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‘Girls5eva’: Fictional 1990s girls’ music group gets another shot at fame two decades later
NBC’s Peacock recently launched the musical comedy “ Girls5eva .” It follows a fictional girl group that had one hit in the 1990s, then disappeared into obscurity.
By Madeleine Brand • • 15m ListenNBC’s Peacock recently launched the musical comedy “Girls5eva.” It follows a fictional girl group that had one hit in the 1990s, then disappeared into obscurity. Then 20 years later, a rapper samples their hit record for a new song and then asks them to sing background on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.” Thrust back into the spotlight, the now middle-aged women take one more shot at fame.
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