I’ll tell you what I want, what I really really want: a Spice Girls live-action Netflix series, for the band to reunite, and new music from Melanie C AKA Sporty Spice. Well, one out of the three ain’t bad!
On the heels of her ninth studio album, Sweat (which drops today!!!!!), the athletic diva stopped by PEDESTRIAN.TV to share the inspo behind the album and to discuss the rumours of a cancelled Netflix Spice Girls series and reunion tour.
So pop on your best trackies and let’s dive in!
Was she across the rumoured Spice Girls Netflix series?
No. [Laughs] With the Spice Girls, there’s always so many rumours, and there are so many opportunities. We’re so proud of our legacy, but we’re just taking our time and we’re always talking about what we want to do, what everybody feels comfortable doing. We would love to see the Spice Girls really celebrated and represented and for the new generations that are discovering the Spice Girls, it would be really lovely for them to see the history.
Who would she cast as the five girls?
I am so terrible at doing these things because my references are really old, I never know what anyone’s name is. But it would be interesting, I’d love to see a biopic of the Spice Girls. I think it would be an incredible thing to happen. But yeah, I really don’t know who would play us. It would be fun to cast it, for sure.
How do the Spice Girls plan catch-ups?
With the girls, it obviously depends on who’s where in the world. Everyone is still really busy, we’ve all got kids now. Melanie [Brown’s] up in the north of England, so sometimes she misses out on the little London gatherings when we’re all together. But we kind of take it in turns in hosting and sometimes we’ll see each other, like it was Emma [Bunton’s] birthday in January. We quite quickly after that had a little dinner at Victoria [Beckham’s]. But sometimes we’ll go months without seeing each other. So it just like, depends what’s going on in each other’s lives.
On her new music
This album actually really evolved during the writing sessions. I knew I wanted to bring a lot of influence from my DJ life into my solo artist life and I also wanted to inject a bit of fun in this album because I’m quite sassy on stage sometimes, but when I’m in the studio, I can just be a little bit quieter, a little bit more thoughtful. And I thought, hang on a minute, I need the songs that I’m going to go out there and perform to have loads of attitude and load of energy. So it was just a really fun process of trying to curate the album I truly wanted to make.
On her love of rave culture
I discovered rave culture when I was about 17. I was on an all-girls holiday, no parents, and the rave culture had just kind of hit Europe. It was flooding everywhere and I’d never heard music like it. I’d never seen people dancing the way that people did, and I was absolutely hooked. Got back to London and I was searching out all of the clubs, all of these places that were playing that kind of music.
And I loved the euphoria and the inclusivity of that scene, and really quickly after that, I became part of the band which went on to become the Spice Girls. So I’d kind of left that little raver in me behind, but that music had never left me and I’d always loved it.
So when I started DJing again, I was just so inspired to bring some of that music into the music I make as an artist. And again, it is just that thing about being together, being free in that world. We work so hard and the weekend or holidays when we’re with friends and we go to the club and we just leave all our problems behind. And that really appeals to me because I feel like we need it all the time. We need it more than ever sometimes when the world can be quite dark.
On her upcoming world tour
This tour, oh my goodness! Like, I am playing countries and territories I’ve not been to for years, for decades. In fact, I’ve never toured Australia as an artist — I’ve been here twice as a DJ — so to get here with my musicians, play my music, I’m so excited. I want to bring this album to life. I’m going to approach this show really differently. Of course, because I’ve never played here before, there’s so much of my back catalogue that I want to showcase for you, but I also want this album to really shine. So it’s going to be interesting trying to weave all of my old stuff in with the new.
On Australia and her connection to the LGBTQIA+ community
I have the best time in Australia. Honestly, for me to be here working on The Voice, also be promoting my record and the tour, it just gives me an opportunity to really explore. I’ve been to so many great cities here. I’ve had so many great dining experiences. You have incredible food, but also getting to DJ in some great clubs. I was at The Ivy for Mardi Gras, I was DJing at Poof Doof, which I’ve done many times in Melbourne and here in Sydney, and it’s one of my favourite parties ever in the world. My relationship with the LGBTQ+ community is very special, and I always know I’m in for a good night and an emotional night when I’m DJing or playing live for a party like that.
Melanie C’s ninth studio album Sweat is out now, go check it out wherever you listen to your tunes and nab tickets to her upcoming tour!
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