Headlines!

The Saturdays never intended to release any material in 2010, as confirmed by Vanessa White in an interview with BBC News. "We weren't really supposed to be releasing anything til next year but we couldn't wait, so we decided to do a mini-album instead."{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-10822529 |title=Talking Shop: The Saturdays |publisher=BBC News |last=Savage |first=Mark |date=6 August 2010 |access-date=7 August 2010}} It was something which both the label and group agreed to. Group member Rochelle Humes explained in an interview with Digital Spy:{{blockquote|"We finished [Wordshaker] and we'd come across some songs that we were really excited about. The songs that we had found were so current, and we'd written a couple of songs ourselves, [so] we wanted to just get everything out now."{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a238484/the-saturdays-reveal-album-details.html|title=The Saturdays reveal album details|publisher=Digital Spy|last=Copsey|first=Robert|date=5 July 2010|access-date=7 August 2010}}}} With regards to recording for the new album the group revealed that they worked with previous collaborators Steve Mac and Ina Wroldsen as well as some new producers.{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/interviews/a253210/the-saturdays.html |title=Music – Interviews – The Saturdays |publisher=Digital Spy |last=Copsey |first=Robert |date=31 July 2010 |access-date=7 August 2010}} The group would also go on to explain exactly what a mini-album was, "a normal album would maybe consist of 12 or 13 tracks, but here we have eight. It'll be cheaper for the fans – and then hopefully we'll finish the other songs and put something else out later."

The Mini-LP includes the song "Died in Your Eyes", a cover of a song featured on Kristinia DeBarge's 2009 album Exposed.{{cite web |url=http://www.teentoday.co.uk/article/the-saturdays-headlines-review-000/ |title=The Saturdays – Headlines review |publisher=Teen Today |last=Read |first=Rach |year=2010 |access-date=7 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100808115217/http://www.teentoday.co.uk/article/the-saturdays-headlines-review-000/ |archive-date=2010-08-08}} Though Ryan Love from entertainment website Digital Spy, said that only a few people will realise that "Died in Your Eyes" is a cover, "it's a shame that one of Headlines!{{'}} five new songs turns out to be second-hand".{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/albumreviews/a256930/the-saturdays-headlines.html |title=The Saturdays – Headlines! (review) |publisher=Digital Spy |last=Love |first=Ryan |date=9 August 2010 |access-date=9 August 2010}} Another member of the group, Una Healy confirmed that the song "Higher", which has been performed by the group several times during festivals over the summer, would be one of the songs on the EP. Meanwhile, Humes would tip "Higher" to be the second single from the album whilst Mollie King told 'Digital Spy' "We're definitely having another single from the album after 'Missing You' and probably another after that if all goes well".{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a256362/wiseman-reveals-next-saturdays-single.html |title=Wiseman 'reveals next Saturdays single' |publisher=Digital Spy |last=Copsey |first=Robert |date=5 August 2010 |access-date=7 August 2010}}

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The album has generated generally mixed reviews from music critics. Ryan Love of Digital Spy gave Headlines! a positive review saying it "falls a little short of pop gold status" and that its "positives certainly outweigh the negatives", and concluded by stating that it "offers a tantalising glimpse of what to expect from the group's next album proper." Gavin Martin of The Mirror called Headlines! the "CD of the week", awarding it three out of four. He felt that the Saturdays "assert a more serious side of their personality" and noticed that although Headlines! is not "a cover story, [...] it will keep things ticking over nicely for them."{{cite web |url=http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/the-ticket/2010/08/the-saturdays-cd-of-the-week.html |title=The Saturdays: CD of the week |publisher=Associated Newspapers Ltd |work=Daily Mirror |last=Martin |first=Gavin |date=13 August 2010 |access-date=15 August 2010 |archive-date=16 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100816050221/http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/the-ticket/2010/08/the-saturdays-cd-of-the-week.html |url-status=dead }} Sarah-Louise James of Daily Star said that the album "packs a pop punch" and complimented the "sheer swooning, girly drama of Died in Your Eyes", as well as the songs "Higher" and "Puppet".{{cite web |url=http://www.dailystar.co.uk/posts/view/149372/Review-The-Saturdays-Headlines |title=REVIEW – THE SATURDAYS: HEADLINES |publisher=Northern & Shell |work=Daily Star |last=James |first=Sarah-Louise |date=16 August 2010 |access-date=20 August 2010}} OK! magazine praised the songs "Missing You" and "Higher" and noticed that the band has developed "a feisty edge", and concluded by calling the album "short but sweet".{{cite web |url=http://www.ok.co.uk/music/view/25269/Review-The-Saturdays-Headlines-/ |title=Review: The Saturdays – Headlines! |publisher=Northern & Shell |work=OK! |date=17 August 2010 |access-date=20 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819172118/http://www.ok.co.uk/music/view/25269/Review-The-Saturdays-Headlines-/ |archive-date=19 August 2010 }} Ian Gittins of Virgin Media gave the album three out of five stars, however he called it "opportunist" and felt that it "reeks of desperation", but stated that it implies "the Saturdays' best times are ahead of them".{{cite web |url=http://www.virginmedia.com/music/reviews/the-saturdays-headlines.php |title=Headlines The Saturdays |work=Virgin Media |last=Gittins |first=Ian |date=16 August 2010 |access-date=20 August 2010}}

Luke Winkie of MusicOMH gave the album a mixed review. He said that the group's "charm doesn't translate well over the weight of a full album's listen" and criticized the lack of strong material saying that "there isn't enough to these songs to merit more than a cursory scan" and that the group "hit the same safe notes, and stick to the same safe themes for all 30 minutes of the album."{{cite web |url=http://www.musicomh.com/albums/saturdays-3_0810.htm |title=The Saturdays – Headlines (review) |publisher=MusicOMH |last=Winkie |first=Luke |date=11 August 2010 |access-date=11 August 2010 |archive-date=29 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629194755/http://www.musicomh.com/albums/saturdays-3_0810.htm |url-status=dead }} Fraser McAlpine of BBC Music criticized the band for mixing "cast-off recordings with previously released album tracks and present[ing] it as a new mini-album" and felt that the Saturdays are "in some kind of decline". He said "what you get for your money are two potential future hits, four songs you probably already own, one slightly mad album track – Puppet – and a solid-gold clunker" and noticed that it is not "a mini-album, it's a double A-side, or an EP at best."{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/mcwx |title=The Saturdays – Headlines (review) |publisher=BBC Music |last=McAlpine |first=Fraser |date=12 August 2010 |access-date=12 August 2010}} Simon Gage of the Daily Express said that although the album is "not exactly bad", it sounds "much like everything else out there" and "in the parlance of the kids it’s aimed at, a bit "whatever"".{{cite web |url=http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/194207/Album-review-The-Saturdays-Headlines-Polydor- |title=ALBUM REVIEW: THE SATURDAYS – HEADLINES (POLYDOR) |publisher=Northern & Shell |last=Gage |first=Simon |date=13 August 2010 |access-date=20 August 2010}} Jaime Gill of Yahoo Music complimented the songs "Higher" and "Puppet", but said that "if the intention is to whip up a storm of excitement, [...] then it's a case of mission unaccomplished".{{cite web |url=http://new.uk.music.yahoo.com/blogs/albumreviewsuk/636/the-saturdaysheadlines/;_ylt=Aq.Am7fK0hxE.TwaGUVRfxWWEiYv |title=The Saturdays – 'Headlines' |publisher=Yahoo |last=Gill |first=Jaime |date=18 August 2010 |access-date=23 August 2010}} Hazel Sheffield of NME called the album "a summer hatchet-job" and although she praised the single "Missing You", she felt that "the rest is filler in Rihanna's slipstream" and awarded the album five out of ten.{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/the-saturdays/11492 |title=Album review: The Saturdays – 'Headlines' (Polydor) |work=NME |last=Sheffield |first=Hazel |date=16 August 2010 |access-date=20 August 2010}}

It was preceded by the release of "Missing You", an electropop song incorporating elements of trance and synthpop which was released as the lead single on 9 August 2010.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003TNRC92 |title=Missing You: The Saturdays|via=Amazon |access-date=2010-08-01}} It features autotuned vocals.{{cite web |url=http://www.teentoday.co.uk/article/the-staurdays-missing-you-000/ |title=The Saturdays – Missing You, Shit or Hit? |publisher=TeenToday |last=Meakings |first=Ollie |date=30 June 2010 |access-date=3 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706025219/http://www.teentoday.co.uk/article/the-staurdays-missing-you-000/ |archive-date=2010-07-06}} The Saturdays have performed the single at T4 on the Beach 2010, where member of the band, Mollie King was absent from the performance, after a horsefly bite left her on crutches and thus unable to perform.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} King was absent from a number of other performances The Saturdays performed to promote the single. On 1 August 2010, all of the members of The Saturdays performed on Alan Carr: Chatty Man{{cite web |url=http://idolator.com/5581332/the-saturdays-alan-carr-chatty-man |title=The Saturdays Do 'Alan Carr: Chatty Man' On A Sunday |publisher=Idolator |last=Daw |first=Robbie |date=2 August 2010 |access-date=3 August 2010}} and they were interviewed on GMTV three days later.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} On Friday 5 August 2010 the song debuted on the Irish Singles Chart at number forty-two.{{cite web |url=http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2010&year=2010&week=31 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120803222922/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p/musicvideo/music/archive/index_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2010&year=2010&week=31 |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 August 2012 |title=Top 50 Singles, Week Ending 5 August 2010 |publisher=GfK Chart Track |work=IRME |date=5 August 2010 |access-date=9 August 2010 }} On 10 August 2010 the group appeared at the Habbo Hotel, London for a 'Meet and Greet' session in promotion of "Missing You".{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/the-saturdays/news/233126-talk-to-the-saturdays-in-the-habbo-hotel |title=Talk to the Saturdays in the Habbo Hotel! |publisher=MTV |date=6 August 2010 |access-date=7 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818005035/http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/the-saturdays/news/233126-talk-to-the-saturdays-in-the-habbo-hotel |archive-date=18 August 2010 }} It has so far reached #3 on the UK Singles Charts becoming their 5th top 5, and 3rd top 3 single, and it has so far peaked at #6 in the Irish charts, equalling their best back in 2009 with "Just Can't Get Enough". The group's next single "Higher" was released digitally on 31 October 2010 and physically 1 November 2010.{{cite web|title='Higher' Marks Party Time for the Sats!|url=http://thesaturdays.co.uk/news/higher-marks-party-time-sats/|work=TheSaturdays.co.uk|publisher=Fascination / Geffen UK Ltd|access-date=21 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223014406/http://thesaturdays.co.uk/news/higher-marks-party-time-sats/|archive-date=23 December 2010|date=31 October 2010|quote=Today marks the grand release of the Saturdays pop-tastic new single 'Higher'.|url-status=dead}} Fascination Records announced on 8 October 2010, via the group's official website, that an expanded version of the mini album would be released on 8 November 2010. The new version will feature three further songs from Wordshaker, including: "Here Standing", "Lose Control" and "Deeper" as well as the remixed version of "Higher" featuring Flo Rida.{{cite web |url=http://www.thesaturdays.co.uk/news/expanded-headlines/ |title=Expanded 'Headlines'

|access-date=2012-01-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129083651/http://thesaturdays.co.uk/news/expanded-headlines/ |archive-date=29 November 2010 }}

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• Wroldsen

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• Louis Biancaniello
• James Bourne

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• Watters

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• Rune Westberg
• Dean Inflo 1st Josiah

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• Charlie Holmes
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• Mac
• Wroldsen

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• Griffin Boice
• Claudia Mills

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• Chris Young (vocal)

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• Per Magnusson
• David Kreuger

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• Michael Mani,
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• Mani

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• Pär Westerlund

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• Westerlund

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• Mollie King
• Frankie Sandford
• Vanessa White
• Rochelle Wiseman
• Wroldsen

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• Oliver Goldstein

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• Wroldsen
• Tramar Dillard

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Headlines! was recorded from 2009 to 2010, promoted by Fascination Records, under license to Geffen Records, for Polydor Records.{{cite AV media notes |title=Headlines |others=The Saturdays |year=2010 |type=booklet |publisher=Fascination, Geffen Polydor Records (00602527463506) |location=London}}

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• Fredrik Anderson – rhythm arrangement, keyboards, programming
• Dick Beetham – mastering
• Louis Biancaniello – producer, audio mixing, keyboards, programming
• Arnthor Birgisson – producer, vocal arranger
• Barry Blue – guitar
• Griffin Boice – producer, audio mixing, programming
• James Bourne – guitar
• RaVaughn Brown – additional vocals
• Chippe Carlson – rhythm arrangement, keyboards, programming
• Richard Edgeler – assistant audio mixing
• Serban Gheana – audio mixing
• Choukri Gustmann – engineer
• John Hanes – engineer
• Lukas Hilbert – producer
• Charlie Holmes – producer, guitar, keyboards, bass, drums, percussion
• Ash Howes – audio mixing
• David Kreuger – producer, vocal arranger, rhythm arrangement, keyboards, programming

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• Paul Lamalfa – assistant recording engineer
• Chris Laws – engineer, Pro Tools, programming
• Steve Mac – producer, keyboard, vocal arranger
• Per Magnusson – producer, vocal arranger, rhythm arrangement, keyboards, programming
• Esbjörn Öhrwall – guitars
• Daniel Pursey – engineer, drums, percussion
• James Reynolds – audio mixing, additional production, synths
• Tim Roberts – assistant engineer, assistant audio mixer
• Ben Robbins – recording
• Ben Roulston – engineer
• Finlay Dow-Smith (Starsmith) – additional producer, remixer
• Fred Vessey – engineer
• Sam Watters – producer, audio mixing
• Brio Taliaferro – additional producer, audio mixing
• Jeremy Wheatley – additional producer, audio mixing
• Ina Wroldsen – additional vocals, vocal arranger
• Chris Young – vocal producer

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• Fishhead Studio (Gothenburg)

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• Homesite 13 (Novato, California)
• Henson Recording Studios (Hollywood, California)
• The Beat Suite, (Los Angeles, California)

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• Universal Studio (London)
• Rokstone Studios (London)
• Dean Street Studios (London)
• Rockin' Horse Studios (London)
• Twenty One Studios (London)

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