The Spice Girls: 30 years of legacy and the long-awaited return

The The Spice Girls They are already part of music history. There never was, since their parting freak similarly in a girl band. Theirs unbeatable records and his unforgettable legacy mean that today, 30 years after the birth of the group, there are many who dream of celebrating this date with a long-awaited comeback.

It all started at the beginning of 1994. It was a time “boy bands“, youth groups from the United States or the United Kingdom, such as Take That, who were successful among those of their generation. But the manager duo Herbert, Chris and Bob, had the idea to go further: female band who stood out among so many musical groups male.

Within the company Heart managementtogether with Chico Murphy, she published an ad in the British newspaper The Stage looking for five girls who, among the hundreds of applicants, were the right ones for that ambitious project.

And the chosen ones were: Victoria Beckham (then surnamed Addams, because the soccer player’s wife still had a year left), Melanie Brown, Melanie Chisholm, Geri Halliwell and Michelle Stephenson. The latter, however, was replaced by Emma Bunton in 1995, when the group was still preparing.

Finally, under the name Spice Girls, the final formation was the one everyone knows: Mel B (Scary Spice), Mel C (Sporty Spice), Emma (Baby Spice), Geri (Ginger Spice) and Win (Posh Spice).

Finally, in 1996 (the same year that the hit boy band “Backstreet Boys” debuted), the Spice Girls emerged with their unforgettable single, “Wannabe“, which became the best-selling girl group single of all time and reached number one in dozens of countries. From then on, the rest is history.

Since then, the Spice Girls have gone from five girls who dreamed of making it in the music world to superstars who became icons for a whole generation of young people who longed to be like them.

Partings and reunions

However, years later, Geri admitted in her biography that the departure was due to “personal motives“, and hinted that, specifically, the cause is a abort: “I loved and lost, I surrender: my heart is broken.”

For many, with this confession the redhead was referring to her former bandmate, Mel B, with whom she would have more than one employment relationship and from friendshipsince “Scary Spice” herself admitted years later that there was something between them, though she played it down.

Since the breakup of the group, and after the absence Victoria Beckham At the 2019 reunion, fans have repeatedly called for a full Spice Girls comeback, but the footballer’s wife has now focused on her work as Fashion Designershe ruled it out on several occasions: “at one point you have to say that it was already great,” she told Jutros, hinting that that moment has passed for her.

But a few months ago, she herself revived the hopes of her followers, posting a video on tiktok singing of the mythical “Say you’ll be there” in karaoke, and David followed her in choirs, and under the post he wrote: “He’s warming up his voice in Miami. More to come.”

In addition, “Posh Spice” returned to work with one of her colleagues, Mel B, but not for anything musical, but designing her wedding dress. “Victoria has already designed my dress and my mother’s dress. It’s such an honor for me,” “Scary Spice” said on “Today with Hoda & Jenna.”

On the same show, Melanie also raised hopes of a possible group reunion: “In a couple of weeks we’re going to announce some really good news involving the five of us.”

It is currently known that the “Spice Girls” will produce a film inspired by them, although “the girls will not be in the filmbecause, at its core, it’s about personal growth: it’s a musical about a boy who’s obsessed with a band,” a source told The Sun newspaper.

In addition, the Royal Mail of the United Kingdom published a collection a complete set of “Spice Girls” 30th anniversary stamps. Although, of course, fans want much more than that: they dream that, in honor of this date, what the girls seal is that long-awaited return to scenarios and according to music platforms.