In 2002 they were derided as a mere creation of TV. Seven years and 20 hit singles later, Girls Aloud‘s Nicola Roberts explains why silver tinfoil clothes are bad and it’s actually been a dog of a decade – dalmatian, since you’re asking…
When ITV launched its boyband v girlband show Popstars: The Rivals in September 2002, the stage seemed set for a briefly chart-bothering, less credible version of Atomic Kitten. The boyband, One True Voice, filled those boots while Girls Aloud struck oil with Sound of the Underground, the first of 20 consecutive top 10 hits spanning seven years that have also seen the Brit-winning five-piece release five platinum albums’ worth of boundary-busting, 21st-century pop music, from Love Machine to Biology to Something Kinda Ooooh.
So you might think it wasn’t a bad decade in which to be a Girl Aloud. But when I speak to Nicola Roberts she seems unimpressed…
What will this decade will be remembered for?
It’s odd. I don’t feel it will be remembered for much. The 60s had a real feel to them, so did the 70s, the 80s, even the 90s. And I don’t think the same can be said for this decade. What is this decade? WHAT IS IT?
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November 30, 2009 » Filed under: 
