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It sounds pretty much as I expected with none of the lovely subtlety of the original, but what can you expect in this TikTok era?

https://retropopmagazine.com/belinda-carlis...rren-penned-ep/

cRS8IcJm93E Can't really see what they could even do for #NeonNights20. Bless them, but they've truly milked this album dry.

Bless Gerita improving the dance routine while evil witch Bunton is trying to correct her :angry: :wub:

From the title I thought it was going to be some bland singer-songwriter shit. 'tis fun, but a lot will depend on the staging.

IIRC, they commissioned remixes to Fever to have something for the clubs while Bad Girl was being promoted; you can tell that the video for Fever feels more like something that would be played on screens in clubs rather than on MTV. I think after the "underperformance" of Bad Girl, some markets just went ahead and released Fever on its own. I don't think it was released in the US beyond the clubs (which was always the plan?).

statements is rubbish facts x

Glad to see SWV getting some love - I feel like they often become forgotten in the 90s girl group scuffle, though I guess they weren't that big in Europe.

I think since Back in the Day is the #1 track on the EP, it's what counts towards the singles chart. It's down to #9, but amazing that it could at least briefly peak at #8 since it's something they just dropped midweek with no fanfare.

I always got the impression that Pixie Lott appealed to a young audience (think pre-tweens) and that audience just never followed her along to their tweens/teen years. It does feel like she was a pop star that could've had a career a decade or two ago when television was filled with kid's programs to promote on; but as it was she just had no place in pop.

The issue is that they clearly wanted to launch her as the "UK Lady Gaga" and that was just not the kind of artist she was ever going to be. She always struck me as looking painfully uncomfortable with everything going around her with the "machine" and I suspect that it put off a lot of people (well, me at least). Had they marketed her with more of an "indie"/Saint Etienne vibe she might've had more consistent chart fortunes (thus cultivated a more loyal following), but also probably would've never scored as big of a hit as "Remedy".

10 - Sugababes - Back in the Day

Back in the Day iTunes: #9 Finland #10 United Kingdom #14 Portugal #25 Spain #26 New Zealand #41 Australia #49 South Africa #56 Netherlands People iTunes: #32 New Zealand Freak Like Me iTunes: #33 New Zealand Album: The Lost Tapes iTunes: #1 South Africa #186 United Kingdom ETA: Back in the Day - #8 in the UK! :cheer:

Back in the Day iTunes: #19 Czech Republic #23 New Zealand #26 United Kingdom #29 Portugal #40 Netherlands #46 Ireland #115 Sweden #190 Australia People iTunes: #27 New Zealand Freak Like Me iTunes: #28 New Zealand

49 NEW Sugababes - Back in the Day (Apple Music Home Session)

Oh this is my attitude to everything: But in all honestly, I'm kind of pleased with how "relaxed" everything feels - back in the day (pun intended), it seemed like album promo cycles were so life and death and if they failed they would get dropped and it would all be over. This all is very relaxed, they're making good money and promoting The Lost Tapes here and there. Takes the stress off, you know.

only heather small of m people is more popular x

8vTTlU5pq8U Sort of funny seeing them on such a small stage! Let's go to the mall, today.

They obviously tried to push her into the Lady Gaga mold with Remedy and it didn't quite work because she clearly wasn't that type of flashy pop star - I think the low-key thing she's currently doing is much more flattering to her talents to be honest. I guess she could stand some more success to make it all more viable - is she still doing the ABBA shows?

Libianca, she was on The Voice US and seems like a rare contestant who got a hit: rJWdfDPZ9Ck

Yay :wub: I've always said that while I'm not interested in having them re-record material, something like Apple Music Sessions is lovely. I'll admit I had never heard of People before. It's lovely.

FFS, sugababesofficial.com is now broken. I get that no one really uses websites anymore and it's all social media, but come on. First them losing Sugababes.com due to failing a payment (and it turning into a website for "adult dating") and now this. https://sugababes.tmstor.es/ still work so it might just be a temporary certification error.

She smugly brings it up every Christmas dinner, while Kylie seethes waiting for those extra streaming points to push "Slow" to Silver x

If we're talking 00s TRASH I really love Brigitte Nielsen's (AKA Gitta for the release) No More Turning Back: hJfRcJeWCFc There was another absurd UK television performance that floated around featuring her giving a lap dance to some man in his 80s. :D

The backing dancers :lol: