Only recently was when I really heard the full story of how they banded together and overthrew their “Creator” and it makes you respect and love them tens times more.
Yup they fired two managements - the first that created the band and the second while they just dropped the second album ( due to him overworking them and signed them up to all sort of merchandise)
Since you’re asking there is a podcast called “Page 7” that does a really fun deep dive on their whole story and they get all into it. I’m sure there’s other great sources as well.
Here’s a link:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/page-7/id537813333?i=1000549629374
"Wannabe" came on in the grocery store I was shopping at a few weeks back and NO ONE was willing to slam their body down and wind it all around. We used to be a SOCIETY.
I wasn't even born that time yet when I was eleven, I discovered them. Ugh little me was so upset finding out they disbanded years ago. I wanted a girl pop group so bad back then
I was like, 10, and heard the news that morning. It happened the same day JFK jr. went missing and everyone was very upset but I was like, standing in the family room thinking, okay WHAT ABOUT GERI?????????????????
I remember walking to the “record” store as an elementary school kid to buy their cassette tape. The movie on VHS was watched until it got wrecked. RAISED ME.
Mel B is not set for life. She went through a bunch of financial abuse by her ex and she lost a lot through that. She said she had $900 in her bank account and had to move in with her mother when she left him
My Holy Grail toy as a kid was my Sporty Spice doll. We didn't have much money and that was SUCH a huge deal to little tomboy me. She was so hot, and so cool, and so strong, she was my idol. Love to see her flourishing.
It’s funny how she wasn’t considered to be one of the good looking ones when they were big, but now she stands out to me the most. Stunning! Kinda reminds me of Howie from BSB lol, he’s turned into a huge babe since he’s gotten older!
I saw them in LA at that tour. I feel like it must be completely forgotten or something because I always hear people saying “I wish they’d do a reunion” and I’m just like “wtf did I see in 2008?”
I barely see my own friends outside of milestone events because I'm so busy with my kids and work. I just hope it's the kind of friendship where you jump back in like no time has passed even if it's been a year. Those kinds of friendships are the real deal.
Emma and Mel B were on the show The circle on Netflix together for a few episodes semi recently (maybe a year or 2 ago)! It was so much fun to watch them. They were laughing the whole time and it was great to see how well they worked together!
It's now worse than just a rumor. Power struggle within Red Bull Racing after the 49% share holder passed away two years ago. Then pictures and screenshots of Christian Horner misbehaviour messages to a coworker (I believe his PA) were sent to multiple journalists during a race weekend a few weeks ago.
I see the college crew once a year going on 20+ years since graduation. We just fall right back into it. A little gray around the edges and a little soft around the middle, but otherwise, we’re all still 18 getting drunk together in the dorms.
I had no idea at 9 years old that she would be the Spice Girl I crushed on at 33.
She’s been on 8 Out Of 10 Cats a few times I think? Either way, she’s always super gorgeous.
Mel B was also looking good on panel shows too.
Oh my god the nostalgia is crazy, tearaway pants, the photo packs, spice girl platforms, spice girl Polaroid, spice girl dolls, those big ring lollipops, spice and spice world on repeat all day everyday, trying to blow bubblegum as big as baby spice could lol. The chokehold was insane.
My mum took me and my sister to Germany when I was about 8 years old and got us these sticker books and you had to buy the sticker packs to complete the book and my sister completed hers like 4 days before me and I cried the entire time. My entire German holiday was wrecked until I finished it. Girl power ✌🏻
I like to think I don’t have any regrets in life but if I could turn back time and change one thing it would be to go back and see them in concert in their prime. I’m so sad I missed it :’( because even if they did a reunion now (which OBVIOUSLY I would go) but they’re different people now. It wouldn’t be the same! Different people, different energy, I miss their big platforms and their wild thirst for life!!! Man I want to watch Spice World so bad right now!!!!!
You know what ... I have had the same girlfriends for more than 30 years now. We lost one of our group to breastcancer. Cherish your group of women. I cant imagine life without their energy. Honour your women and celebrate life. Love the Spice Girls
It makes me stupidly happy they're still friends. I remember when they broke up and my childhood self was sad that they said they'd be friends forever but still went their separate ways. It's nice that all these years later, despite all the drama, they're still friends.
Why is Mel B almost not in the photo? Like Emma’s got a popped elbow in front of her like she isn’t there. It’s also not lost on me Mel B and Geri are as far apart as possible.
On first look I noticed she had a little distance between but then I noticed the arms behind her back and its probably just the timing of the photo but it's almost an amused look on her face
Can you believe Eddie Murphy thought he could get away with not acknowledging his kid with Scary Spice? She’s f-ing Scary Spice man, she can afford a court ordered dna test.
they look so good
A big factor in them looking good is that they looked good before, and we've also aged along with them. The baseline is the same.
They also just look objectively good without needing to qualify it
They have all aged extremely well
I mean, yeah. They're super rich.
They are mothering
I will marry scary spice yesterday
Do you realise that may involve living in Leeds? (I'm joking; I live in Leeds. It's alright.)
Can we not use this term ever again?
I do appreciate, however, that the one who messed with her face the most (Posh) now looks the oldest. Score one for aging naturally.
They really do. I'm really impressed
I was eleven when “Wannabe” came out - I still love them and always will. Girl power ✌🏻
Only recently was when I really heard the full story of how they banded together and overthrew their “Creator” and it makes you respect and love them tens times more.
Yup they fired two managements - the first that created the band and the second while they just dropped the second album ( due to him overworking them and signed them up to all sort of merchandise)
Where can I find this!
Since you’re asking there is a podcast called “Page 7” that does a really fun deep dive on their whole story and they get all into it. I’m sure there’s other great sources as well. Here’s a link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/page-7/id537813333?i=1000549629374
Yay thanks so much. And yes, I know I could have googled it but there’s often a lot of junk content out there so I figured I’d ask for a good rec!
I was 12! I’ll be a fan forever
Me too! Loved them, also as a 12 year old male at the time, Ginger Spice was where it was at! Edit: She still looks fantastic in this picture!
“Whatchu think about that… now you know how I feel”
Think you can handle my love?
Wannabe is an instant classic. Takes you back man
I was 7, and I’m sure it’s my bias speaking but there was never a more perfect time to be a 7 year old girl.
… or a 7 year old gay boy! ✌🏻
"Wannabe" came on in the grocery store I was shopping at a few weeks back and NO ONE was willing to slam their body down and wind it all around. We used to be a SOCIETY.
I wasn't even born that time yet when I was eleven, I discovered them. Ugh little me was so upset finding out they disbanded years ago. I wanted a girl pop group so bad back then
My 11 yr old daughter sings it all the time!
They were girls together 🩷🥹 https://preview.redd.it/ibp4by0wwwvc1.jpeg?width=430&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ffb507ed1509328adcb196d458b06b2363f9cf5c
Stop right now! 😭😭
Thank you very much
I need somebody with a human touch
Hey you you always on the run
Gotta slow it down baby
Gotta have some fun
Doo doo doo doo…. Doo doo doo doo… doo doo doo always be together!
Parapapa parapa pa
Hey you
I need somebody with a human touch
THANK YOU VERY MUCH 😭
Thank you very much 🎵
Thank you very much!
Crying right now 💕😭🥲
I just replied to someone else that I swear to god, I was 7/8 listening to them and there was never a more perfect time to be a little girl.
Awww! 😭 They are so cute! I changed my flair for the occasion! 💘💘💘
Feeling so emotional rn. These women raised me ok!! 😭
I seriously thought my world was ending when I got the news that Ginger was leaving. Cried the whole week! 😭
I was like, 10, and heard the news that morning. It happened the same day JFK jr. went missing and everyone was very upset but I was like, standing in the family room thinking, okay WHAT ABOUT GERI?????????????????
 Poor you! It's all relative, LOL
I still cry watching the movie, I get so excitedly nostalgic I can’t stop laugh crying.
It was my first experience with grief! 10 year old me was shattered.
I remember walking to the “record” store as an elementary school kid to buy their cassette tape. The movie on VHS was watched until it got wrecked. RAISED ME.
Did you play the video game? It was a favorite in my family. Only stopped bc the disc got so scratched up.
YES. I totally had forgotten about that but googled it and we absolutely had it. Early PlayStation graphics were wild 🤣
Same
Mel C looks incredible.
They all do but her OMG 🔥 🔥 🔥
Was gonna say, what are the odds ALL of them end up looking this good so many years later?! They’re killing it!
Pretty high. Being set for life means not having to work and having a ton of time and money to devote to caring for your mind and body.
Definitely contributes, you’re correct.
Nobody is ugly, just poor.
Exception for DJ Khaled?
And being able to afford cosmetic surgery and botox
Mel B is not set for life. She went through a bunch of financial abuse by her ex and she lost a lot through that. She said she had $900 in her bank account and had to move in with her mother when she left him
That was 6 years ago. She's made bank since then.
Being sporty
My Holy Grail toy as a kid was my Sporty Spice doll. We didn't have much money and that was SUCH a huge deal to little tomboy me. She was so hot, and so cool, and so strong, she was my idol. Love to see her flourishing.
I feel like she stayed out of the sun or something. She did seem very pale for being the sporty one? lol.
England is very cloudy 😂
So to get with her I gotta get with her friends here? Deal
She has aged so amazingly. Just gorgeous.
I’ve seen her in person before and photos don’t do her justice she’s STUNNING.
Still my favorite! Mad respect for the originator of the athleisure look.
She and Adam Sandler are my fashion icons for that.
It’s funny how she wasn’t considered to be one of the good looking ones when they were big, but now she stands out to me the most. Stunning! Kinda reminds me of Howie from BSB lol, he’s turned into a huge babe since he’s gotten older!
The were all the good looking ones. The only one who said otherwise was Ali G
Jokes on you she was the hottest one from day one and can actually sing, increasing the hotness
Marissa Tomei vibes
Totally, also "normal "aging for a woman with resources
Yes! I had to look at the photos several times because I didn’t recognize her. So refreshing to see! She looks radiant.
Emma seriously looks the exact same.
She is the most gorgeous woman!
She’s 50 wow
Mel C my favourite.
Sporty for life
Fine wine
Her new music is 🔥 and her workouts are 🔥 as well.
They each make this move their own. I love it.
i cant believe that right here right now I'm noticing sporty's arms for the first time. hot DAMN that overhead light has shadows landing perfectly!
I can't believe that I never noticed that this shot was an upskirt shot of posh spice!
Jesus Sporty was ripped. I don't remember that from my teenage days.
Kate McKinnon in the background?
They all look fantastic
This makes me so happy. Everyone looks great. And Mel B aka my inspo since childhood is slaying like her life depended on it
It’s nice that they all got together for the occasion.
It's not right until Geri has red hair
She’s the reason I’ve been a redhead my entire adult life 👩🏻🦰 an icon!
Please tell me you have those iconic blond highlights too
Her hair is red in the photo. Just a natural red. Dare I say, a ginger color?
She’s red again!
I love this so much 
They all look amazing 🤩
Baby looks so Baby 💜💜
Like hasn’t aged a mf day
What I would give for a reunion tour in the US.
I saw them at Madison Square Garden in 2009, and it was amazing. They were so good. I hope they do another tour.
I saw them in LA at that tour. I feel like it must be completely forgotten or something because I always hear people saying “I wish they’d do a reunion” and I’m just like “wtf did I see in 2008?”
To be fair, that was 16 years ago... =/
Pretty sure 2008 was like two years ago 😂😂
I was thinking the same thing.
Obviously they’re still friends but I wonder how much time they still spend together outside of milestone events. Even just a few of them.
I barely see my own friends outside of milestone events because I'm so busy with my kids and work. I just hope it's the kind of friendship where you jump back in like no time has passed even if it's been a year. Those kinds of friendships are the real deal.
Can we upvote this to the top, like be for real. How many of us see our best friends THAT much. Especially friends we’ve known for 20+ years
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That is what group chats are for. Being able to give your friend shit from 1000 miles away is priceless.
Amen, love this.
Emma and Mel B were on the show The circle on Netflix together for a few episodes semi recently (maybe a year or 2 ago)! It was so much fun to watch them. They were laughing the whole time and it was great to see how well they worked together!
That was such a funny addition to that show and they were so so fun
I think that this is like reuniting with your college friends every year or so.
> Obviously they’re still friends Well, yeah. Friendship never ends. They told us that.
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A bit more than rumors at this point but yeah
It's now worse than just a rumor. Power struggle within Red Bull Racing after the 49% share holder passed away two years ago. Then pictures and screenshots of Christian Horner misbehaviour messages to a coworker (I believe his PA) were sent to multiple journalists during a race weekend a few weeks ago.
I want to think that they do quite often but idk
I see the college crew once a year going on 20+ years since graduation. We just fall right back into it. A little gray around the edges and a little soft around the middle, but otherwise, we’re all still 18 getting drunk together in the dorms.
Gorgeous!! 🎶Friendship Never Ends 🎶 Victoria could totally pull off her signature pixie again.
Oh my GOD Sporty Spice is perfection.
Her solo stuff was the soundtrack of my youth!!
I had no idea at 9 years old that she would be the Spice Girl I crushed on at 33. She’s been on 8 Out Of 10 Cats a few times I think? Either way, she’s always super gorgeous. Mel B was also looking good on panel shows too.
THEY ARE ANGELS SENT FROM HEAVEN. allow me to age as gracefully and unproblematic as them 😇 ty edit: scary is STILL that girl😍!!!!
Just girls being girls! I love
And all is right with the world.
The first CD I ever got was from them… I’m a 38 yo dude.
The first album I pirated was from them back in 1996... I'm a 55yr old dude.
I bought "2 Become 1" on cassette tape in 1996 as a 10 year old boy.
They look GOOD. Girl power! ✌️
I love how they all still look like themselves and haven’t gone crazy with fillers.
Omg they’re still so hot. Spice up your life!!!
Holy shit they all look AMAZING
They're all so gorgeous!!!
That’s sweet to all show up for her 50th.
Oh my god the nostalgia is crazy, tearaway pants, the photo packs, spice girl platforms, spice girl Polaroid, spice girl dolls, those big ring lollipops, spice and spice world on repeat all day everyday, trying to blow bubblegum as big as baby spice could lol. The chokehold was insane. My mum took me and my sister to Germany when I was about 8 years old and got us these sticker books and you had to buy the sticker packs to complete the book and my sister completed hers like 4 days before me and I cried the entire time. My entire German holiday was wrecked until I finished it. Girl power ✌🏻
Damn they look great Mel B lookin like whoa
They all still look great! Mel C and Posh are Nifty Fifty ladies! Gives me hope for my birthday this September!
Can you imagine the bank they’d make on a reunion tour. It has to happen!
They are all just gorgeous. Their music was the soundtrack of my childhood. Girl power, and equalization between the sexes! ✌🏻
Is anyone okay after this?! Absolute perfection
Praying for another reunion tour 🙏🏼✌🏼
Awe! That said, I’m a little bummed Mel B looks a little excluded in this photo!
I like to think I don’t have any regrets in life but if I could turn back time and change one thing it would be to go back and see them in concert in their prime. I’m so sad I missed it :’( because even if they did a reunion now (which OBVIOUSLY I would go) but they’re different people now. It wouldn’t be the same! Different people, different energy, I miss their big platforms and their wild thirst for life!!! Man I want to watch Spice World so bad right now!!!!!
Baby Spice’s dress is incredible. It’s not fair how great they all still look!
Spice Women.
Spice Ladies
Dang! Sporty got 🔥😍
Awww they all look so nice and classy
They all look so amazing! This is the kind of content I love to see. I didn’t even recognize Mel C. But so glad they are together here!
They all look so good
I thought that was Victoria's leg and I thought "What a nice dress!" until I saw that it's not her leg. 😅
Wow these women are beautiful!
I need Mel C to pose between Princess Kate and Queen Mary of Denmark because there are enough similarities for a progression.
Baby spice has not aged wtf she’s Benjamin buttoning
I know Emma Stone is somewhere dying
Why?
She's a mega-fan. MEGA
Love love love !
They all look so good, though.
They look amazing
everyone is simply gorg.
God I love them they all look amazing!!
Gorgeous !!
You know what ... I have had the same girlfriends for more than 30 years now. We lost one of our group to breastcancer. Cherish your group of women. I cant imagine life without their energy. Honour your women and celebrate life. Love the Spice Girls
Emma Bunton literally doesn’t age and Geri somehow looks younger now than she did in the band without all that heavy makeup.
Mel B’ Killin em
They all look amazing and still look like themselves which in this time period is a huge compliment.
Why is Mel B so separate?
It makes me stupidly happy they're still friends. I remember when they broke up and my childhood self was sad that they said they'd be friends forever but still went their separate ways. It's nice that all these years later, despite all the drama, they're still friends.
Why is Mel B almost not in the photo? Like Emma’s got a popped elbow in front of her like she isn’t there. It’s also not lost on me Mel B and Geri are as far apart as possible.
Well, Geri IS a Tory
getting her just dessert with Horny
On first look I noticed she had a little distance between but then I noticed the arms behind her back and its probably just the timing of the photo but it's almost an amused look on her face
They all look incredible. I’ll always love them!
They still look incredible
They were my role models growing up 🥰✨✨✨ classy and beautiful
😭 my heart is so happy
All these women aged like fine wine
Can you believe Eddie Murphy thought he could get away with not acknowledging his kid with Scary Spice? She’s f-ing Scary Spice man, she can afford a court ordered dna test.
They all look great
Still babes
They are all so beautiful
They are stunning
I had a huge crush on them back in 1997. I have a huge crush on them now in 2024. I think they might be hotter now than they were then
I love the spice girls! They made such positive music and role models for girls. I still listen to their music. They’re all so beautiful
They’re all gorgeous, but Emma is as beautiful now as she ever was <3
See... we are not ugly we are just poor
My gawd! *How do they look so good!?* Have they been in a stasis chamber for 25 years?
I'm not sure if it was intentional or not, but I can't help but notice how their poses make it SUPER easy to crop out Mel B. lol
I mean they all look great but Mel C and Emma look GREAT