In Loving Memory of Sarah Harding
Even though she told us, quite bluntly, that this was all but destined to happen before Christmas of this year, it still doesn't feel real. Sarah Harding, beloved singer, actress, TV personality and member of the almighty Girls Aloud, has passed away at the age of 39 after a long battle with…
Sarah Harding Wears It Like a Crown
Girls Aloud is among my favorite girl groups of all time. But don't take my present word for it: just ask my 24-year-old self, who ventured abroad to London for the first time just to see their triumphant Ten Tour. "My obsession with the group started around 2005 or so, when I was prowling one of…
Girls Aloud's 'Something New' Almost Went to the Sugababes First
Girls Aloud and Sugababes, the two greatest U.K. girl groups of the '00s (and beyond, objectively speaking), had a crossover moment - and no, we're not talking about "Walk This Way." Let's go back (in the day) a bit: founding Sugababes member (and Mutya Keisha Siobhan, if you're nasty) Keisha…
Girls Aloud's Sarah Harding Reveals She Is Battling Breast Cancer
This is not the headline anyone wants to see when they wake up, but here we are. Our beloved Sarah Harding of Girls Aloud has breast cancer, and it’s spreading. The 38-year-old member of the girl group made the incredibly upsetting announcement on Wednesday (August 26) on social media,…
Excuse Me, Nicola Roberts, I Know That's You on 'The Masked Singer UK'
Something kinda ooooh must be in the water, because legendary '00s-to-early-'10s British girl group members-turned-solo stars keep showing up on reality television competitions as of late. Before we get into The Masked Singer, I need to get address this first: Alesha "Italians Do It Better" Dixon…
Cheryl Makes an Aloud & Proud Appearance on 'RuPaul's Drag Race UK'
I miss Girls Aloud with every fiber of my biology. As anyone else who worshipped at the altar of the Almighty Aloud can attest, life has only progressively gotten colder with each passing day ever since the TwitLonger disbandment tweeted 'round the world in 2013. (It's too soon to talk about,…
'Let You': Cheryl Returns With a Self-Aware Summer Banger
Cheryl is back...because she let herself be back, thank you very much. After releasing "Love Made Me Do It" at the end of 2018, only to be met with a fuck-ton of backlash - about the song, her physical appearance, her hand-licking choreography, and just about everything in between - the 35-year-old…
Nadine Coyle Is Releasing a 4-Track Solo EP & Going on Turr
Like a beautiful robot dancing alone, Queen Nuhdeen Coyle is hitting the road all on her own. Following the release of last year’s return-to-form “Go To Work,” which was singlehandedly responsible for lowering the UK unemployment rate by 16% (or was it 18%? I’m no good with math), the Derry diva is…
Cheryl Tweedy Cole Fernandez-Versini Payne Is at the Center of a K-Pop Controversy
Not since Lee Hyori's "Get Ya!" was accused of ripping off Britney's "Do Somethin'" over a decade ago has a South Korean music scandal felt so specifically tailored to my personal interests. Sunmi, formerly of the Wonder Girls, is back with a follow-up to her incredible, fiery break-up bop…
Fling My Soul Overboard: Unreleased Girls Aloud Gems Leak on the Eve of Their 15th Anniversary
On November 30, 2002, Nadine Coyle, Cheryl Tweedy Cole Fernandez-Versini Payne, Kimberley Walsh, Nicola Roberts and Sarah "HJ on CBB" Harding were selected to form a girl group on Popstars: The Rivals, resulting in what would become Britain's biggest-selling girl group of the 21st century: the…
Nadine Coyle Is Back to Work Again, But She Just Wants to Have Fun (Interview)
At long last, Nadine Coyle is ready to bare her soul. Err, just kidding: she doesn't want to talk. She just wants to dance. As one-fifth of Girls Aloud, the biggest selling girl group of the 21st century, the Irish powerhouse vocalist knows a thing or two about putting in work. She's been doing…
"Go To Work": Nadine Coyle Turns Your Nine to Five Into a Good Time (Review)
"You better work, work it, girl..." "You better work, bitch." "Work, work, work, work, work..." There are very few enduring truths in Pop, but one remains reliably valid to this day: a suggestion to work will always result in a great tune. In the grand tradition of "Work"-ing girls, from RuPaul to…