![]() ![]() And the one Spice Girls album that followed the departure of Geri Halliwell was an abject flop. Destiny’s Child hit peak sales just before LeToya Luckett and LaTavia Roberson were ousted. En Vogue withered commercially without Dawn Robinson. Plenty of popular girl groups have lost members and carried on, but none have found more success. ![]() Those collaborators create “safe spaces,” says Jauregui, where they can try ideas without fear of judgment. They were hungry and excited and seemed like they had a serious new point to prove.” “We sat and wrote verses together, because they’re empowered women who want to be pushing the agenda.” Justin Bieber’s go-to hook man Poo Bear, who worked with Skrillex on a 5H session, adds, “I was pretty blown away. “It’s not like they came in at the end and started riffing,” says Leah Haywood of Dreamlab, which has two songs on the album. The group typically breaks into pairs, then takes turns with that day’s writers and producers like 5H alums Monsters & Strangerz and pop and R&B producers Harmony Samuels ( Ariana Grande) and Sebastian Kole ( Alessia Cara). Since January, it has been holding songwriting camps between tour stops, mostly at Windmark Recording, just two miles from here. The single is only a slice of what’s to come, because for the first time, 5H is co-writing its songs - over half, in fact, of those destined for the new album. We’ve been there for each other through ups and downs.” Hernandez hits her with an “Amen.” “We’ve been together five years, so that message is powerful to us. “We dedicate it to each other,” says Hansen. ![]() But the women have come up with their own narrative for the lyrics, which came to them from “Work From Home” co-creators Ammo and DallasK, and include “You the type that I could bake for/’Cause baby, you know how to take that cake” - as well as the chorus, “Long as you’re holding me down/I’m going to keep loving you down.” The 5H video, which racked up 21.6 million views in two weeks, even seems to offer some sly commentary on this, with the group pulling up to a seedy motel and writhing on beds in separate rooms. “Crying in the Club” is a wide-screen, Sia-style ballad and “Down” is an airy dance track, but the two have more in common than just a chart trajectory: They’re both grown-up songs for longtime professional “girls” now expected to be seductive women. ![]() Both are still active on the Mainstream Top 40 list. Meanwhile, Cabello’s “Crying in the Club,” which entered the charts two weeks earlier, peaked at No. 47. Their first new single as a foursome, “Down” - a neon-edged dancehall bubbler featuring a warmly romantic verse from Gucci Mane (“Got me showing off my ring like I’m Jordan”) - reached No. 42 on the Hot 100. “Honestly, in this very moment, we could not be happier,” says Hernandez with more assertiveness than the Pollyanna-ish cheer that’s her trademark. But today, the members are quick to (literally) high-five each other as they talk about their ongoing 7/27 Tour, the first in which they’ve built in real downtime, and a third album, due later this year on Epic. Jauregui admits she nearly threw up from anxiety before the downsized 5H’s first performance, at the People’s Choice Awards in January. Fifth Harmony: Billboard Photos Over the Years ![]()
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