Throughout her career, Melanie Chisholm (aka Mel C and Sporty Spice) has been very open about discussing her Spice Girl heyday. Now, the "Who Do You Think You Are" hitmaker shares the advice she would give her younger self and her experience dealing with the negative effects of fame in a touching letter.
According to The Independent , Mel C wrote the letter to mark the release of Reverend and the Makers' new single "A Letter to My 21-Year-Old Self," after the band's frontman asked his friends and fans to send a message to their younger self. Write your own letter. The photos go on display at an exhibition in Sheffield on March 23. In the letter, Mel C shared sage advice with the "little jock" and warned her to beware of the "beast" that is fame.
"I want to tell you this is going to be fun and trust me it's going to be a wild ride but fame is a beast," she wrote. "You and the girls will be adored, but that's not the whole story. You won't be everyone's cup of tea. There will be some jealousy, ridicule and criticism, and that's okay, try not to take it to heart."
Spice Girl continued: "You're going to question who you are, who you're supposed to be, who people want you to be, but who you are is a fact and don't lose sight of that. You are enough, always have been and always will be."
Meanwhile, the BRIT Award winner also told his younger self to "eat well", take care of his "mind and body", to "trust" his instincts, not to be afraid of taking risks and to "stick to yourself" idea". Gun” about the release of the band’s first single “Wannabe” – a song that would go on to top charts around the world and launch their career.
“You will ignite a passion for a generation of young people, I don’t want to say too much (no pun intended), but the incredible legacy you create will outlive us,” Mel C concluded. In addition to celebrating a series of career milestones over the past year, Mel C recently released her memoir , The Sporty One: My Life As A Spice Girl , 26 years after the girl band burst onto the music scene.
