Exclusive: The Saturdays work with Girls Aloud producer

The Saturdays have revealed that they have been in the studio with Xenomania producer Brian Higgins.

The pop five-piece, who released their new single 'Notorious' this week, said that they have teamed up with Higgins on their upcoming third studio album.

Higgins is best known for his work with fellow British girl band Girls Aloud and has been behind some of the group's biggest hits, including 'The Promise' and 'Call The Shots'.

Speaking to Digital Spy about which producers they are currently working with, The Saturdays' Mollie King explained: "We've worked with Steve Mac, who we've worked with quite a bit in the past.

"We're also working with Ina Wroldsen and David Eriksen who have done a lot of our previous tracks. Also Brian Higgins, but we're going to be working with more people in the next couple of weeks."

The girls also insisted that they will be more hands-on with the new album, revealing that they have already written a few tracks for the record.

"We've been in the studio writing loads, but we're also going to go somewhere quite remote for a week and just work on loads of songs together," said Una Healy.

"We've probably written about five or six that we love and would like to see go on the album, but we know we can do even better if we just sit down and get the time."

The girl group recently confirmed that they are to release their material across Europe this summer.

> The Saturdays speak to Digital Spy about their new single, album and tour

Watch the video for The Saturdays' single 'Notorious' below: