Paul's Decision

Popworld has spoken to Paul about his decision to leave one of the biggest pop phenomena in the UK. Read on to see what he had to say…


What will you miss most about being in S Club 7?

I think Hannah, to be honest.


Will you miss performing for all the fans?

Of course! I'll miss that massively, too! That's kinda what you do it for - the performing. You do it to get in front of a crowd and be an entertainer, because there's a part of you that loves the adoration of the crowd - that's why you do it.


Will you miss your boys' nights with Bradley and Jon?

Yeah, yeah, I'll miss the sessions! [Laughs] I'll miss playing the PlayStation in LA! I'm really gonna miss greasing Bradley up, actually!


Were you worried about telling the group that you'd decided to leave?

Yes! It was one of the most terrifying moments of the last few years! Especially telling someone like Jon, because I'm quite close to Jon. Not that I'm not close to any of the others, but - apart from Hannah - Jon's probably the person I'm closest to. And knowing how much he cares about it, how much he cares about the band, I didn't want to upset him - but you know you're gonna. You know what you're about to say is not gonna be good news. It's not easy.


Who did you tell first?

Jon... Well, Hannah first, sort of in person, overnight, just to see how it settled with her. But she already knew - I'd been talking about it for a while, so she knew it was on my mind. But this was the actual definitive, like, "I have to do this, 100 per cent. I've made up my mind, this is what I've got to do." But I don't think the others were so sure, because it was at a time when work wasn't really hard, so there were no stresses. It was kinda, "Oh, my God! I can't believe you're doing this!" It was calculated, because I had time to think about it.


So it wasn't too much of a surprise to Jon or Hannah, then?

Well, yeah, kinda. Well, it was a shock to Jon, yeah.

Maybe he had an idea, I don't know...


Tell us about your new band...

We're called Ralph's Trousers and our album is called Left-Handed Scooter Potato. Nah… We're called Skua - as in the bird - because, you know, we're a being of nature and also because, when we were thumbing through the dictionary, that's what it opened on! Our music set-up is kinda like [US rock-rap group] Rage Against The Machine.


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