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What are you up to on the new series?
"Well, loads and loads of music! We've got 12 or 13 tracks this time, whereas last time we only had four. The songs we've tackled are the ones that really get under your skin - the ones that seem to get played on the radio every single hour. These songs just go round and round my head and this is a good way for me to get them out!"
One of the singers you're "doing" is Kate Nash. Was she stuck in your head recently?
"Oh God yes! I was trying to explain Kate Nash to a friend of mine who'd never heard of her, so I sang one of her songs to him. He thought I was making it up! He said, 'There can't possibly be a song called 'This is my body, this is my face' and he didn't actually believe me until I played it for him on YouTube. I always think Kate Nash is like a two-year-old with a piano: 'This is my mum and I am hungry and I want my tea!'"
And you've had a crack at Leona Lewis too.
"Yes! I read an article that said if you showed the 'Bleeding Love' lyrics to a heart surgeon they wouldn't know what she was talking about. 'My heart's crippled by the vein that I keep on closing' is just this weird medical metaphor for being in love, so we've done this heart bypass love song that's set in a hospital. A surgeon is actually removing Leona's heart and cutting it up and there's blood everywhere. She's in a wheelchair and I'm covered in gold paint from head to foot, because Leona's skin always looks gold."
Will you be documenting the many woes of Amy Winehouse again?
"I think 'documented' might be a rather sophisticated word for what I've done, but I'm very pleased that you think that! I'd probably call it 'd***ing around'. I've written a song called 'Valium' which may or may not make you think of a recent Amy Winehouse hit. That's purely a coincidence of course."
How do you decide which celebrities to send up?
"Well, we've certainly got an 'A-listers only' rule. At one point it was suggested we might do Kerry Katona but that sort of feels like kicking a puppy. Basically we try not to do people who are having a tough time or haven't quite made it. I'd rather take down the big targets really."
Another of your targets is the biggest one of all - The Queen.
"Yes, but she's 'The F***ing Queen' here! We nearly weren't allowed to call her The F***ing Queen but then the lawyers relented. They kept saying it was likely to cause offence, but I was like, 'Yeah, that's the point!' Basically The F***ing Queen looks like The Queen but talks like Alan Sugar. She's constantly giving motivational talks to people about how she always gives 110% and that's why she's The F***ing Queen."
And what on earth is 'The Secret Diary of a Victorian Strumpet'?
"Well, it's sort of taking the p**s out of all these TV shows about prostitutes where the lead character doesn't seem to realise she's a prostitute. These shows make prostitution seem like a viable career option for a go-getting modern woman - I blame Pretty Woman! My character gets extremely offended whenever someone wants to have sex with her and pay for it, so she keeps having sex with people and forgetting to charge and even paying people to have sex with her."
Were you pleased with how the show was received first time around?
"I'm very pleased with how it's been received, but it's funny watching it again a year later. I'm having to watch it through my fingers because I just think we've done the second series so much better. We've managed to iron out the mistakes from the first series and improve on all the good bits. I'm just thinking, 'Thank God they gave me another go!'"
Katy Brand's Big Ass Show returns to ITV2 on September 2.
