Hey all! It’s Monday and Not Giving Up is released in under 2 weeks, but a little more on that later.
Firstly we start with Vanessa, and how she felt envious about other members of the group!
Vanessa White admits she used to be jealous of the other Saturdays.
The singer, who was just 17 when the group got signed, struggled with her self-esteem when she started to gain a bit of weight in the band’s early days.
‘People nicknamed me “the Fat Saturday”,’ says Vanessa, 24.
‘We’d be driving round the country all the time doing promo and were always eating McDonald’s.
‘I went from being a tiny size 6, doing dance classes and gymnastics at school, to eating junk food.
‘I was never huge – the biggest I got was a size 10 – but, because I’m only 5ft 1in, I looked bigger.
‘Being labelled “fat” just made me even more shy.’
Vanessa felt even worse when she compared herself to her bandmates.
‘I envied the other girls so much,’ she tells Fabulous Magazine.
‘I’d see how confident Rochelle [Humes] was, and the way Frankie [Sandford], Una [Healy] and Mollie [King] could eat anything and stay super thin.
‘I used to look at them and think they were so sorted – particularly Rochelle and Una. They were always so sure of themselves.
‘It’s just taken me that little bit longer.’
Via Now Magazine
Next up, Mollie was out and about in London town on Saturday night, not much else to say but I’ve added a few pictures of Mollie at the end of this article for your viewing pleasure.
Now to move onto the new single, Not Giving Up, unless you have been hiding under a rock the last few weeks you will know that it’s out in under 2 weeks now. You will also now that the song is (still) the only single to date that Radio 1 haven’t play listed. Which in itself isn’t too bad, I mean songs have done well without the support of Radio 1, but it does mean we are all going to have to work that little bit more.
As the week goes on we should get information about TV and Radio airplay, although (sadly) I’m not expecting much.
It might also worry some people that Little Mix (with the Sport Relief Charity Single) wobbled around the lower end of iTunes all week last week, and Pixie Lott did tons of promo and only just managed a Top 10. Traditional Pop is (seemingly) taking a bit of a hit right now sadly.
Promo details are still very sparse, we do know the girls are on Lorraine, on Friday 4th April, the TV guide doesn’t mention performance, it just says the girls are there to chat about Not Giving Up, and maybe more exciting to some, the tour. More TV should appear soon, or hopefully an announcement will be soon. As soon as we hear anything else we will tweet it out!
As for the tour, I do expect a tour announcement soon (hopefully before the 4th, I assume April 4th might be the on-sale date, or maybe on the Saturday 5th), I also expect to be taking place in September/October (as I’ve also mentioned in the past). Theatres/Arenas/Combination, honestly have no idea. I know September doesn’t sit well with a lot of people due to University, and it’s a busy month for a lot of TeamSats members who will be starting Uni, but lets see and wait for confirmation!
Hopefully all will become clearer over the next 12 or so days. But it seems, a bit like the other ‘fan single’, Work, this is going to be a tough one (but I do hope I’m wrong!!)
