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What the hell, sure... I hope they AT LEAST bothered to do some Christmas mixes for the 3 singles...

As an anti-monarchy, I think that is a really disgusting turn of events, actually... I hate how much they lick the monarchy's ass...

It looks really cute: https://www.instagram.com/p/DQoz-HRjFro/

Happy 29th to one of the most iconic albums of all time, one of the best ever by a girlband and the most successful ever by a girlband. Let's not forget some other achivements of the album: it changed popular culture and also got the band to win Brit Awards and Ivor Novello Awards AND was nominated for a Mercury Prize, the three most prestigious music awards in British culture (The Brits is more 'industry' whereas the Ivor and Mercury are more for the music and writing!). Astonishing really, and I hope that for the 30th anniversary they focus more on the CULTURAL IMPACT and the QUALITY of that album!

Emma was in attendance at the Music Industry Trust Awards 2025 at The Grosvenor House Hotel last night. Looking like she came straight from the set of What Took You So Long video set to smooch with the industry's high ends and promote a new album that is for sure coming out so soon 🥲 😋 InstagramEmma Bunton World 💞 on Instagram: "Emma Bunton attends t...602 likes, 54 comments - emmabuntonworld on November 3, 2025: "Emma Bunton attends the Music Industry Trust Awards 2025 (MITS) at The JW Marriott Grosvenor House Hotel today 🤍🥰 @emmaleebunton...

I watched the first episode and yeah Mel Blatt and the girl from Eternal weren't particularly nice about them but they sounded more bitter than anything because, as they said, they had been working for years and the suddenly the Spice Girls came out of nowhere to astonishing success... Mel Blatt comes across a bit stupid when she pretends not to know that Wannabe is called Wannabe lol that was so obviously a lie, even the way she was corrected was too obvious. And yes, the documentary does focus on the fact that the Spice Girls were very marketing-PR driven, and it seems to put a focus on how All Saints, Sugababes and Eternal were cool. To be honest with you all, I don't necessarily think that is a completely wrong framing of the history of the Spice Girls. Yes, tehy could ahve been more complimentary towards the music and the fact that they did open doors for many of the girlbands that came in (and specially how All Saints all of a sudden had a chance of success). But it made me think of how that impact in the industry might have pissed off a few of the other girlbands who had been at it for years and all of a sudden were being eclipsed by a pop group in such a rappid and overshaddowing way... I can understand that, specially from Eternal's perspective. When it comes to Mel Blatt, I think she came across as stupid because really the 'big break' she had wanted and what she then went on to achieve from 1998 onwards was very much a consequence of the Spice Girls opening those doors. The documentary overall is bad... They barely talk about the music and achievements, just the drama. Girls Aloud are completely omitted from it, not even a single picture is shown lol... the main 'achivement' that is celebrated is Little Mix winning Best Group at The Brit Awards... Girlbands like The Spice Girls, All Saints, Sugababes, Girls Aloud... they changed the culture, not just topped the charts and bickered. The music was as transformative as their success. All of them did something musically that moved pop and r'n'b music forward, and that is not even ONCE acknowledged in these documentaries... It's pretty pointless, all of it...

What I Am came out 26 years ago!! A total BOP! I will give it a stream and a purchase today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEOeClFSQ1o

By the time Forever came out (which would have been when nominations and voting would have been starting), the industry already was very against them both as solos and as a group... Plus, I don't think Virgin Records and the Brits ever forgave them for not giving a crap about the group right after winning that Oustanding Achivement Award... It was also after this that Virgin stopped caring much about Mel C 'successful Spice' as well...

Lots of Spice Girls coming up on BBC over the next couple of weeks: Girl Groups, this Saturday on BBC2 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01d7k4q Spice Girls at BBC, Saturday Nov 8th on BBC2 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0010cwf Girlbands Forever, from 1st Nov - 8th November: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002hytc

I pre-ordered it out of pity 🫠

I just had a peak at the comments across social media for the Forever25 post they did today and my god, they are being really eviscerated... They really f***ed up big time with this release... All they had to do was the bare minimum (new cover and the Lostboy remix of Holler)... Mostly fans are pissed today about the pictures which are from 1998 (the tour and How Does It Feel video shoot) but overall, they certainly can't expect many people to be buying this at all... I almost want to buy it just out of pity for them LOL https://www.instagram.com/p/DQWX4OdCJjJ/?img_index=1 https://www.facebook.com/spicegirls/posts/pfbid02uUuR5usf9ZF6oZcAhXo7NUXPK6rMD4mpYe8jRF94C76Bogj5CPzCoRGdMZKsT275l

You can also add Fashion Model in the Mel C section, as he just been launched as a model for designer JWANDERSON now too https://www.instagram.com/p/DQWbk4vjR8-/?img_index=1

yeah all solo projects are represented as well: #1 Victoria - Not Such An Innocent Girl #22 Emma - What I Am #31 Melanie C - I Turn To You (Album version) #43 Geri - Look At Me #48 Mel G - Word Up That's a pretty popular playlist so good on them, I hope the streams get much healthier! I wish they had picked Emma's Maybe though

Apparently only Emma and Mel B wanted to. Victoria was all up for it but when she saw it flopping and Mel C not wanting to do any more promo, she decided to also agree to stop it.

An iconic opening line from VB! She was the STAR of that album

I know... I was just saying this because they clearly decided that it wasnt worth wasting their time on this Forever anniversary because apparently (according to the fans in the know), they are focusing on next year's 30th where they can get more attention... But yeah... poor Forever. What an album, so badly treated by (some of) the girls from the very beginning...

The Spice Girls / Pitch Perfect cosplay is a bit lame though and Rebel Wilson is not someone I would go for when it comes to comedy but.. i guess it will make mel c some cash, so good for her I guess?

It's a bit of a hit on Geri to be honest... they have been really hammering it in on her lately https://archive.is/bNhSV

Yeah it was such a missed opportunity... It feels like a proper slap in the face to be honest... here's some hope for the 30th anniversary of Forever in 5 years at least lol I doubt they will be plagged by more reunion rumours by then and certainly their excuse of 'the 30th anniversary of Wannabe is next year so we'll focus on that instead' wont work for Wannabe's 35th anniversary lol

I know, I got ahead of myself, but I meant comparatively

There will be a Spice Girls special supplement in the November edition of the dutch Vogue... interesting and quite random... https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQJab4Lk4Hg/ (also does BuzzJack no longer support embeding from INstagram? How come it only comes up as a link now?)

In their last newsletter they announced that we weren't getting any 'demos or unreleased songs for Forever25 and we will simply get this shitty vinyl but don't worry because Christmas is around the corner' Well... Girls Aloud have been flopping with their anniversary releases BUT they just announced a special stand alone Christmas release of their Christmas edition of their Chemestry album on CD and Vinyl with unreleased mixes and unseen pictures... Let's see what our girls have 'around the corner for Christmas' for us as they promised 🤭

Do we have any idea of how many sales that is?

just a stunning album that should have had a proper celebration this year, damn it...

Listened to this sequence last night when some friends were around for dinner and huns, we ascended!