Keisha Buchanan: 'Album will shock'

Keisha Buchanan has revealed that her new album will "shock" fans.

The singer, who was ousted from the Sugababes in September 2009, said that she has been working on her debut solo record for a year, and believes people will be surprised by the direction of the LP.

"I can’t believe it’s been a year. I’ve been writing, recording, producing," she told Very.

"And I’ve had some time off. I’d worked every day since I was 13, so it was nice to take things a bit slower.

"I’m always in the studio making my album. It’s raw, it’s fresh. I think a lot of people would be quite shocked. It’s not the typical direction people might expect from me."

Buchanan was recently said to have avoided her former bandmate Amelle Berrabah at a London gig.