About a Girl

About a Girl

Sugababes

About A Girl is a song by English girl group Sugababes, and the second single from their seventh studio album, Sweet 7 (2010). It is the first single to feature vocals by band member Jade Ewen, following the departure of Keisha Buchanan in September 2009.

The music video for “About a Girl” was directed by Martin Weisz. Inspired by a Kill Bill theme, the video was filmed at Vasquez Rocks, near Los Angeles, California on 22 September 2009, one day following the announcement that Buchanan was replaced by Ewen. Ewen had not met the remaining members of the Sugababes until two days before the video shoot for About A Girl. Stunt doubles were used to portray the Sugababes members as they were unsure if the band would be together by the time of the song’s release. It has been suggested that the band’s management did not know which band member would be leaving, as the stunt doubles in the video bear resemblance to Buchanan, Ewen and Heidi Range, implying it was anticipated member Amelle Berrabah that would leave the group. It was also revealed after shooting had wrapped that due to this uncertainty and time constraints, Ewen was forced to lip-sync to the original version of the song featuring Buchanan’s vocals to film the music video, as there was no time to re-record them beforehand.