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ChartBlog: Hello Rochelle!
Rochelle: Hello!

ChartBlog: Please can you explain why 'Headlines' is a mini-album which also contains a song (or two) from your last album?
Rochelle: The reason it's a mini-album is, we'd finished recording 'Wordshaker' and we were about to record our third album, but we came across some songs we'd recorded that we'd vocalled. And we kind of wanted to put these out because they're so current.

ChartBlog: I see. So the third album is going to be something quite different then?
Rochelle: I'm not sure about something different, but it'll be bigger.

ChartBlog: OK, so I've got lots of questions about the news and headlines in general. Starting with this: What are today's headlines for you personally?
Rochelle: [confused] What...today? What am I doing today? Well I'm going for a fitting. We're going to fit some clothes, for some performances we've got coming up. So maybe fashion is on my mind today.

ChartBlog: This is something that I would imagine happens a lot in the life of a pop star...
Rochelle: Yes, yes it is. We always have a fitting for our outfits. We're five girls and I'm sure we're not the easiest bunch of people to dress. We have to have a LONG fitting before we can decide what we're wearing.

ChartBlog: Is there a lot of bickering? Do you spend your time going "THAT SUITS ME BETTER THAN MOLLIE! GIVE IT HERE!"
Rochelle: [laughing] No! It's lucky because we've all got completely different body shapes. Some stuff would only be right on one of us. For example, what Mollie would wear I would NEVER wear, cos it wouldn't suit me.

ChartBlog: Now, in keeping with the tabloidy 'Headlines' theme of the interview...
Rochelle: Oh God what are you going to ask me?

ChartBlog: No, it's alright, don't worry. I was just going to say that what you'd said there is perfect for the tabloids. I can now sell the quote "What Mollie would wear, I would never wear" to try and build up some kind of feud...
Rochelle: You could, but it wouldn't work. That does happen a lot, but you've just got to take it with a pinch of salt, to be honest.

ChartBlog: Are you into celebrity gossip yourself? Was it a shock to be thrust into that world?
Rochelle: I think every girl is. I think every girl likes to go out and buy the weekly mags to see what's going on. But I tend not to as much now.

ChartBlog: And when you see stories about other people, do you find yourself thinking "now I KNOW that's not true.."
Rochelle: Yeah, exactly!

ChartBlog: How do you deal with the paparazzi? Cos to me that would seem to be the worst thing about being female and in the public eye...
Rochelle: Yeah, yeah! I agree. There is that kind of love-hate relationship because when you've got a single out you need to be in the spotlight, so it's good, but then they definitely take advantage of the situation. It can be really intrusive, but I guess that's part and parcel of it, unfortunately.

ChartBlog: It's not nice that it has to be like that though. I mean that whole lying-on-the-floor, shooting upwards thing, that's pretty vile.
Rochelle: [after a horrified silence] OH! OH! Do you know what? You're scaring me! I thought you were trying to say there's a picture of me lying on the floor!

ChartBlog: Oh no! No I just meant...
Rochelle: You mean them trying to get a crotch shot of people.

ChartBlog: Yes, exactly that.
Rochelle: Yeah, that's never good. It's so annoying because it's part of the territory of being a girl band, they always try to get us up the skirt. So I've decided when I go out now either to wear jeans or we all put shorts underneath our skirts now.

ChartBlog: Very sensible. Especially when you just KNOW any picture will come with a vitriolic headline that says "THIS GIRL DOESN'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO GET OUT OF A CAR PROPERLY!"
Rochelle: I know! I know! It's one of those things, in everyday life, if you're sitting in a low car, whatever you're wearing, you can hardly get out gracefully, let alone when you've got flashes to contend with. But I've kind of mastered the trick, if I'm with a friend, I'll say "will you do me a favour and stand in front of me while I get out of the car", or I put my handbag there. So we're getting round it. Every time we learn new tricks.

ChartBlog: Excellent. Now, on to the broadsheets. Are you much of a hard news reader? Do you follow big political or heavyweight news stories at all?
Rochelle: I do, I really try to. But at the same time, I find when I go to sleep at night, I put on the news, but then I end up getting a bit depressed.

ChartBlog: Has there been a big story that you've been particularly interested in?
Rochelle: Well I was really interested in the election, and made sure to vote.

ChartBlog: Was this your first time voting?
Rochelle: It actually is! I've always been like, y'know...I've always known what I wanted to say, but not really known too much about it, y'know. But this year...I mean I'm not going to tell you who I voted for, but I voted. I just think you can't complain about how the country is run if you're not going to take part in it, y'know?

ChartBlog: Yep. Absolutely. What one piece of press coverage would you - or have you - frame and hang on the wall?
Rochelle: Erm, probably once when the Sun said I was dating Teddy Sheringham, and that he was taking me out for dinner. It was hilarious! I was like "what the hell?" I saw him. He walked into the same restaurant as me when I was sitting down with my girl friend having some dinner. He lives opposite my best friend, and her dad plays golf with him. So he waved to her and said "Hi!". And you know when you're with someone and they say hi to someone else, you kind of give them the nod, don't you?

ChartBlog: Yes. It's polite...
Rochelle: ...it's polite, yep. That's all he did to me and I kind of waved. And then the next day I was like "wow! We're dating!" It said in the story we were sitting in the restaurant, gazing into each other's eyes. And the best quote was..."first of all I thought it was her dad, and then I realised it was Teddy Sheringham". I was like "are you kidding me? He's two years older than my mum!"

ChartBlog: What's brilliant about that is it not only has that thing where they put any two celebs in a room into a relationship, but they also stick the knife into Teddy Sheringham by saying he's too old.
Rochelle: [laughing] Yeah! We all had a good laugh at it.

ChartBlog: Thank you, Rochelle Saturdays, for today's headlines.
Rochelle: Thank you! Bye!

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