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utya Buena – the husky-voiced heart and soul of the Sugababes – was both late and early for our interview. We bumped into each other outside the band’s management offices in east London where Buena was huffing on a vape. It was 10.40am and when I mentioned that we were both early for our 11am appointment, Buena looked confused. “I was told 10.30,” she said, “I thought I was late.” When it dawned on her that she had been told an earlier time, perhaps on purpose, she offered a blunt summation

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