Video: Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Sophie Ellis-Bextor has always been a woman apart. These days, her fellow popstars are proudly peppering their tunes with more glottal stops than a night out with Jade Goody, but Sophie continues to speak in the Queenâ€TMs English. And while the class of 2007 canâ€TMt wait to tell us theyâ€TMre as normal as “beans on toast”, the stylish Sophie tends to look like sheâ€TMs been beamed straight in from Jupiter's hottest nightspot. Besides, who else would think to write a "punky disco song" based on a quotation from a Victorian anarchist revolutionary? We caught up with Sophie to discuss her touching new single, her upcoming UK tour and why she never got to work with the Pet Shop Boys.

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