying to promote their album. Hooking up with an original Supremes member fits. The song with Taio* is good
They had no chemistry as a line up and Keisha did 99% of all the work.