Spice Girls: Girl Power
This playlist was inspired by Melanie Brown’s memoir, Brutally Honest. This collection of music, spanning the '90s to today's Top 40, embodies the essence of Girl Power.
I was excited to begin reading one of the Spice Girls' memoirs. I knew that reading about the Spice Girls would be fun and informative. The Spice Girls were always fun, and yes, when I was in high school, I was a Spice Girls fan.
I was a high school boy who bought their first two CDs, saw their movie Spice World, and even went to see them in concert in San Diego. But it wasn’t just me— all of my friends liked them. They were fun. They were exciting.
I remember the first time I saw their debut music video “Wannabe” on MTV. When I first saw it, I thought it was a parody. It was just too goofy to be real, but it was real—and it was good. It was exciting.
The Spice Girls' first album, Spice, was a defining album of the '90s. At a time when pop boy bands and girl bands were on the rise, the Spice Girls stood out for their creativity, imagination, and excitement. Nearly 30 years later, Spice still holds up as exciting, innovative, and catchy pop music.
After reading Melanie Brown's memoir, I went back and re-watched the Spice Girls movie Spice World. Have you ever seen a movie so bad that you just couldn’t stop watching it? A movie so bad that you ask yourself, “Why am I even watching this?” But it’s still so great! Maybe the greatest worst movie of all time.
The best thing about the Spice Girls was their involvement in the Girl Power movement. While other female rock, punk, and pop musicians also used Girl Power to inspire and motivate young girls to believe in themselves, the Spice Girls brought that movement to a whole new level. They had an incredible ability to inspire young girls around the world.
This playlist is a mix of female musicians who inspire Girl Power in girls around the world, no matter which generation you come from.
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