Sugababes have released a new single, ‘Shook’, as the original members continue to tour and perform together.
The track, produced by Jon Shave, who’s also produced for Charli xcx, features a pulsing electro beat with plucky basslines and the groups classic harmonies. An accompanying music video has been released, showing the girls singing and dancing around a London setting.
In a press release, the band said ““We’re so excited to share ‘Shook’! Our third single with Jon Shave and Anya Jones. From the moment we started writing and then putting the harmonies together, we knew it had to be a single. It has an unmistakable Sugababes chemistry, somewhat instinctive once you lock in creatively in the studio – it just felt right. ‘Shook’ is our summer party banger!”
The new track has been received positively by critics like DIY, who claimed that the band are “back with what could well be one of the songs of the summer.”
Since reuniting in 2019, the original lineup of Keisha Buchanan, Mutya Buena and Siobhan Donaghy have been going strong. The band has been known for its changing members, with different six different versions of the group being created over its career – at one point in 2009, there were no original members left.
In 2012, the original members got back together under the name MKS (Mutya, Keisha, Siobhan), signing to Polydor and performing together from 2012 onwards. The trio got the rights to the Sugababes name back in 2019, and have been performing under it since.
Since then, the group have performed at Glastonbury twice, completed their largest arena tour, appeared at festivals across Europe and released new music. In 2022, they released their eight studio album, ‘The Lost Tapes’, a project with material dating back to 2011 that remained unreleased.
When the group performed at Glastonbury back in 2024, there was a great rush for the reunited group. At the West Holts stage, many fans had to be turned away due to overcrowding.
It seems the group have added another surprising name to their fanbase – King Charles. It’s been reported by The Independent that The King has requested the Sugababes be played on the red carpet at his King’s Trust Awards ceremony in 2026.
The group expressed their gratitude of the King’s approval, with Buchanan saying: “That’s very, very cool to know the King has requested us.
“We said to the King we’ve been around for 25 years and he was like wow, he was a bit taken a back.
“He said he wanted a CD and we think we’ll introduce him to Overload first, he was really lovely.”
Sugababes currently have tour dates booked for the summer. You can find tickets here, and view dates below.
JULY 2025
19 Zwarte Cross Festival, Lichtenvoorde, Netherlands
AUGUST 2025
01 Camp Bestival, Dorset
03 Brighton Pride
09 Salt & Tar, Liverpool
14 Boiler Room / Homobloc, Amnesia, Ibiza
23 Newmarket Racecourse
SEPTEMBER 2025
05 Crammerock Festival, Belgium
06 Hullabaloo Festival, Netherlands
12 Dreamland, Margate
