@@youtuber3328I prefer Faye cause she has such a beautiful voice, and all the girls grow up together! Janet's singing is good too, but she hasn't grown with the other girls like Faye has.
It’s my understanding that Faye told Anna she didn’t want her to come back. That’s messed up because Anna was the first Play member, and why should she try to dictate who she wants back when she left? I heard Rosie backed out because Anna wasn’t returning. If this is true, management shouldn’t have allowed Faye to call the shots
I agree 100 percent. I heard Faye and Ana and did not get along towards the end one of the reasons why Faye left. Good for Rosie for passing since Ana wasn’t allowed back because Faye just quit again this time sooner. I feel like the only reason why they let Faye control that was because she quit before and probably wasn’t on board if Ana was in the band again and since let’s be honest Faye has the best voice and Ana doesn’t have the strongest voice so they just went along with it and then Faye just quits. I wonder what would of happened if it was just anais, Rosie and Ana. Probably would of actually went further since I see them all sticking it out longer than faye was willing to both times
PLAY was one of my favorite girl groups growing up. When they had their reunion in 2009/2010 i was so excited and pumped bc they had so much potential and were so talented..it sucks it never quite worked out for them
I love your take on telling the story of this girl group. I love the little dash of humor you add to it while still sharing the serious moments. I actually found out more info about the girls on here than looking on my own 🤣 I’m glad they all moved on and found other projects that they were passionate about!
I'm so glad someone is finally covering one of the most ICONIC girl groups of all time. Especially as a tween of the 2000s!! I swear I was the only one who knew them
I have all of Rosanna's old Myspace songs! most of them are in voice memo quality though :/ if you wanted them please let me know. I loved Play, I have a signed copy of Under My Skin & an old, full box of their CDs, other media, magazine clippings, etc. I've thought about making a video showing all of it for other Play stans to see, lol.
I have her songs toooooo!!!!! Somewhere on a cd because yesssss flashing lights was her first one she released and I completely agree gameboy was ahead of it’s time she was also on a dj track titled oh and ithink another titled tiktok. Those are on spotify.
Actually, Emelie didn't record Destiny with the group. It's only Anais and Sanne. However, with Hearing Emelie sing acapella,she would be really close vocally to what we what have got if the lineup with Rosie,Anais and Faye.
Thank you for the correction! I was debating on adding her at all cuz it was clearly them saving face 🥺 or maybe I just should’ve expressed just that lol
Oh there also was a video circulating of the group with Emelie during some LA promo trips and the girls were singing an acapella cover of “Too Lost In You” originally by Sugababes.
Man these two videos are awesome, I was obsessed with Play as a wee one, and here I am going back down memory lane as a 23 year old. Thanks for making this!
Thank you so much for this video! ♥️ I was a huge PLAY fan and I still love their music! ✨ glad someone made a documentary about their life as a group! 🎵 I subscribed as well 💕
@@allthegirlgroups2977 i felt the same way!!! I felt like I was the only fan in the USA and too top it off I was the only boy fan! lol 😂 my favorite album is “RePlay”. I love all the songs on that album! It literally is a masterpiece! 🙏🏼
The Girl’s Mind EP actually features an earlier recording of “Another Love Story” featuring Faye’s vocals.” Before this release, we only knew the version released on Don’t Stop The Music- edited to replace Faye’s vocals with Janet’s. When Faye first departed Play, she left behind maybe a few recordings for the third album.
Fun fact: Rosie, Emelie, and Anais are friends with Tove Lo. They all went to the high school, Rytmus. She is in their Everygirl music video very briefly. Rosie is also friends with Icona Pop. I remember seeing her tweet about them many years ago.
Love this video I loved the "Us Against The World" song in movies as a kid but didn't check out the rest their music til like 8 years ago and loved the music, Rosanna's "Gameboy" is my favourite solo from her still got the song but surprised there's no trace of it online that i see
Janet Leon ended up going to Melodifestivalen twice by the way, but sadly never made it to the final. If you’ve never heard ‘Heartstrings’ - look it up NOW.
Janet is a head voice mezzo soprano so she's lighter than faye.... who is a chest voice mezzo soprano janets version of another love story is pure faye sounds more hood
I love your videos -- thank you for giving Play the retrospective look they deserve! It's too bad Anna's memoir (the English translation of the title is something like "You Are Replaceable" - ouch!) is only in Swedish, because I'm sure there's a lot to unpack there. Other random Play connections -- Janet competed twice in Melodifestivalen, the annual Swedish song contest to pick a Eurovision entry (2013 and 2014), but sadly didn't win either time -- you can find videos of her performances on UA-cam. Anders Bagge, Laila's ex-husband, competed in Melodifestivalen this year and almost won! Thankfully, he didn't -- he was beaten by another former Swedish girl group member :).
@@allthegirlgroups2977 Same lol! Another Play connection I remembered: Anais' older sister Amanda was also in the music industry a few years before Play and released a very poppy, Britney-esque album, so it's really interesting to hear her talk about it now (she was interviewed for over an hour on another YT channel called Mariel Talks Pop -- I don't think she mentioned Anais or Play much though). IIRC, Amanda did appear in a Play video back in the day (for their It's a Hard Knock Life cover) as a body double for Faye, since apparently Faye was sick the day of the shoot and couldn't do all the group shots. The Mariel Talks Pop channel also includes an interesting interview with all five members of i5, who you mentioned in part 1.
I re-bought the Replay on CD. Their best album! Under My Skin is a second! "They were just hooting and hollering about being big girls and 'I Must Not Chase the Boys' and now they have a tween back in the group." "The stylist clearly hated Anais." Died! More like the stylist was jealous of Anais. I wish Faye would have remained in Play for at least one more album. They had so much unchartered territory left. No hate on Janet, but she set them back. Under My Skin was a makeup for that, though I wish it had a US release. I remember when they reunited. I was happy to see Anais and Faye back in the group but sad to see Anna and Rosie were not.
Don’t even know this group, but you put this together so well and present it excellently! Looking forward to the next, hopefully something from the U.K..
to be COMPLETELY honest romantically i did do and/or will SOMEWHAT like play because of their attractive faces and i did do and/or PROBABLY will really LOVE them as musicians
Emelie did not sing on Destiny. It was Anais and Sanne only. Faye called Laila and quit the morning they were due in the recording studio to record Destiny so there was no time to get anyone else. Emelie was hired a month or so later. She was cool, but without Faye's incomparable voice there was no realistic chance. She would always make the difference between a group that was good and a group that was great. We never will know what would have happened if Faye had never quit, the first time or the second time, but there is reason to believe the group would have gone on to big things. As for Anna, she was younger than the other girls and there was always some tension with her from the first iteration of the group, so when they got back together the other girls felt it was best to go on without her.
I REALLY want to know what happened with Anna in the group. I knew she was younger and now looking back I can see how Anais and Faye came across as cold towards her.
I just realized that either one they didn't hire janet and just had a trio or two they writing there own songs and produced there own album and it would have been there biggest album at that time
@@allthegirlgroups2977 yup they kept calling her and finally after 3 hours she answered and quit Emily joined but the label really wanted anais sanne and faye I take not in anais finally singing lead on the final single finally ending play it was her "destiny"...
i wish lila would have waited for 2016 to reunion play again so that why 4 of them could have a solo album and even write song together and by them seft because they were still friends before the reunion
Honestly, this group seems like they were a girl version of big time rush. And probably would have benefited just as successfully as them if they had a TV show
all 4 original member of play are moms I just found out rosie has a daughter born in 2021 I would just thought to say this so no one who read this before being edited to get wrong information that rosie is not apart of mom life and she is a mom because I want to know if any of plays lines up still taik they are no longer on talking terms 😢but the other 3 I still can't see I'd they mom's again even though I deleted other one so no one who read this will know I ask this because I deleted it but anyway if janet and sanne and Emilie are mom's let me know by replying to this comment 😀
Sounds like faye had a ego problem from jump and also a standstill problem always leaving 🙄 causing pain thats hard poor girls they trust her abyways imma listen to the album
i'm still NOT 100% CERTAIN but PROBABLY either a large and/or REALLY large amount of females talk about themselves sitting on toilets/potties while peeing/pottying by saying i need to use the potty and i gotta go potty and i wish I knew roughly what % of females and what types of females talk about themselves sitting on toilets/potties while peeing/pottying by saying i need to use the potty and i gotta potty
I honestly feel like the Don't Stop the Music era could've been savaged if handled better while yes musically it was abit of regression but I think they still could've gotten some hits from it. The title track, Seven, You Found Me, Another Love Story & Hand In Hand could've made some decent singles and got some hits they also maybe should've snuck on a few mature sounding songs to balance it all out. As for the third line-up. it took me a minute to warm up to Sanne due to her vocal tone being such a contrast to Play's sound but she's an incredible vocalist and her, Faye & Anais gelled so well together and Under My Skin a great solid album. It sucks it wasn't able to get any traction here in the US cause Girls, Second Hand Love, & Not The One were screaming to be US singles. I was disappointed when Faye dipped out the group again and as for Emelie.... no shade to her but she wasn't there long enough for me to count her as member. She's like the Farrah Franklin of Play her stint was so short. Sanne is now a mom now (I follow her on IG) and has a new band called House Of Say and the music is awesome. Rosie & Anna are moms now aswell. I hope one day can get a reunion with the OG lineup (i won't exclude Janet or Sanne but i don't see either one of them returning to the group but a 5 piece reunion with either one of them would be awesome). Great documentary overall.. Play deserves their flowers
I doubt we'll ever see them together.Mainly Faye...I'm not certain but based on what I've seen (Mainly dealing with Anna) she seems like a mean girl who was also on the fence about the group in general. "Under My Skin" was a fantastic album. Under My Skin,When Love is Bleaching Bad and Consequence of you are great vocal tracks. Sanne was the perfect bridge between Anais and Faye (Anais seemingly being vocally weaker than she was as a teen) and Faye also seeming to be untamed vocally. Her voice was higher than it was a teen.
@iKETOURAGE I think with the right opportunity, they'll do a big one-off reunion performance at least. Yeah it was said on Made in Sweden while they were recording they were recording the album Anaïs hadn't sung at all since Play had first broke up so she was out of practice vocally
In a way, highs n lows; PLAY was indie n zero effs in spirit. Sure the reality was splitting n such. Yet those songs are timeless. Plus Age ism n validity into charting on music charts; are a speck of zero effs to the public domain. For while PLAY may not be PLAYING around anymore; their songs live on. For music is another life from the person that recorded it. Facts on Facts.
Chris Trousdale Just passed of Covid-19 complications. RIP Chris
I know, I’m so sad. I didn’t appreciate him when he was alive. 😭😭😭
I’m still in disbelief 💔💔💔
Yes, he’s missed so much.
Noooooooooo!
I’m still not over his death. Probably one of the hardest celeb deaths for me 😩😭
"They were just hooting and hollering about being big girls and 'I Must Not Chase the Boys', and now they have a tween back in the group." LMAO 🤣
it's nice to meet you please read my comments and please tell me why you said lmao
Tweens to teens...to tweens again
i LITERALLY always have and/or PROBABLY will EQUALLY really LOVE LITERALLY all members of play as musicians
@@youtuber3328I prefer Faye cause she has such a beautiful voice, and all the girls grow up together!
Janet's singing is good too, but she hasn't grown with the other girls like Faye has.
you make sense
LMFAO I SCREAMED “the stylist clearly hated Anais” LMFAOOOOO that outfit always confused me hahaha girl you are so funny
😂 she’s so beautiful and it was so low effort lmao
It’s my understanding that Faye told Anna she didn’t want her to come back. That’s messed up because Anna was the first Play member, and why should she try to dictate who she wants back when she left? I heard Rosie backed out because Anna wasn’t returning. If this is true, management shouldn’t have allowed Faye to call the shots
I agree 100 percent. I heard Faye and Ana and did not get along towards the end one of the reasons why Faye left. Good for Rosie for passing since Ana wasn’t allowed back because Faye just quit again this time sooner. I feel like the only reason why they let Faye control that was because she quit before and probably wasn’t on board if Ana was in the band again and since let’s be honest Faye has the best voice and Ana doesn’t have the strongest voice so they just went along with it and then Faye just quits. I wonder what would of happened if it was just anais, Rosie and Ana. Probably would of actually went further since I see them all sticking it out longer than faye was willing to both times
“..and the stylist clearly hated Anais.” 😂😂😂
PLAY was one of my favorite girl groups growing up. When they had their reunion in 2009/2010 i was so excited and pumped bc they had so much potential and were so talented..it sucks it never quite worked out for them
Tbh- If they plan to reunite, just ONCE, it would be the reunion of THE CENTURY!
I love your take on telling the story of this girl group. I love the little dash of humor you add to it while still sharing the serious moments. I actually found out more info about the girls on here than looking on my own 🤣 I’m glad they all moved on and found other projects that they were passionate about!
I appreciate it 🙏🏼 thanks so much for watching! Glad you liked it!
I really like these kind of videos of you explaining the history of girl groups. Really interesting to hear, keep it up!👍
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
That was awesome, one of the most underrated girl groups ever!!
Request: A Girl Group Retrospective of Nobody's Angel
I'm so glad someone is finally covering one of the most ICONIC girl groups of all time. Especially as a tween of the 2000s!! I swear I was the only one who knew them
I have all of Rosanna's old Myspace songs! most of them are in voice memo quality though :/ if you wanted them please let me know. I loved Play, I have a signed copy of Under My Skin & an old, full box of their CDs, other media, magazine clippings, etc. I've thought about making a video showing all of it for other Play stans to see, lol.
Whatttt?! I would Love them! you can email me at AllTheGirlGroups@gmail.com
I remember those songs! Can you make a video about it? I would be interested!!
I have her songs toooooo!!!!! Somewhere on a cd because yesssss flashing lights was her first one she released and I completely agree gameboy was ahead of it’s time she was also on a dj track titled oh and ithink another titled tiktok. Those are on spotify.
I'd love to see your collection! I have a reasonable collection of stuff too - but, no magazine clippings, etc.
@@simbarella15 I'll consider making a video sometime!
I loved Janet with red hair it was a colour reel effect a brunette,two different blondes and a red head
Actually, Emelie didn't record Destiny with the group. It's only Anais and Sanne. However, with Hearing Emelie sing acapella,she would be really close vocally to what we what have got if the lineup with Rosie,Anais and Faye.
Thank you for the correction! I was debating on adding her at all cuz it was clearly them saving face 🥺 or maybe I just should’ve expressed just that lol
The moral of the story is,
you must not chase Faye. 😉
Lmfaoooo
I still wish Faye released her solo album... I loved Under My Skin so much and it sucks that things didn't work out for Play.
Oh there also was a video circulating of the group with Emelie during some LA promo trips and the girls were singing an acapella cover of “Too Lost In You” originally by Sugababes.
I saw that! theres one with Faye too. That song is top tier 💕
I'm having me a nostalgia mental health day away from class and girl this is just what I needed. SUBSCRIBED!!!
Thank you! 😁😁
Man these two videos are awesome, I was obsessed with Play as a wee one, and here I am going back down memory lane as a 23 year old. Thanks for making this!
Thank U I’m glad you enjoyed it! 💛
I was obsessed with Play during the Y2K era, and I was pumped for their reunion album, Under My Skin, which is my favorite LP of theirs to date.
Also, Sanne has released a lot of music under "House of Say" and "Gloria Tells"!
Thank you so much for this video! ♥️ I was a huge PLAY fan and I still love their music! ✨ glad someone made a documentary about their life as a group! 🎵 I subscribed as well 💕
Thank you!! I’m so glad to find so many other play fans out there! I thought I was alone for the longest lol
@@allthegirlgroups2977 i felt the same way!!! I felt like I was the only fan in the USA and too top it off I was the only boy fan! lol 😂 my favorite album is “RePlay”. I love all the songs on that album! It literally is a masterpiece! 🙏🏼
Furthermore! I can’t wait for you to make more videos! I literally became a fan of your channel! 😍 I can watch this type of videos all day long!
The Girl’s Mind EP actually features an earlier recording of “Another Love Story” featuring Faye’s vocals.” Before this release, we only knew the version released on Don’t Stop The Music- edited to replace Faye’s vocals with Janet’s. When Faye first departed Play, she left behind maybe a few recordings for the third album.
Fun fact: Rosie, Emelie, and Anais are friends with Tove Lo. They all went to the high school, Rytmus. She is in their Everygirl music video very briefly. Rosie is also friends with Icona Pop. I remember seeing her tweet about them many years ago.
You Found Me on the third album is one of the best songs from the group
I was just searching news about Play and I found your channel GIRL WHERE WERE YOU HIDDING! I am a sub now!!
yaaass! Im glad you found me😂quarantine happened and I finally said “F it I’m making a Play video” 😁 thanx for the sub!
Love this video I loved the "Us Against The World" song in movies as a kid but didn't check out the rest their music til like 8 years ago and loved the music, Rosanna's "Gameboy" is my favourite solo from her still got the song but surprised there's no trace of it online that i see
don't stop the music is I'm my eyes the best song from the album
It’s a great song! It was originally a Robyn song!
@@TravisCurry did you write the song
I remember radio Disney used to play this girl group
I love all of their albums... none of them flopped to me.
I was always so curious about this group. Thank you for doing this 😊
Janet Leon ended up going to Melodifestivalen twice by the way, but sadly never made it to the final. If you’ve never heard ‘Heartstrings’ - look it up NOW.
Janet Leon slayed
I am a huuuge Play fan! Thank you so much for this!
Janet is a head voice mezzo soprano so she's lighter than faye.... who is a chest voice mezzo soprano janets version of another love story is pure faye sounds more hood
I can’t wait to watch. Ok here we go 😫❤️
thank you so much for watching!!!! This is so motivating ☺️
I love your videos -- thank you for giving Play the retrospective look they deserve! It's too bad Anna's memoir (the English translation of the title is something like "You Are Replaceable" - ouch!) is only in Swedish, because I'm sure there's a lot to unpack there. Other random Play connections -- Janet competed twice in Melodifestivalen, the annual Swedish song contest to pick a Eurovision entry (2013 and 2014), but sadly didn't win either time -- you can find videos of her performances on UA-cam. Anders Bagge, Laila's ex-husband, competed in Melodifestivalen this year and almost won! Thankfully, he didn't -- he was beaten by another former Swedish girl group member :).
Thanx for all the info! and thanx for watching! I'm hoping to still get a copy of her book even tho I dont speak the language lol
@@allthegirlgroups2977 Same lol! Another Play connection I remembered: Anais' older sister Amanda was also in the music industry a few years before Play and released a very poppy, Britney-esque album, so it's really interesting to hear her talk about it now (she was interviewed for over an hour on another YT channel called Mariel Talks Pop -- I don't think she mentioned Anais or Play much though). IIRC, Amanda did appear in a Play video back in the day (for their It's a Hard Knock Life cover) as a body double for Faye, since apparently Faye was sick the day of the shoot and couldn't do all the group shots. The Mariel Talks Pop channel also includes an interesting interview with all five members of i5, who you mentioned in part 1.
@@minac7146 sorry for the late reply but thank you for this!!! I’m gonna check out that channel right away
Never heard of these lot but its a shame these groups break up the way they do
Go into kpop we have asepa and itzy you have itzy
Did anybody else notice how similar anais and janet looked?
How about group Dream next?! Please 😊
Been working on it already 😊 it’s definitely coming!
@@allthegirlgroups2977 I just subscribed to your channel. You are amazing!
@@aaronward9845 aahhh thank you so much! 🥰
@@allthegirlgroups2977 you’re so welcome 😊. Keep up the amazing work!
I re-bought the Replay on CD. Their best album! Under My Skin is a second!
"They were just hooting and hollering about being big girls and 'I Must Not Chase the Boys' and now they have a tween back in the group." "The stylist clearly hated Anais." Died! More like the stylist was jealous of Anais.
I wish Faye would have remained in Play for at least one more album. They had so much unchartered territory left. No hate on Janet, but she set them back. Under My Skin was a makeup for that, though I wish it had a US release. I remember when they reunited. I was happy to see Anais and Faye back in the group but sad to see Anna and Rosie were not.
Don’t even know this group, but you put this together so well and present it excellently! Looking forward to the next, hopefully something from the U.K..
No Secrets next ✌
Definitely on my list
Agree I miss them too I had their and play 's cds
I wish I downloaded the songs Rosie did in her short stint duo K.I.D.S. Those songs were so good T__T
idec, Trash is a masterpiece!
You should make more videos! You are a great narrator and the video is very well done!
Thank you so much! I actually needed that ❤
So glad there first three albums are on Spotify!! But where is Under my Skin??
And I genuinely liked the album too. I wonder if it was just a TV thing
At least you can still purchase on iTunes
Rosie also released Waterfall
Just found your channel, awesome vid! really well researched and I love all the niche references to british girl groups! keep up the good work! :)
Thank you! 💞
I love play❤️
Omg I used to wear Evergirl clothing and I played the computer game too 😂
I had no idea Emily was on Destiny... thought it was just Anais and Sanne! That song is SOOO GOOD!!!
No you are actually right. It’s just Anais and Sanne. Someone else corrected me in the comments...I should probably pin it lol. Sorry!
I love that anais sings the song she closed the door 🚪 that was play as she deserved ❤
Should I go to fashion school? Lol I can’t seem to get my cyber security career moving sooo this is inspirational 👗💗
to be COMPLETELY honest romantically i did do and/or will SOMEWHAT like play because of their attractive faces and i did do and/or PROBABLY will really LOVE them as musicians
Emelie did not sing on Destiny. It was Anais and Sanne only. Faye called Laila and quit the morning they were due in the recording studio to record Destiny so there was no time to get anyone else. Emelie was hired a month or so later. She was cool, but without Faye's incomparable voice there was no realistic chance. She would always make the difference between a group that was good and a group that was great. We never will know what would have happened if Faye had never quit, the first time or the second time, but there is reason to believe the group would have gone on to big things. As for Anna, she was younger than the other girls and there was always some tension with her from the first iteration of the group, so when they got back together the other girls felt it was best to go on without her.
I REALLY want to know what happened with Anna in the group. I knew she was younger and now looking back I can see how Anais and Faye came across as cold towards her.
I just realized that either one they didn't hire janet and just had a trio or two they writing there own songs and produced there own album and it would have been there biggest album at that time
faye actually on purpose missed her flight to LA anais, and sanne were in tears.....
😯WOOOOOOWWWW
@@allthegirlgroups2977 yup they kept calling her and finally after 3 hours she answered and quit Emily joined but the label really wanted anais sanne and faye I take not in anais finally singing lead on the final single finally ending play it was her "destiny"...
I wish they would reunion just for a album or tour or both and the line up could be all the girls
i wish lila would have waited for 2016 to reunion play again so that why 4 of them could have a solo album and even write song together and by them seft because they were still friends before the reunion
7:08 ohhh you know your info girl 🙌😅 long live park bom 👆💋
@@nuggetschicken8961 Queen Bom! 👸🏻🌽😆
@@allthegirlgroups2977 the baddest unni 🙌😙
Honestly, this group seems like they were a girl version of big time rush. And probably would have benefited just as successfully as them if they had a TV show
I would like a video on PYT, as well as Innosense.
Yes!
Whoa wasn’t expecting to see Park Bom🖤 7:08
the loona gif... we had to subscribe!
Sanne releases music under Gloria Tells and she is GOODT!!
I love her!
all 4 original member of play are moms I just found out rosie has a daughter born in 2021 I would just thought to say this so no one who read this before being edited to get wrong information that rosie is not apart of mom life and she is a mom because I want to know if any of plays lines up still taik they are no longer on talking terms 😢but the other 3 I still can't see I'd they mom's again even though I deleted other one so no one who read this will know I ask this because I deleted it but anyway if janet and sanne and Emilie are mom's let me know by replying to this comment 😀
Have you read Anna’s book yet? They really bullied her constantly in the group, it is a very sad story.
Nooooooooo say it ain’t so!!!!! I haven’t read it
It's in Swedish isnt it? did she release it in English?
Where did you find it?
On the Book site Adlibris (I listened to the audiobook with her reading in Swedish). The Book is called ”Du är utbytbar” (You are replaceable).
Rosie too? I always thought Rosie was nicest to her
trash is still one of my favorite pop songs
also ghost vs sanne is a good album - recommend it if you like her voice
Sounds like faye had a ego problem from jump and also a standstill problem always leaving 🙄 causing pain thats hard poor girls they trust her abyways imma listen to the album
i'm still NOT 100% CERTAIN but PROBABLY either a large and/or REALLY large amount of females talk about themselves sitting on toilets/potties while peeing/pottying by saying i need to use the potty and i gotta go potty and i wish I knew roughly what % of females and what types of females talk about themselves sitting on toilets/potties while peeing/pottying by saying i need to use the potty and i gotta potty
janets album deserved more promotion they failed her
I’m also mad that destiny isn’t on iTunes.
I Wonder if they know about chris' passing
I honestly feel like the Don't Stop the Music era could've been savaged if handled better while yes musically it was abit of regression but I think they still could've gotten some hits from it. The title track, Seven, You Found Me, Another Love Story & Hand In Hand could've made some decent singles and got some hits they also maybe should've snuck on a few mature sounding songs to balance it all out.
As for the third line-up. it took me a minute to warm up to Sanne due to her vocal tone being such a contrast to Play's sound but she's an incredible vocalist and her, Faye & Anais gelled so well together and Under My Skin a great solid album. It sucks it wasn't able to get any traction here in the US cause Girls, Second Hand Love, & Not The One were screaming to be US singles.
I was disappointed when Faye dipped out the group again and as for Emelie.... no shade to her but she wasn't there long enough for me to count her as member. She's like the Farrah Franklin of Play her stint was so short.
Sanne is now a mom now (I follow her on IG) and has a new band called House Of Say and the music is awesome.
Rosie & Anna are moms now aswell.
I hope one day can get a reunion with the OG lineup (i won't exclude Janet or Sanne but i don't see either one of them returning to the group but a 5 piece reunion with either one of them would be awesome).
Great documentary overall.. Play deserves their flowers
I doubt we'll ever see them together.Mainly Faye...I'm not certain but based on what I've seen (Mainly dealing with Anna) she seems like a mean girl who was also on the fence about the group in general. "Under My Skin" was a fantastic album. Under My Skin,When Love is Bleaching Bad and Consequence of you are great vocal tracks. Sanne was the perfect bridge between Anais and Faye (Anais seemingly being vocally weaker than she was as a teen) and Faye also seeming to be untamed vocally. Her voice was higher than it was a teen.
@iKETOURAGE I think with the right opportunity, they'll do a big one-off reunion performance at least. Yeah it was said on Made in Sweden while they were recording they were recording the album Anaïs hadn't sung at all since Play had first broke up so she was out of practice vocally
In a way, highs n lows; PLAY was indie n zero effs in spirit. Sure the reality was splitting n such. Yet those songs are timeless. Plus Age ism n validity into charting on music charts; are a speck of zero effs to the public domain. For while PLAY may not be PLAYING around anymore; their songs live on. For music is another life from the person that recorded it. Facts on Facts.
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I admit the Christmas album was not a bop