FirstNews ISSUE 275

FirstNews ISSUE 275 9 – 15 SEPTEMBER 2011THE BIG INTERVIEWFor more interviews and clips go to www.firstnews.co.uk/discover29We have eight dogs!WE caught up with brilliant girl group The Saturdays at the Dogs Trust in London where they filledus in on their dogs, their new single and what has been happening in the world of The Saturdays.What are you doing at the Dogs Trust?Una: We’re endorsing the partnershipbetween The Dogs Trust and Nintendogs +Cats. They’re actually bringing the DS gameinto schools where it teaches you how toactually look after your dog. The Dogs Trust’ssaying is that a Dog is Not a Toy. The gameis for kids and it helps them to understandhow to look after dogs. We all have dogs sowe know how important it is to look afterthem properly.Is it fun to bring your dogs to work?Una: It’s probably not a good idea really.Rochelle: We do it quite a bit. When theywere puppies we used to have them with usall the time but, obviously, as they grow upyou can leave them with people a bit more.My mum has my dog a lot now.Vanessa: We have eight dogs between us.Frankie: It is like having children. They getbored easily and you stress about themand where they are, what they’re doing.Mollie: We’re like their mums. Alfie hasbeen playing up today. I think with theother dogs here he is showing off andbeing a bit naughty. The girls don’t believeme that he is really well trained at home.You’ve had a busy summer. Tell uswhat you’ve been up to?Vanessa: We’ve performed at a lot offestivals this summer. We love doingfestivals.Frankie: It’s a nice change from being inthe studio. It’s always more exciting to doa festival. It’s not like you’ve sold ticketsfor your show. You don’t know how manypeople are going to come.Rochelle: It’s like they haven’t come to seeus, but we’ve won them over and, in thefuture, they might come to see our shows!Tell us about the single, All Fired Up!Vanessa: We do pop music and we’re luckythat we get to experiment with differenttypes of music. Some of our songs are moreR&B but this one is more dancey for us. It’s afun track about having a good time.The video looks very glamorous!Frankie: Video shoots aren’t glamorous.Mollie: They’re normally in a dirtywarehouse.Rochelle: And they’re either boilingor freezing. We’ve never done a videowhere I am actually quite a comfortabletemperature. You’re either sweating andyour hair goes all limp, or you’re freezing towhere you have goose pimples all over you.In our Issues video we were so cold. We werein this house on the beach in the middleThe Saturdays will be judging the Dogs TrustJunior Canine Carers competition. For moredetails see www.dogstrustJCC.org,ukof the winter and we hadthese coats on and knee highboots.Frankie: Underneath that wehad thermal underwear onand it still didn’t work.Do you have a favouritevideo?Frankie: We all quite like Higher. I like itbecause it looks so simple. All we’re doing isrunning around the street but I just love thefeel of it.Una: It was like a holiday.Rochelle: In the usual Saturdays style, wehad a one day shoot and somehow milked itand ended up with a week in L.A.Vanessa: We mixed a bit of businesswith pleasure.THESATURDAYSMollie: The videos are actually still quitenerve wracking I find. They’re okay whenwe’re doing the group shots but when wehave to do the individual shots, it’s all of asudden really scary. It’s like oh my god, allthe cameras are on me, oh my god all thecrew are watching me, I’d better do this well.Are you very critical of yourselves?Frankie: We’re the worst at criticisingourselves. We never come off stage andsay that it was a perfect show. It’s alwaysamazing because it’s fun but we alwaysthink of things we could do better next time.Rochelle: But I think that’s a good thing.The day that you get too comfortable, orthere is nothing you can change, is the dayyou should give up because there is alwayssomething you can do better!What else can we expect from youthis year?Rochelle: Well, our new single is out, thenwe have the album to follow later in theyear. Then we have our tour in December sowe’ll be rehearsing for two months for that.This year is kind of spoken for. We actuallyhave stuff pencilled in for next year alreadyand we’re like, what? It’s not even Christmasyet. But it’s all good. It’s how we like it!All Fired Up is out now and the new albumfrom The Saturdays will be released later inthe year. 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