Lucy's Magazine Article- First Draft

They’ve just completed their very first UK arena tour, had the biggest selling album of 2011 and are nominated for a whopping 4 Brits. It’s safe to say He said she said are doing pretty well for themselves. Especially considering they all grew up on council estates in north London. As soon as they enter our studio for the exclusive shoot its easy to see why they are so popular. They’re likeable. They all still have their cockney accents, the first thing they do is ask how we are and it’s clear that they’d much rather be in a recording studio than posing this way and that for our camera. That said their naturals; however the minute the cameras turned off, Jessie kicks off her heels and curls up on the sofa. The guys, Ben and Tay soon follow suit and it’s not long before were asking them for all the juicy gossip on the showbiz world. “We don’t do anything remotely cool” Jessie bemoans when we ask her how many showbiz parties the band gets to go to. “We’d all rather stay at home in front of the TV, boring I know but our day-to-day lives have become so crazy it’s nice to have that normality.” So does that mean they won’t be celebrating at next month’s Brits if they manage to bag an award? “Well come on. It’s the Brits. How many North-Londoners do you know that can say they’ve been to the Brit awards? But we don’t expect to win. The people in our categories are amazing, just to be nominated with them is an honour” laughs Ben, flashing us that cheeky smile that makes thousands of teenage girls go weak at the knees. Speaking of Ben, what about those rumours about him dating Pop Princess Amelia James? “Nah, Amelia’s cool but were just friends, when you do a job like ours, you don’t really have time for relationships.” And that’s not really a surprise. After finishing a 32-date UK tour just before Christmas the guys would be forgiven for taking some time off. “There’s no chance of that, we’ve been straight back into the studio to record the second album” divulges Tay.  So are they going to give anything away about the much-anticipated second album? “It’s the same rocky sound as the first one” explains Jessie. “That’s what we do and it’s what the fans like, but there are some softer bits here and there, the tracks really show off our vocals.” So with a new album in the pipeline it looks like 2012 is going to be just as busy as 2011 for the band, especially as they’ve just become the new faces of the ‘Star Dreams Campaign’ a campaign which helps teenagers to reach their full potential. “Star Dreams is an amazing charity, we’ve met some great teenagers who really deserve a shot.” According to Ben, something like this could have really helped the band when they first got together. “If we had something like this when we were just starting out then all the auditioning and rejections might not have happened. Every time they told us no it really made us doubt ourselves, we were so close to giving up before we got our break.” And that break came in the form of music mogul Geoffrey Hind. He spotted the band playing a gig in a Camden pub and signed the guys just a week later. “That was just a whirlwind” explains Tay. “One minute we were gigging just trying to make ends meet and the next thing we know were sat in Geoffrey Hinds office discussing record deals. It really was the stuff of dreams.” And there can be no doubt that they really are living their dreams. They may claim that they don’t think they will win at the Brit awards but I wouldn’t be so sure. With offers for work flying in from all directions you can count on one thing. You’ll be seeing a lot more of He Said She Said in the future.

I found it quite hard to write my article as i had to make it up and had no previous experience in writing articles. Howeverm i did find it quite fun making up band members and stories. I think that my article is a little long and i will prehaps have to cut it down when i put it on to my final double page.