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And can you blame her?
I lost my mind the other day about it.
I want to ask him if he thinks its funny.
I havent had that great honor yet.
If you know him, will you tell him I hope he likes it?
I believe she likens it to performative sexuality at one point.
I think Wickie gave me an excuse to let it all out.
Or to venture to wear the biggest and most ostentatious clothes, anything to get noticed.
I didnt know how desperately I needed it.
The greatest calling card for Wickie is how she develops in the first episode.
No matter how ridiculous Wickie is, theres something we can hold onto.
Where do you think she fits within the spectrum of real-life diva worship?
Are we talking Mariah level?I think shes definitely studied the Diana Rosses of the world.
Shes nipped some of the love that flows out of that.
Wickie lost that part.
Theres also a time-sensitive element of how theyre able to receive anything.
Wickie is aware of that now, but wasnt in the beginning.
For me, Renee, it was always odd.
But for a long time, the real money wasnt coming to you.
At least she was able to keep that spectacular clear piano.That wastrulyspectacular.
It shows the brilliance of our production team.
They moved that piano between two sets, too.
They realized it was solid gold.
I tried very hard to get signed.
I wanted to be a solo artist.
I wanted to be signed in a band.
I wanted to be signed in a girl group.
Anything that would give my career traction.
At that time, I thought the first thing you should try for should be recording and studio success.
I thought, strategically, the smart move would be to start in the recording space.
But what I love about my career is that it proved me wrong.
It didnt work out the way that I thought, but Im excited about what happened instead.
It was perfect for me.
Did you ever come close to making it big in a girl group?Yeah.
It was her and another girl named Dawn, I believe.
VeryGirls5Evain real life, right?
I was brought in with another friend of mine from Toronto.
They gave us this great song.
Well, wethoughtit was a great song.
When I look back on it now, Im appalled.
I recently found a bunch of photos of us from back then, and theyre all hilarious.
We went to an audition in a hotel room for MCA Records.
One of the department heads came to hear us sing.
We were going to kill it and knock it out of the water.
So, this woman walked into the room, and she was clearly a powerhouse.
Im not pregnant.And that was the immediate end of our career.
We didnt go farther than that.
Everything fell apart from there.
The closest Ive ever gotten to signing a record deal was from that group.
And who knows what wouldve happened.
When I look back at my life, I think everything was perfect.
But that perfectness is a road full of nos, rejections, disregards, and pivots.
When Vanessa Williamss character asked you all what Girls5Eva is, she was met with silence.
People continue to grow and evolve and change, which also means the answer to that question can change.
Its being in the public eye, so to speak.
But they learn thats not what it is.
Everything else can go to hell.
We havent even cracked the surface of their ability to answer.
How bad are the lyrics and the idea of what was appropriate back then?
But the more ridiculously wrong our perspective is in the 90s, the more exciting Four Stars becomes.
Theres more relief we get when we actually find a way to sing something thats good.
I cried when I saw the finished video.
We only had a day to shoot it.
It was a blessing from the gods that we could actually shoot it, amid the pandemic and everything.
It feels so good.
Its just being with girls and that being enough.
Being with a group of girls laughing, singing, making something in harmony with each other.
That seems really trite, but it isnt.
Its not trite and its not small.
Its healing and it feels good just to be with girls, with women.
Okay, its been a month, have you gotten any cease and desist, bitch!
Im sure nobody in the park knew what that meant.
He was a true fan.
If that follows me for the rest of my life, Id just say thank you.
