Cher Lloyd: Girls Aloud's music is too cheesy for me

Cher Lloyd has laughed off the suggestion she was a Girls Aloud fan growing up.
The X Factor runner-up was mentored by - and grew close to - Cheryl Cole during her time on the show, but it wasn't the Geordie singer's band's pop tunes that inspired Cher.
'I didn't listen to Girls Aloud growing up, no way,' Cher tells The Guardian. 'Too cheesy, man! I listened to grime, garage, bashment.'
Cher has since lost contact with Cheryl, 28, who's been working hard to try and launch her career in America.
But the 18-year-old remains close to her fellow X Factor 2010 rejects Mary Byrne and Katie Waissel.
'Cher texts them both a lot,' reveals Now's source.

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