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Jae Stephens’ “AUDACITY” gets the full CCTV treatment in this honest, track by track album review, with exclusive clips from Jae’s press conference for the album. Chantel was in the room, and you’ll hear Jae herself break down “Attaboy!”, “Sugar Trap” and “Gymnastics” before we weigh in. AUDACITY is Jae Stephens’ debut album on Issa Rae’s RAEDIO and Def Jam, made with longtime producer Dallas Caton and her best friend and co-writer Lita, with MNEK and PinkPantheress also on board. It’s set in Auda City, her fictional nightlife world, and everyone who worked on it had to watch Coyote Ugly as homework. We go through every song: “Crush,” “No One Knows My Name,” “Attaboy!,” “Sugar Trap,” “I Miss The City,” “The Distance,” “Soft Side,” “Downhill,” “B4U,” “Expensive & Difficult” and “Gymnastics.” JaeBaes, did we get it right? Tell us your favorite track and all your thoughts in the comments. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 0:36 - “AUDACITY” Album Info 1:23 - Jae Stephens on “AUDACITY” (Press Conference) 3:56 - Album Cover 5:33 - “Crush” 9:39 - “No One Knows My Name” 13:55 - “Attaboy!” 22:20 - “Sugar Trap” 28:39 - “I Miss The City” 32:58 - “The Distance” 37:04 - “Soft Side” 42:36 - “Downhill” 46:33 - “B4U” 51:45 - “Expensive & Difficult” 56:53 - “Gymnastics” 1:01:44 - Cut or Keep 1:05:00 - Overall Thoughts & Final Rating References:

Join us on Patreon!: https://www.patreon.com/CCTVPOPS Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/cctvpops Michelle Branch's “The Spirit Room” turns 25, and we're going track by track through the album that gave us "Everywhere," "All You Wanted" and "Goodbye to You." This is our honest review of her 2001 major-label debut, made at 17 with producer John Shanks, from the hits to the deep cuts nobody talks about enough. Chris has loved this album since he was a kid and has seen Michelle live on almost every tour. Chantel is coming in fresh and wondering if she likes these songs because they're good or because they were on every WB show she grew up with. We get into the Christian TV channel that wanted "Everywhere" to be about Jesus, the most mildly creepy music videos of 2001, the Buffy and Laguna Beach moments, the 2021 re-recordings, and the brand new "Goodbye to You" with Maren Morris from her “Everywhere and Back Again” EP. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:32 “The Spirit Room” Album Info 1:45 Album Covers 3:45 "Everywhere" 13:28 "You Get Me" 18:29 "All You Wanted" 25:53 "You Set Me Free" 30:28 "Something to Sleep To" 35:25 "Here With Me" 40:01 "Sweet Misery" 45:45 "If Only She Knew" 50:05 "I'd Rather Be in Love" 53:38 "Goodbye to You" 1:05:17 "Drop in the Ocean" 1:09:49 Cut or Keep 1:11:04 Overall Thoughts & Final Rating References: “Everywhere” MV https://youtu.be/HLCasyAh7ic?si=9pkIsg_dujWuaoed “All You Wanted” MV https://youtu.be/Cbo2n2MzxxE?si=Mjb_-DC0j9AkPIAb “If Only She Knew” Live https://youtu.be/3uYkl8PLFRs?si=u-iYWsk-YYqy5SSm “Goodbye To You” MV https://youtu.be/crkEBHrQSdc?si=F76iQFrsUnke0ikc “Goodbye To You” Live on Buffy: The Vampire Slayer https://youtu.be/fhxHDcAHYuo?si=YB-SNgjpO6ITviio “Goodbye To You” with Maren Morris MV https://youtu.be/fUyj-8D9C7o?si=XRQmL5ftSWqhUG3b “The Spirit Room” 20th Anniversary Acoustic Concert https://youtu.be/OysYG-TG9Hs?si=62O7ZHca0dUpl_qI

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Mis-Teeq "Lickin' on Both Sides" turns 25, and Chris and Chantel give the debut a full track-by-track honest review, from the singles you know by heart to the deep cuts. This is the album that fused R&B and UK garage into pop and proved a British girl group could sound like no one else. We go song by song through the standard album, rating production, vocals, visuals, and performances, and finishing with a Cut or Keep. Along the way we untangle why nearly every single exists in three different versions, and dig into the stories behind them: "One Night Stand" as Stargate's first big break years before Rihanna and Beyoncé, the Sunship garage smash "All I Want," the So Solid Crew link on "They'll Never Know," and "Why?", the only Mis-Teeq song featuring original fourth member Zena McNally, who returned to the stage for the group's reunion. Speaking of which, we get into the 25th anniversary Wembley show and the drama that followed once the reunion fell apart. Alesha Dixon, Sabrina Washington, and Su-Elise Nash made a real UK garage classic. Does it still hold up 25 years on? Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 0:42 - “Lickin’ On Both Sides” Album Info 2:33 - Album Cover 5:12 - “One Night Stand” 18:12 - “That Type of Girl” 21:30 - “Roll On” 29:29 - “B With Me” 38:05 - “Why?” 47:12 - “They’ll Never Know” feat. Asher D and Harvey 51:17 - “Stamp Reject” 55:04 - “All I Want” 1:00:57 - “Nasty” 1:04:51 - “These Days” 1:09:34 - “Better Better” 1:11:47 - “Secrets of the Night” 1:16:56 - “You’re Gonna Stay” 1:21:30 - Cut or Keep 1:23:50 - Overall Thoughts & Final Rating References: “One Night Stand” UK MV: https://youtu.be/6CZS-D0se00?si=O7t4HCAHmv10DGOL “One Night Stand” US MV: https://youtu.be/V_UP1IOgx24?si=sTCdXfRb7Bpxflur “One Night Stand” Live at Later…with Jools Holland https://youtu.be/7X5uQ225cT0?si=MQXTlS_XQnnHAeyj “Roll On” / “This Is How We Do It” MV https://youtu.be/WCD_c6S2NNA?si=y-kZBh6itqYLXIL_ “Roll On” / “This Is How We Do It” Live on TOTP https://youtu.be/8JB6T_r7d8Y?si=lhYRmntoMLbrgG3O “B With Me” MV https://youtu.be/lwMFIo-zUNo?si=Qlp-OUdTrMlBFumu “B With Me” Live on TOTP https://youtu.be/AWycCHzUkY4?si=FITgqf9vXS4a0KSW “Why” RnB Mix MV https://youtu.be/G2ayaDHYtp0?si=w2qR613RDBKxtbmv “Why” Garage MV https://youtu.be/eeIxA1w0Ytg?si=xxmSJEhjxPCItuM- “Why” feat. Zena Live in 2026 https://youtu.be/QsQ_Oms_qTk?si=efm8-AG2G31ZEYMh “All I Want” MV https://youtu.be/sEecGdMpcoU?si=p7eudgrtJEF3u5O3 “All I Want” Live on TOTP https://youtu.be/iGVtmw9cna0?si=yTOr8_2glNcQRWnM

Watch Chris perform "Never Be The Same Again" with Melanie C in Boston: https://www.instagram.com/p/DdUkSu8xnEv/ All of our Spice Girls episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd_MfDbJG3bYcnQoHdo4rKHshC0Ewav6G Join us on Patreon!: https://www.patreon.com/CCTVPOPS Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/cctvpops Melanie C (aka Sporty Spice) sits down with CCTV: The Nonstop Pop Show backstage at Webster Hall in New York City, a few shows into her Sweat tour, for an honest, music-first interview about her journey from the Spice Girls to her ninth solo album, “Sweat”. Two lifelong superfans take her from co-writing the Spice Girls catalogue, through the highs and hard times of going solo, to the joy and reinvention of the “Sweat” era. Melanie C opens up about learning to write songs inside the Spice Girls, finding her identity outside Sporty Spice on “Northern Star”, revisiting “Forever”, going fully independent after leaving Virgin for “Beautiful Intentions”, falling in love with dance music and DJing, and why “Sweat” feels like the sweet spot of her whole career. Plus, we hand her our cheeky business-card question (is "Wannabe" one of the Spice Girls' worst songs?) and she defends it herself before naming the Spice and solo deep cuts fans have slept on. And of course, we ask the big one: what will it take to finally get the unreleased track “W.O.M.A.N” released? Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 0:31 - The Sweat Tour So Far 1:42 - Learning to Write in the Spice Girls 4:36 - Going Solo: "Who Am I Without the Spice Girls?" 6:12 Revisiting "Forever" 8:32 - “Beautiful Intentions” & Going Independent 11:42 - The Dance Turn: DJing and the Self-Titled Album 13:21 - The "Sweat" Era & Hitting Her Sweet Spot 14:45 - Is "Wannabe" Overrated? The Songs Fans Slept On 18:03 - “W.O.M.A.N” #JusticeforWOMAN A/V recorded by Stephen Greaves (Mixel Media) ‪@mixel_media‬