The Spice Girls were one of my biggest guilty pleasures when I was at school growing up. I'm proud I was old enough to get into them when they were at the height of their fame with 'Wannabe'. But then they split, did their solo stuff and released some bombers. Well, Mel B has had several failed attempts at the solo thing and she's trying again with a new single called 'For Once In My Life', for which the visuals debuted yesterday. The only thing this visual will inspire you to do is get yourself down to the gym if need be, because Mel's body is absolutely insane. But sadly, you WON'T be inspired to watch it again. She strips down naked in the street, cuts off her hair and kisses a clone of herself at a house party, which was shot on the former set of Wisteria Lane in Desperate Housewives. By the looks of it, I'd say she funded this hot mess herself.
It's just so cheap looking! The song is generic dance-pop, and not of the good kind either. And her vocals are so auto-tuned that it doesn't even sound like her. Though the song does brim with positivity and she clearly had fun with the video. I thought she looked stiff but I did see some Janet teas during the house party scene and some of the moves were a re-visitation of what she did in the 'Wannabe' video 17-years ago. I think that ship has long passed as far as the music thing goes. She should just stick to promoting fitness or judging on the multiple talent shows she is currently doing. I just don't see a market for her anymore to be honest.
'For Once In My Life' serves as the lead single from her forthcoming third solo studio album - the follow up to 2005's 'L.A. State Of Mind' – and was released to US iTunes later that day.