Steps have released a new video for their song “Hard 2 Forget” to celebrate their 25th anniversary as a band.
The group – Lee Latchford-Evans, 47, Claire Richards, 44, Lisa Scott-Lee, 46, Faye Tozer, 46, and Ian ‘H’ Watkins, 46 – formed in 1997 and their latest song comes from their up-and-coming greatest hits, offering the Platinum Collection was released Thursday morning.
With lyrics like “I gave you everything, glorified you, I fought most for you, I gave you everything,” the fivesome sits in a sleazy spoon cafe and reminisces about a past love.
Making Music: To celebrate their 25th anniversary as a band, Steps have released a new video for their song Hard 2 Forget
Strategically placed dancers make some moves in the café, e.g. B. behind the counter at the checkout or while sitting on a table next to one of the pop stars.
Each member of the vocal harmony group sings their own line before finally getting together to dance while disco lights illuminate throughout the restaurant.
The group announced the song’s release on their Instagram page, writing, “We had so much fun filming this video. We hope you enjoy dancing to it as much as we do.”
All Stars: The group — Lee Latchford-Evans, 47 (left), Claire Richards, 44, Lisa Scott-Lee, 46, Faye Tozer, 46 (right) and Ian “H” Watkins, 46 — formed in 1997
Brand new: Her latest song from her upcoming greatest hits series, Platinum Collection, was released Thursday morning
Lisa, who lives in Dubai with her family but is returning to the UK to work with Steps, wrote: “I am literally so excited for this release. One of my favorite songs of ours.’
It comes after Steps said they were at odds over the idea of entering the Eurovision Song Contest.
While H, Lisa and Claire would love to represent Britain at the annual music extravaganza, their bandmates Faye and Lee are much more reluctant, believing it could damage their “amazing legacy”.
The message: With lyrics like “I gave you everything, glorified you, I fought the most for you, I gave you everything”, the five sits in a greasy spoon cafe and remembers a past love
Pure pop: each member of the vocal harmony group sings their own line before finally getting together to dance as disco lights flash through the venue
Faye told the Daily Star Sunday: “We’re a divided camp within the band.
‘H would do it tomorrow. Lisa and Claire would probably want to do it too. But I’m not all for it.’
Lee added: “It’s a very mixed camp and I agree with Faye.
Born to Perform: Strategically placed dancers make some moves in the café, e.g. B. behind the counter at the checkout or while sitting on a table next to one of the pop stars
“We’d like to do it for the experience, if all the other parts weren’t there — the zero points, the politics.”
Faye continued: “We have such an amazing legacy behind us, I don’t think it would do us any favours. It’s the whole “zero points” thing.’
The One For Sorrow hitmakers were approached about the possibility earlier in their careers, but the “specific rules” for entering ruled them out.
Faye said the guidelines said competing acts couldn’t release music for a certain amount of time, meaning they never fit the ability to perform category.
Claire previously admitted the group “could” do Eurovision and it would be an “amazing” experience, but she would also worry about finishing last.
She told BANG Showbiz, “I’m always the one who goes, ‘No, absolutely not!’ but then I look at it and I think, well, we could do it.
“There’s always some lyrics going back and forth.
“I honestly think when you do this show you can never go in expecting to win and we would have to have that attitude.
“We’ve always been so lucky in everything we’ve ever done and I think the experience would be amazing.
“It’s just this feeling that we don’t want to finish last because that would be really bad.
“No one wants to be last, do they?”
Decisions: It comes after Steps said they were at odds over the idea of entering the Eurovision Song Contest (pictured in 2019)