A Pop Culture Tribute by Asten Clarke
If you didn’t spend at least part of your childhood assigning Spice Girl identities to your friend group, were you even alive in the late ’90s and early 2000s?
The Spice Girls weren’t just a pop group.
They were a lifestyle. A movement. A school disco staple.
They taught us to be loud, proud, and unapologetically ourselves — while wearing 8-inch platforms and leopard print.
💅 Which Spice Were You?
I was Baby Spice. Obviously. Sweet but secretly sassy, with an affinity for pink, platforms, and causing just enough chaos to get away with it.
(And yes, I definitely pretended I was British royalty every time I wore pigtails.)
Someone always got stuck being Posh and sulked about it. There was always one wildcard who said they were “a mix of all of them” — red flag.
📀 The Anthems That Raised Us
- Wannabe — friendship bracelet energy in song form.
- Spice Up Your Life — pure chaos and cowbell.
- Stop — that music video on the street? Core memory.
- Too Much — baby’s first heartbreak anthem.
- Who Do You Think You Are — iconique. Energy. Boot scootin’.
And let’s not forget their solo careers. Geri in a Union Jack dress? Mel C kicking things off with Northern bangers? Emma Bunton living her best soft-pop life? Icons only.
🎬 Spice World: The Movie
Still the most chaotic film ever made — and I mean that in the best way.
There was a haunted bus. A dramatic birth. Meat Loaf. Aliens. Literal aliens.
And it still made more sense than Cats (2019).
If you’ve never quoted “Hold on to your knickers, girls!” then we can’t be friends.
🗯️ Daisy’s Corner: “I Auditioned to Be the Sixth Spice Girl (They Said No)”
“They didn’t like my vibe, apparently. Said I was too intense.
Whatever. I would’ve been ‘Chaotic Spice.’
My solo single would’ve been called ‘Get In Loser (We’re Buying Crisps)’ and the music video would’ve featured Jonas in a wig.
I’m not bitter. I just think about it every day.”
— Daisy, ex-Spice-in-training
💭 Final Thoughts
Whether you were Scary, Sporty, Baby, Ginger or Posh — or just a girl screaming “Zig-a-zig-ah!” in the playground — the Spice Girls gave us permission to be bold, silly, dramatic, and powerful.
Girl power wasn’t just a phrase. It was a personality.
And honestly? Still is.
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