As soon as Cher Lloyd stepped up to the mic on last year’s X Factor, one fact was abundantly clear: this was one aspiring superstar who was definitely not cut from the same amiable cloth as your Leonas and Alexandras. Turns out a potty-mouthed pocket rocket was just what Simon Cowell was lacking on his label and, having duly snapped her up, he’s just released her debut album. Containing the hater-bating ‘Swagger Jagger’, the beatific bubblegum-pop of ‘With Ur Love’ and a host of other soon-to-be-smashes, Sticks & Stones looks like another wise investment for the high-trousered svengali.