Lyrics such as “I want a Kanye, not a Ray J” were hilarious and sassy, and a shoutout to Michelle Obama flavored the track with the pleasant spice of controversy. “Bo$$,” the lead single from the album, reached highs of songwriting never again seen by the group. The album played like ‘90s girl-power rhetoric given a fresh coat of synthpop paint, a mix of “The Sisterhood of Traveling Pants” with the trendiest production Simon Cowell could buy. It worked in the tradition of the Spice Girls and against the sexy Pussycat Dolls, the previous title-holders of America’s last successful girl group.
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Fifth Harmony’s debut album, Reflection, was full of pop potential from the fresh-off-the-“X-Factor” quintet. This blandness is apparent especially in the band’s last two albums - 7/27 and its final, self-titled release. The too-cute, sugary synths are suddenly devoid of sex appeal, and what’s left is the boring, heavy-handed repetitiveness. The video is a comic masterpiece, a modern-day “ 4’33” ” that subtracts the vocals and lyrics to focus on the strange emptiness of the production. The edited track therein features Fifth Harmony’s most successful single, “Work From Home,” but repeats the song’s central phrase for its entirety.
In the pop music mythos, a girl group or boy band never experiences success again after losing its most prominent member - as the career trajectory of One Direction, the Supremes and NSYNC demonstrates.įifth Harmony’s last few years can be best summed up in one video. Ever since Camila Cabello pulled a Beyoncé and struck out to make it on her own, it seemed like the days were numbered until Fifth Harmony’s eventual breakup. Of course, savvy pop music fans knew this was coming.
Well, technically, the group went on “hiatus.” But considering the performance of its last album, which failed to produce a single Top 40 hit, it’s going to be a long while before the inevitable reunion tour.
Fifth Harmony, America’s last girl group, is dead.
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