The girl group well and truly lived life to the full back in the day (Picture: Getty)
Emma Bunton has spilled the beans on her Spice Girls days which, from the sound of things, were pretty boozy.
The 46-year-old pop star shot to fame as Baby Spice in the 1990s girl group alongside Geri Halliwell, 50, Victoria Beckham, 48, Melanie C, 48, and Mel B, 47.
Now, Emma has revealed that the fivesome used to drink a lot of alcohol in the studio when recording their albums, as it was possible to ‘get away with anything’ at the time.
‘We used to have a brilliant time and we used to sometimes go out so late, have a few hours sleep then get back on stage, it was bad,’ she shared.
‘When we were in the studio, we did drink lots. The 90s were the best for that, you could get away with anything!’
So, when you’re next listening to your favourite Spice Girls album, you can picture what was really going on behind the mic.
Emma is now a married mum of two, but she admits the Spice Girls were once able to ‘get away with anything’ (Picture: Getty)
The What Took You So Long? hitmaker went on to discuss the girls’ iconic outfits, admitting that she would always feel ‘weird’ if she wore something usually associated with the other girls, such as Scary Spice’s leopard print, or Ginger Spice’s famous Union Jack emblem.
Admitting that she still finds the idea odd to this day, she’s quoted by the Daily Star newspaper’s Wired column as saying: ‘I would always feel weird if I wore any leopard print, I just couldn’t do it, I still find it weird wearing leopard print or Union Jack!’
Emma also revealed that, despite partying hard in the early days, by 1998 Geri had left the band and both Victoria and Mel B had found themselves pregnant, meaning Baby felt as if she had to ‘drink for three’ which, on one occasion, left her throwing up out the window of a car on the highway.
The Spice Up Your Life singers are currently celebrating 25 years of their Spiceworld album (Picture: WireImage)
‘I had a bit too much,’ she said of a wild night out. ‘We were on a highway; I threw up out of the window and it flew back into Mel B’s mouth!’
Well, at least no one can say they were never close!
Emma, along with her bandmates, is celebrating the 25th anniversary of their chart-topping album Spiceworld this week, having released special editions of the record to mark the occasion.
Still to this day, Emma feels odd wearing patterns typically associated with her fellow band members (Picture: Alan Davidson/Shutterstock)
The biggest selling girl group of all time will release new and expanded versions of the album on multiple formats, with the track listings curated by the members themselves.
Spiceworld25 shall bring together the original chart-topping album with some of the band’s favourite bonus tracks and B-sides, along with previously unreleased live recordings from the Virgin Records archive.
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Speaking of their upcoming release, the band said: ‘The Spiceworld era was such a fun time for us; we’d just had a number one album with Spice, we were travelling all over the world and meeting our amazing fans, we released our second album and we had our very own movie! Who would’ve thought it? It’s crazy to think that 25 years have passed.’
As if a new release of the mega successful album wasn’t enough, they also surprised fans with an alternative Spice Up Your Life music video, made with previously unseen footage.
No one can say they don’t give us anything!
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Those were the days.
