Jade Ewen: 'Erasing Keisha was hard'

Sugababes newcomer Jade Ewen has admitted that she found it "hard" to re-record Keisha Buchanan's vocals for the band's forthcoming Sweet 7 album.

The Eurovision star was recruited for the group following Buchanan's ousting in September. She was later asked to replace her predecessor's contributions to 'About A Girl' and other tracks.

Speaking to New magazine, Ewen explained: "We're doing some new material too, which is nice because it was hard re-recording everything."

She continued: "People don't realise that although it's great to be in the band, I respect the fact that Keisha was in the Sugababes for eight years and I'm erasing her vocals and replacing them with mine.

"It messes with your head a bit, so it's nice to be able to put down my own take on a song that hasn't been recorded by Keisha previously."

Sweet 7 is currently scheduled to be released in March.

-DigitalSpy