In reply to Meme.

You know despite all the marketing around the Spice Girls, I think they had good tunes.
And their producers incorporated a lot of live instruments in their tracks. That is much better than half of the trap mess out there that is aging terribly.

I’m not ashamed to say Viva Forever is a beautiful song and it doesn’t sound like it’s been released over two decades ago.
When something is overly popular and overly marketed, it’s a easy target for critics. Besides Mel C, the group was vocally limited. Even if they could handle live their studio vocals, because they didn’t cheat trying to make them sound like belters or something.