Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner has outed himself as a big fan of Beyonce Knowles and The Sugababes.

With a cover of Girls Aloud�s �Love Machine� Turner has never been shy to show off his love of pop, but says he�s particularly attracted to Beyonce�s �intellect�.

He tells Q magazine, �I've always been a fan of Beyonce. I love her. She's got a bit up there, I reckon."

He adds that he also likes the look of �the new one� from The Sugababes � otherwise known as Amelle Berrabah.

�I quite like the newest one. Very impressed. In that Comic Relief song, the Run-DMC thing, she raised the bar in that,� he says, before mournfully admitting, �We met them a couple of times but never chatted. We're dead shy."