Sleeve notes: Sugababes lose their spice

Sugababes ... wear the wrong top and you're out. Photograph: Martin Godwin

It's not every day you get to compare Sugababes to the band who wrote Nazi Punks Fuck Off. But this week the pop trio followed in the footsteps of extreme metal terrorists Napalm Death by soldiering on, despite the fact that, since Keisha Buchanan's departure on Monday, their lineup now has zero original members.

It seems that cracking the lucrative US market – which is less hassle with well-drilled, nicely behaved, personality-free popsters – is more of a priority than making innovative, sassy pop with a bit of heart and soul to it. Popjustice's Peter Robinson blogged for us, opining that the band no longer have the rights to their moniker, and the latest news saw ex-Suga Mutya agreeing, with the cutting Tweet: "Shame on Heidi."

Of course, this cloud comes with a lovely silver lining. You see, if it wasn't for the Sugababes losing their last vital member, I'd have never got to go on Newsround! Oh, and talking of Newsround, here's something really weird – the guy who filmed the interview was an original member of … Napalm Death. Is the world sometimes too trippy or what? Link...