the The Saturdays thread

[drewbilation]

It's not gone unnoticed that music's needed a bloody good kick up the arse for some time now. Indie and R & B are all well and good, but what the hell are we supposed to dance to? Well wonder no more, because 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.

They're pure pop and proud of it. "Why are people ashamed of pop?" says Mollie. "Everyone's taking themselves so seriously at the moment. We're a proper, full-on girl band and we're loving it." "We're not models who can't sing - we can all sing, we can all dance," adds Frankie, "and no one's telling us who to be or what to do. We're all different because we're just ourselves, and that's the way it should be."

their first single, the Yazoo-sampling "If This Is Love," will be released on July 28th.

[aqua_crystal]

I love their unique style!!!! I'm really excited to hear more from these gurls!!

[drewbilation]

the girls have uploaded a new track to their MySpace, "Lies."

also, the cover+tracklist for "If This Is Love" is now out:



01. If This Is Love
02. What Am I Gonna Do?

[mi|kshake]

If This Is Love is rather catchy!

mi|kshake~

[drewbilation]

a sampler including snippets of six album tracks has now leaked to YouTube.

the songs are:
01. Up
02. Keep Her
03. Issues
04. Lies
05. Set Me Off
06. If This Is Love

also, it seems "Up" is slated to be their second single.

[stickyrice]

I really really love "If This Is Love" <3 I've been playing it non-stop the past few days. I'm definitely looking forward towards their album!

[drewbilation]

The Saturdays were interviewed and performed on GMTV this morning. Frankie's near tripping and Vanessa's top nearly coming off towards the end of the perf was fun, haha.

[Re:★]

What happened to Frankies hair? o___o'

[drewbilation]

looks like she got it trimmed a bit shorter. I liked it better how she had it on tour, though.

also, there's a preview of the b-side, "What Am I Gonna Do?" now on 7digital.

[bernardation]

they remind me of the power rangers

[Re:★]

I'm officially addicted to If This is Love. The chorus is so damn catchy~

[drewbilation]

on the official forum, Vanessa has confirmed that "Up" will be their second single, to be released sometime in September. she also said that they are filming the video next week.

the group is also performing on Loose Women tomorrow afternoon.

[Re:★]

Bought the single earlier today! It was 4 euro for the two songs tho, that's like 2 euro per song. I wouldn't have got it if the single was on iTunes Ireland but isn't atm - wtf? I thought I'd support the girls anyway so yay~

Anyone want me to upload?

[drewbilation]

^ did you get the remix bundle or the one with "What Am I Gonna Do?" if you don't mind uploading, it'd be appreciated. =D

I tried to buy the two bundles on 7digital, as well as the "intro video," but couldn't because I'm not in the UK. dang, I really wanted the extended ver. of "If This Is Love," too. =/ anyway, I've pre-ordered two copies of the CD, though, lol.

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Originally Posted by drewbilation

^ did you get the remix bundle or the one with "What Am I Gonna Do?" if you don't mind uploading, it'd be appreciated. =D

I tried to buy the two bundles on 7digital, as well as the "intro video," but couldn't because I'm not in the UK. dang, I really wanted the extended ver. of "If This Is Love," too. =/ anyway, I've pre-ordered two copies of the CD, though, lol.

The store only had the version with the b-side. It's hard to get singles here nowadays. I only noticed that there was an extended version of If This is Love after buying the single.

I'm uploading now anyway~

[drewbilation]

oh, you bought the CD? for some reason I was thinking you'd downloaded it, despite you saying it wasn't on iTunes yet. but, yeah, the remixes/extended ver. are download-only. they only had one CD release for this, with the b-side.

and, yay! thanks <3

[Re:★]

The upload was going at like, 25kbp/s or smthn. o____o' Plus I went to watch BBUK again.

Here it is anyway.

[drewbilation]

^ hooray, thanks! and in 320kbps too! <3

too bad they put the radio edit on there, though.

[drewbilation]

the single ended up at no. 8 for the week. sales will be available tomorrow.

also, Una gave some details about the "Up" video shoot on the official forum:

Originally Posted by Una The Saturdays

Hello! I am so tired today after yesterdays video shoot, it was a very long day but boy was it worth it! I am so excited to see the edit because we did it all with green screen so it will look amazing i'm sure! My feet were killing me in size 4 heels all day(i'm a 5 but 4 fit better in heels, but hurt after 16 hours! There is plenty of dance routine and special effects in this one!And the track was at half speed so we had to do it all to that pace so was tricky! and we were up on podiums! and jumping from one to the other (I am not saying anymore don't want to ruin it for ye).

edit~ sales were 14,990. the single is currently still at no. 9 in the midweeks, having sold 3,892 copies today. that is actually more than they sold last Tuesday!

[drewbilation]

there's a making of "Up" video on their official site, under "Behind the Scenes." looks like it's going to be AMAZING.

the girls also shot the cover for "Up," their album and the last two singles yesterday, and there's some behind the scenes stuff for that as well.

also, "If This Is Love" has now sold 33,299 copies in three weeks.