Cheryl - "Only Human" and Beyond | POP 101: A Guide (Part 3)
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Cheryl - "Only Human" and Beyond | POP 101: A Guide (Part 3)

In the final part of our Cheryl retrospective, we explore the "Only Human" era, delving into the album and its importance in Cheryl's solo career. We also take a look at Cheryl's one-off singles, "Love Made Me Do It" and "Let You". Finally, we wrap up with a discussion on what Cheryl's been up to in recent years and share some of our personal highlights from her discography. References:

  • Crazy Stupid Love MV https://youtu.be/H8tS5UQmNQM?si=0TXl0TQkckL8VvC8
  • Crazy Stupid Love Live at Britain’s Got Talent https://youtu.be/gR1Mzv3DiOA?si=IkHzgU7ywxdgaueG
  • I Don’t Care MV https://youtu.be/pAOHXSpE-v0?si=dM9qdXpHT666BFn4
  • I Don’t Care Live at X Factor UK https://youtu.be/_H6c2py6zlQ?si=x1BqTAVGhTa0b6-r
  • Only Human MV https://youtu.be/Mnzr0mjcgyg?si=qFUleV6GvXtZtc2l
  • Only Human Live at Children In Need https://youtu.be/TPkdw92aE0c?si=-VHlzuAwozgYEnKU
  • Love Made Me Do It MV https://youtu.be/kddZYpnPCuc?si=yZXxkWflGNVrBggW
  • Love Made Me Do It Live at The Graham Norton Show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E9MHo49Fj4
  • Let You MV https://youtu.be/bWvZKtPOFg0?si=LvpdOvnI6fRmQ7t_
  • Screw You Live at A Million Lights Tour https://youtu.be/c39GG-_BSkk?si=5T18ald95iZdzWDl
  • Girl In The Mirror Live on A Million Lights Tour https://youtu.be/sYdRuWJU2rk?si=hdofLLdQnEKFTN-m

In the final part of our Cheryl retrospective, we explore the "Only Human" era, delving into the album and its importance in Cheryl's solo career. We also take a look at Cheryl's one-off singles, "Love Made Me Do It" and "Let You". Finally, we wrap up with a discussion on what Cheryl's been up to in recent years and share some of our personal highlights from her discography. References:

  • Crazy Stupid Love MV https://youtu.be/H8tS5UQmNQM?si=0TXl0TQkckL8VvC8
  • Crazy Stupid Love Live at Britain’s Got Talent https://youtu.be/gR1Mzv3DiOA?si=IkHzgU7ywxdgaueG
  • I Don’t Care MV https://youtu.be/pAOHXSpE-v0?si=dM9qdXpHT666BFn4
  • I Don’t Care Live at X Factor UK https://youtu.be/_H6c2py6zlQ?si=x1BqTAVGhTa0b6-r
  • Only Human MV https://youtu.be/Mnzr0mjcgyg?si=qFUleV6GvXtZtc2l
  • Only Human Live at Children In Need https://youtu.be/TPkdw92aE0c?si=-VHlzuAwozgYEnKU
  • Love Made Me Do It MV https://youtu.be/kddZYpnPCuc?si=yZXxkWflGNVrBggW
  • Love Made Me Do It Live at The Graham Norton Show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E9MHo49Fj4
  • Let You MV https://youtu.be/bWvZKtPOFg0?si=LvpdOvnI6fRmQ7t_
  • Screw You Live at A Million Lights Tour https://youtu.be/c39GG-_BSkk?si=5T18ald95iZdzWDl
  • Girl In The Mirror Live on A Million Lights Tour https://youtu.be/sYdRuWJU2rk?si=hdofLLdQnEKFTN-m

[00:00:02] Moving right along in 2014, Cheryl returned to the X Factor UK for two seasons, joining the panel of Simon Cowell, Lee Walsh and...

[00:00:13] The Greats by Skulls. What I think is so cool having both of them on the show.

[00:00:17] Yes, and they had a great dynamic too. I was worried. I was like, oh no, what if they hate each other like Nicole hated Cheryl?

[00:00:22] But yeah, no.

[00:00:22] And like Mariah and Nikki, hello.

[00:00:24] Oh yeah.

[00:00:26] And during this time she released the first single from her new album, Crazy Stupid Love, in June 2014.

[00:00:33] I don't know Crazy Stupid Love.

[00:00:49] And the song features Tiny Tempah and hit number one in the UK single start,

[00:00:52] and it has been reported that the song was originally recorded by Kyla Vano for her Kiss Me Once album,

[00:00:58] and that's still on the, um, what is it?

[00:01:01] And hiding in the vault, whatever you want to call it, but we're looking for it.

[00:01:04] It would be fun if that was released.

[00:01:06] Yeah, I would love to hear that. Yeah.

[00:01:10] Yeah, this song is interesting.

[00:01:12] Oh yeah.

[00:01:12] This is another one where the first time I heard it, I was kind of like, you know, valid.

[00:01:18] But it's super catchy, and so it has grown on me through the years as well.

[00:01:23] The instrumentation is just so bare.

[00:01:27] Like it's literally just this like step clap beat the whole time,

[00:01:30] and then there's that like saxophone moment.

[00:01:34] Yeah, so I think I don't love that because I just think there's just so much more you could have done with it.

[00:01:39] That's valid.

[00:01:40] But I think she sounds great.

[00:01:42] I think it fit her voice yet again.

[00:01:45] I think Tiny was a great feature choice, like he was kind of everywhere at that point.

[00:01:49] He was.

[00:01:50] So and her promo was good.

[00:01:52] So like I have good memories of kind of this time in her career.

[00:01:56] It's not my favorite of her singles, but I think it, I think it's fun.

[00:02:00] Yeah, what do you think?

[00:02:01] I understand that sentiment.

[00:02:03] I think with Under the Sun how like it was like

[00:02:06] not the last single, but like kind of around the last singles that we had heard from her.

[00:02:11] So I guess it's kind of like a pickup from where we left off situation.

[00:02:14] I don't know dude.

[00:02:15] Like I'm trying to make sense of it.

[00:02:17] I feel like after so many idioms inspired singles, I guess this was like a nice switch up.

[00:02:23] Yeah, I guess sonically and then coming from the 10 tour, it was fun.

[00:02:27] It was safe for sure.

[00:02:30] It sounds almost like a movie soundtrack in a sense, like song where it could be placed in a wrong con.

[00:02:36] Obviously because of the title of the movie, but not because of that movie.

[00:02:39] But I was sure.

[00:02:40] Yeah, yeah.

[00:02:41] I mean not realizing, but yeah, it just kind of feels very like safe by the numbers

[00:02:45] pop track and doesn't feel like Cheryl, the album and also Cheryl.

[00:02:51] But yeah, I think also the video kind of left me a little more confused than being like wow,

[00:02:57] like did she look good?

[00:02:58] Yeah, but like the club concept with the old school Sonic was a little off for me.

[00:03:02] She looked great.

[00:03:03] Yes, it was a little basic just as a concept.

[00:03:05] I guess she had it done the kind of club concept yet.

[00:03:09] But she looks like she's having a lot of fun doing the choreo.

[00:03:11] The choreo is quite good, I would say.

[00:03:13] Yeah, totally.

[00:03:13] Very fun and good musicality there.

[00:03:16] So I guess this is one of those songs that I do enjoy watching the visuals maybe a bit

[00:03:21] more than just listening to it.

[00:03:23] I'm glad Kylie didn't keep it.

[00:03:26] Like I don't think this would have worked.

[00:03:28] I mean not, I mean Kiss Me Once.

[00:03:30] Yeah.

[00:03:31] We have to do an episode about Kiss Me Once, so keep an eye out for that because

[00:03:34] that's the whole thing to talk about.

[00:03:37] But yeah, the song is fine.

[00:03:40] I think Cheryl does elevate it though.

[00:03:42] Yeah.

[00:03:43] Yeah.

[00:03:43] Oh yeah.

[00:03:45] Wow to be her.

[00:03:47] So the album's second single was I Don't Care and it was released in November 2014

[00:03:52] and it also hit number one in the UK single chart making her the first British female

[00:03:57] solo artist to achieve a five number one singles.

[00:04:07] For me this song did not deserve the spot but that's just me.

[00:04:12] I know that probably sounds unkind, but this song is so generic.

[00:04:16] It gives to have Katy Perry, California girls, but like just the I Don't Give a F version of it.

[00:04:22] And again, I guess at this point you're beat up.

[00:04:26] It's the same kind of like my life is in a tabloid.

[00:04:29] So at this point, again at this point now it's getting a little old, getting a little sale.

[00:04:34] Love you with liberal content, Scott Segal.

[00:04:38] And then the song just sounds like again just like a throwaway track off of Katy's

[00:04:42] Teenage Dream album.

[00:04:43] So I don't appreciate that and for her.

[00:04:45] This was definitely the case if I was like if she didn't have the X-Factor and this

[00:04:50] you know this fame that she has, this would not have hit number one.

[00:04:54] Like that's wild to me.

[00:04:55] I think quality wise this song is so much lower.

[00:04:59] Yeah it makes me sad for her.

[00:05:00] A lot of her other singles at the time.

[00:05:02] Yeah, a lot of her.

[00:05:03] And I was quite sad that she actually got that record with this song as well because

[00:05:06] I think Jerry was, I think it was Jerry and like Hallowell and Rita Ora I think that

[00:05:11] were the two.

[00:05:12] And like Jerry, like her first or single run is awesome.

[00:05:16] So yeah to have that kind of her lose that was a little sad.

[00:05:20] But um yeah I guess again I appreciate the message because yes she was still

[00:05:27] you know like being scrutinized a lot by the public and the media so like her just

[00:05:31] kind of reiterating like I don't give a crap what you say about me like I think that's

[00:05:35] that's fine and it's on brand at all but yeah the song is just so forgettable.

[00:05:40] I think the bridge is nice it's maybe the best part for me.

[00:05:43] Um yeah the video is nice like the color grading is nice like I like her like her on the boat and

[00:05:50] stuff.

[00:05:50] Yeah yeah yeah that feels super summery and stuff but yeah just just nothing no no nothing

[00:05:57] special about it.

[00:05:59] Yeah no no yeah so the album Only Human was released shortly after and it peaked at

[00:06:04] number seven in the UK albums chart and it featured an introduction by philosopher Allen

[00:06:09] Watts which set the theme of the album to be about living life to the fullest and being true to yourself.

[00:06:16] I can't tell you something this album I also was two in the car and I was like sir I'm driving

[00:06:20] to work right now shut up literally oh my gosh I rolled my eyes too I'm gonna be honest I

[00:06:27] never listened to this album like I don't did not remember any of the tracks on this album

[00:06:31] like when I was been listening to this the past few weeks and yeah I've totally

[00:06:35] forgot about this intro and only rich people say stuff like this that money doesn't matter

[00:06:41] and you should just live you should just do what you want to do only rich people say that because

[00:06:46] they don't have to worry about money so that annoys me as a concept whatever pop star whatever

[00:06:51] celebrities say stuff like this I'm just like screw you.

[00:06:56] Because literally I was sitting here like in my car no AC because I have to go to a child

[00:07:01] to get money for the fix the car for the AC for you to go oh dude money was an object oh

[00:07:05] I don't know not drive myself to work I want that for one release more albums I don't know sir

[00:07:11] what about you? I'm totally joking but also very much serious I'm not angry I'm just like wow

[00:07:17] no I think it's funny yeah yeah it's funny we're just being funny guys but um um but yeah

[00:07:21] you know what honestly I feel like at this point with this album just hopping right into the

[00:07:25] whole critique of it yeah um whatever was going on in her life at the time I'm not sure

[00:07:30] she was dating and we're not here to talk about who she was dating but I think we can I started to

[00:07:35] notice that she looked different as well like she let her she lost a lot of weight around this time

[00:07:40] um and I feel like the passion in terms of like I would say music was dying but

[00:07:46] music was changing around the time it was really hot was changing around the time and

[00:07:50] after a while you kind of feel like you don't fit in and I feel like this album has a little

[00:07:54] bit of that feeling for me it kind of has it kind of tastes like what should I be doing right now

[00:08:00] um and I just feel a little bit like dang um I wonder what would have happened if she explored more

[00:08:09] more not genres but like more sub-genres within the genre of EDM right so instead of just doing

[00:08:17] more big drum ballads and exploding club tracks what would have happened if you would

[00:08:22] explored more 70s disco and even more house concepts you know like there are some moments on

[00:08:27] this album where I'm like okay this is interesting but no wow like firecracker I can say I was like

[00:08:32] ooh hang on honey where is she going and she has the tone she could fit it I mean after the lady

[00:08:39] end to belem situation with the whole country pop the go go off girl you better sing your fire

[00:08:43] cracker um but I like what it sounded like on her voice the country sound doesn't sound bad on her

[00:08:48] um but like I said I just wonder what would have happened if she would have explored more of that

[00:08:52] the decades of electronic music as opposed to just being like okay I'm gonna do what's

[00:08:56] trendy or what I did before and hope people like it but again it might be heard being like you know

[00:09:02] I'm kind of tired um I don't know what I'm supposed to do right now as a musician like I like music

[00:09:06] but what how many things am I supposed to make I don't know what she was thinking about at

[00:09:09] the time but it just right now this one feels a little anemic in terms of effort not vocal

[00:09:14] performance not like everyone trying but in terms of like the cohesion in terms of like the thematic

[00:09:21] elements I don't know yeah how I feel that one feels strongly like I love it I don't hate it but

[00:09:27] it's just kind of somewhere like in the middle and that's where this album sits somewhere in the

[00:09:30] middle you know well yeah I yeah I kind of felt the same way as you so then when we were doing

[00:09:35] research for this I you know I listened to interviews and I read a lot of interviews

[00:09:39] that she was doing at the time sure and I mean of course it might just be a PR thing but like

[00:09:45] she speaks about it quite passionately actually this album interesting which also I was like I don't

[00:09:51] feel that I do appreciate that the album has kind of a concept even if I don't fully agree with

[00:09:58] the message of it okay but just again this album is just like just not a lot of memorable moments

[00:10:08] on there I think some of the Nikola co-writes were good I think it's about time

[00:10:13] was good there's some sexier moments on there like all in one night and coming up for air with

[00:10:18] Joel Compass as well that are that have some nice moments in there and are a little different for her

[00:10:24] but most of the songs are just a bit like meh and especially when you add in all like the

[00:10:30] bonus tracks on there too the album feels so long dang it dang it and I'm just nothing

[00:10:38] really has a lot of replay value you know like I tried being listening to it just you know just

[00:10:44] like sitting down and like with my headphones and like it was hard for me not to want to just get up

[00:10:49] like do something else while I was listening to this like it just wasn't really capturing my

[00:10:54] attention and like again the mid tempo stuff like waiting for lightning and goodbye means hello

[00:10:59] like they were just so boring for her I think she sounds good yeah there are some nice production

[00:11:06] elements on it but yeah again kind of what I said about some of the previous stuff just nothing about

[00:11:11] it just makes you want to return to it oh I feel so I pull back because I'm like oh yeah she looks

[00:11:16] too like it seems like they don't know what they're doing they don't care and she really did care it's

[00:11:20] just the care is just I don't know yeah but it could just be like her pr training it was like

[00:11:25] here's your messaging when you talk about this album even if she wasn't really feeling that you

[00:11:28] know what I mean yeah but she did write quite a lot on the album as well you know so I think

[00:11:34] the effort was there yeah you know yeah maybe it's just a production at this time just at this point

[00:11:38] for me the exploding drum ballads I'm over them so I think for me just sonically I think it was

[00:11:43] just a little like okay um speaking of an exploding drum ballad only human the title track was released

[00:11:50] at the album Spinal Single in March 2015 and it unfortunately only peaked at number 70 in the

[00:11:57] UK singles chart mind the big drum ballads like I think with this one it it sounds nice like the

[00:12:18] electronic elements are interesting there's a big build to it there's like an epicness that they're

[00:12:24] trying to kind of bring to it yeah I think the melody has some nice moment she sounds good on it

[00:12:30] she did do some like acoustic performances of it as well and she actually did sound pretty good

[00:12:35] on it because right I would say actually like this is actually kind of a tough song to sing

[00:12:39] like the notes are kind of all over the place a little bit yeah you do have to use your whole range

[00:12:42] it goes quite low in the verses she has to use her head voice you know throughout it and she did handle

[00:12:48] it well but again do I listen to this song or would I choose to listen to this song a lot

[00:12:56] no no that was valid um I think for this song the concept was interesting

[00:13:04] um obviously it's a titular track so like let's just go for it right um the vocoder and the isolated

[00:13:11] vocals were the chilling moment I thought okay mama like okay cute cute again I just think that

[00:13:18] the production is heavy in the chorus and it's okay as a song yeah the meaning the meaning is great

[00:13:23] like if you take the word the music away the words mean so much and I I appreciate it but

[00:13:28] overall maybe I don't understand what was happening in her in the whole pop culture that was going on

[00:13:34] in the UK but dishonically and just listening to it I could understand that I see reception

[00:13:38] toward it like it's not as dynamic as this as it masquerades itself to be yeah um and like I said

[00:13:45] at this point I just think the titular tracks on her in her career aren't as strong as some of

[00:13:49] the other like album tracks um but yeah like I said I do appreciate her voice I don't think

[00:13:54] she's ever come across as lazy um but yeah I think overall on the album lower register is great

[00:14:02] moments in the higher parts of the song that are good um she's constantly in a state of improvement

[00:14:07] and I appreciate that you can hear it in this song so I totally appreciate it yeah but again I just

[00:14:11] think overall the sound was already just kind of just not good for her and this current like

[00:14:19] state of music the soundscape was just so different at this point not so different but

[00:14:23] it was different yeah yes yes so following her departure from X Factor in 2016 Cheryl focused

[00:14:32] more on her personal life and she did have a child with one direction member Liam Payne crazy in

[00:14:37] 2017 but she was still working on new material and she eventually would release some new music

[00:14:43] in 2018 although Cheryl has said that she had an album pretty much done after signing with a new

[00:14:49] label 3 beat she stated that she just wanted to focus on the singles and went with love made me do it

[00:14:56] in November 2018 and the song had notable writers including girls a loud bandmate Nicola Roberts

[00:15:15] fellow pop stars Kylie Minogue and Natasha beddingfield and former xenomania collaborator

[00:15:20] Miranda Cooper Miranda Cooper the single hit number 19 the UK singles chart which I don't think is too

[00:15:28] bad considering you know what happened with only humans so nice comeback after the baby and the

[00:15:34] breakup let's get it um lots of promo too she had huge promo slots for this so I think

[00:15:39] because of that it was was kind of like oh it only hit number 19 so oh interesting I did not

[00:15:46] know she had all that promo yeah like with fight for this love I like the remix better the initial

[00:15:52] talk one is a little bit better for me only because it just sounds like it's doing something it fits

[00:15:59] her sonics I think for what I know her now as like a dance EDM girlie at this point like

[00:16:06] I feel like it's just more true to her sound and even the visuals that were featured in the

[00:16:09] video like in the video she looks super edgy and editorial and then the song is like this

[00:16:13] minimal quirky situation I'm like I don't know she looks so chic and cool and then you have like this

[00:16:19] like kind of the new girl sounding song um I just feel like that the visuals and the

[00:16:26] song is just more incongruent doesn't make it a bad song but I'm just like oh there's a

[00:16:29] stronger version of this that that exists in my opinion um did you like this song because I feel

[00:16:34] like you know it wasn't bad but what did you think about it it's not bad I would say I like

[00:16:40] it more than crazy stupid love like I like it more than these past few singles yeah okay but I will

[00:16:46] say the team is wild for this like Kylie Natasha Bettefield Nikola and Miranda like in my mind

[00:16:52] those four should be putting together something better than this oh you know yeah I wonder I doubt

[00:16:57] it was like the four of them in a room together like I'm sure it was like it started off as a

[00:17:01] concept between like Kylie Miranda and then Natasha and then added stuff to it and then Nikola

[00:17:07] you know I don't think it was like a four of them in a room situation yeah this is but yeah I don't know

[00:17:13] similar to crazy stupid love like it's just so bare like the production is so understated yeah I think

[00:17:21] I think helps her vocals in a sense because then you really hear the harmonies and stuff which

[00:17:26] I think are very well produced um and there's some like little bloops and kind of like basic

[00:17:31] percussion and stuff that then just stand out a lot just because there's not a lot going on

[00:17:37] but I think as a song it's actually pretty good and then when you listen to the remixes like

[00:17:44] the initial talk one that you said they all make the song faster and just give it a bit more energy

[00:17:49] and so yeah it just makes a much bigger impact with those yeah so I just feel like if the production

[00:17:55] maybe actually lets this song down because those remixes show that there is potential a song

[00:18:03] like a good song there but there's just something about the regular version that doesn't make much

[00:18:08] impact yeah but I was excited for her to be back she seems very excited about it

[00:18:13] like and those performances are good I would say yeah totally I love the bodysuit but yeah

[00:18:19] for some reason it just doesn't reach its full potential at all yeah yeah I think the

[00:18:27] the wind and the silt are starting to kind of let up a bit in terms of

[00:18:32] yeah wow factor yeah yeah so following her participation in the BBC one competition show

[00:18:39] The Greatest Dancer as a dance captain she released the single Let You in May 2019

[00:18:53] and the single peaked at number 57 in the UK singles chart with the music video filmed in LA

[00:19:00] oh right yes let you what do you think I'm so tired of someone getting her heart broken oh my goodness

[00:19:06] I am so tired of her getting hurt oh my god like I said she's become almost like the

[00:19:11] like her music has become a diary it's become like J.Lo where it's like something has happened

[00:19:17] and people know about it unfortunately so when she releases the song and it's just like oh what

[00:19:21] did you let him do but at this point it's like the song isn't bad it's just the same from her

[00:19:26] thematically I want a screw you I want a you know um I'm not like I know I'm old but I'm still

[00:19:33] here like I don't want that kind of thing I want her that sounds crazy but in pop she's old

[00:19:37] let's just say that yes um but yeah you know I want something that's a little bit more like

[00:19:43] I am Cheryl I am woman hear me roar without signing to Katy Perry asked oh god we don't

[00:19:48] we're not gonna talk about that but something that's just like bad ass and this just wasn't

[00:19:54] bad ass for me and she could deliver bad ass you know um the song is okay I guess

[00:20:00] in terms of trend she was right in there with the whole like retro 80s thing right before

[00:20:06] 2020 took it and like vomited everywhere so good for her

[00:20:10] good for her yeah for her so it's valid yes you know and the video was cute she's back in LA

[00:20:18] doing her thing like she looks cute yeah but that's it you know it's fine I think the chorus kind of

[00:20:26] lets the song down a little bit I think the verses are nice but the course just doesn't really go

[00:20:30] anywhere um it just feels a little simple yeah I really don't have much to say on the song honestly

[00:20:40] like I remember yeah like when it came out you know as the chart shows like it just there's just

[00:20:46] didn't make much impact on anyone you we don't have to nitpick it I get you yeah I mean to be fair

[00:20:53] like the music industry had fully changed already by this time you know like the whole downloads

[00:20:58] era and everything streaming era I mean so you know it's you can't expect to be number one all the

[00:21:06] time anymore because it's not as it's much harder to do that probably but yeah just the response was

[00:21:13] muted and I think that yeah I don't know I agree with that oh it's heartbreaking it's heartbreaking

[00:21:20] but yeah you know since then Cheryl has not released any solo material since let you um and

[00:21:25] interviews during this era she was quite open about not trying too hard to be successful

[00:21:29] and that if the singles didn't do well it's time for her to move on with her life

[00:21:33] and she said I'm not going to jump around working hard and spending time away from my son

[00:21:38] for that is the juice worth the squeeze I agree it's not at this point you already have a legacy

[00:21:43] as a great girl group member a great soloist yes so at this point like what is there to prove

[00:21:48] and we always say that on the show with our legacy artists like girl you ain't got nothing

[00:21:51] to say except here I am yes although what I would add to that is you can also at this point just

[00:21:57] release music because you want to exactly right because if you really don't care about the charts

[00:22:01] you know then just do it stuff you don't even need to do any promo for it if you want to

[00:22:05] create music then create music but I think I guess for her it's like that juice really

[00:22:09] isn't worth the squeeze because she probably loves the performing and then kind of all the stuff

[00:22:13] and it's yeah so I understand oh yeah yeah yeah so since then she has done some acting

[00:22:19] the last few years she appeared in the film for kids and it in 2020 also in the stage play 222

[00:22:26] a ghost story on the west end in 2023 she also performed at mighty hoopla in 2021 and that

[00:22:33] actually featured a cameo from nicola as well yeah and more recently uh when asked if she had any

[00:22:39] plans to continue with music she noted that the music industry has changed a lot and she's not

[00:22:43] sure if she fits in so yeah it's kind of in line with what we've been saying uh so in 2024 girls

[00:22:49] allowed reunited to go on tour in remembrance and celebration of member sara harding following her

[00:22:55] death in 2021 uh so you know she got to perform her little ass off and killed it on that tour

[00:23:02] she did she's so good yeah she's a great performer she knows she knows her bag so she's

[00:23:08] the fact that she's unable to do it to like I guess more consistently I it probably does hurt

[00:23:13] um yes I'd be curious to know if if there'd be any traction if she did do like a jenet

[00:23:18] together again kind of situation or like a madonna or like a taylor's era's version of

[00:23:25] like just a tour just to celebrate her solo career yeah well not even a tour maybe like a

[00:23:29] very limited engagement like hey i'm gonna be here you have three nights to figure out if you're

[00:23:33] gonna buy tickets or not let's go you know i don't know what the legit is but that is

[00:23:37] yeah because you know she would just perform the crap out of it yeah totally she's got her

[00:23:41] her kid's old enough where she has to be like you know you know nursing him he's like

[00:23:44] he can watch it like he did um the girls allowed tour so I'm curious to know that would be like a

[00:23:50] possibility for her but if not that's fine too I mean the girls have done a lot she has done a

[00:23:55] lot she's been through a lot she's near deaf experience a lot you know so yeah at this point

[00:24:01] I'm pretty sure she's not even just getting started she has so much time to figure out if she

[00:24:07] wants to keep making music if she wants to do movies if she wants to come to the US even

[00:24:11] if she decides not to do that she has so much wealth of knowledge and talent that she could either

[00:24:16] mentor like she has been doing yes or just cute you know like you said release music so yeah

[00:24:22] I think it's just up to her what life leads here I just hope there's no more BS that finds her

[00:24:27] because she deserves better fortune treat her well I mean it's been interesting because you know

[00:24:32] of course like at the beginning of girls allowed like she was so blunt with kind of everything

[00:24:36] now she kind of just holds her tongue a bit more yeah but you know that that feisty that's still

[00:24:41] there we did get to see some of that on the girls allowed tour as well so I think she's just a great

[00:24:46] media personality so even if she just does more reality TV I'd be here for that um because yeah

[00:24:51] like you said like a lot at the time with these with these pop stars that become parents you

[00:24:56] know then they kind of once their kids get older it's like okay now you have time to like do

[00:25:00] your own thing again so I'm I'm just curious like she kind of has she can't do whatever she

[00:25:04] wants honestly at this point and like she's still regarded as you know the nation sweetheart

[00:25:10] like she still is like that popular like across the UK like even at the concert like she always got the

[00:25:16] largest reception like every time they show it for the first time in untouchable like the screen

[00:25:20] is always crazy you know regardless of what city they're in um you know so her name is still there

[00:25:27] like her her reputation is still there and so she could pretty much do whatever she wants

[00:25:32] so that's kind of an amazing place to be in yeah yeah that's valid that's valid go ahead Cheryl

[00:25:38] yeah okay so before we wrap up uh any highlights from the discography other than the singles that

[00:25:46] you would like to talk about okay so I was going to say fire hydra because I just liked it I was

[00:25:53] like hey being biased because this sounds like country pop and um you listen to cowboy Carter

[00:25:58] on repeat um that's okay and like firecracker a lot but also I think my actual like bam boom

[00:26:07] listen this represents her music more than firecracker is actually growing the mirror

[00:26:27] I like the performance on the on the tour too like again like she does feisty so well and she's

[00:26:33] saying like she's gonna take an easy on herself and she's gonna be like show herself just love

[00:26:36] and I'm like that's the Cheryl I want self love Cheryl not I love you so much I you know our

[00:26:41] love is so amazing together or I let you hurt me I want I want I love me Cheryl and the song is very

[00:26:48] much I love me Cheryl so yes and firecracker too just as a honorable mention was very much like girl

[00:26:54] I will I will come for you if you try to come affirm what's why I know like yeah I love um so

[00:27:00] yeah I still have a little lover girl at heart but this one is very much like self-lover girl

[00:27:03] but yeah like okay what about you yes I will highlight screw you again featuring wretch 32

[00:27:22] because yeah it really did deserve to be a single it is it's so perfect it is

[00:27:27] it just fits her so perfectly like in every way yeah and she performed the crap out of it too

[00:27:35] so yeah I do think it deserved a little moment uh so yeah I would definitely add that one

[00:27:42] to kind of the list of Cheryl highlights yeah true true true oh man oh also class what would you

[00:27:50] all like to recommend as like a discography highlight from any of Cheryl's songs let us

[00:27:57] know in the comments below but until then classes dismissed let us know what you all think

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