{"id":2097523,"date":"2025-10-17T12:04:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T12:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2097523"},"modified":"2025-10-17T12:04:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T12:04:10","slug":"first-listen-melanie-cs-new-single-sweat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/first-listen-melanie-cs-new-single-sweat\/","title":{"rendered":"First Listen: Melanie C\u2019s New Single \u2018Sweat\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<h4>Before she became Mel C of the Spice Girls (Sporty Spice), Melanie Chisholm was swept up in the UK\u2019s burgeoning \u201890s rave scene \u2013 and her new single \u2018Sweat\u2019 (and album of the same name) is a love letter to those formative days.<\/h4>\n<p>&#13;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>\u2018Sweat\u2019 is an invitation to party, to find community on the dance floor, and to rediscover joy in a dark world. Decades after dancing through the Costa Brava rave scene of the early \u201890s, Melanie C channels that same raw energy. The upcoming ninth studio album is her most euphoric to date. <\/p>\n<p>Currently lighting up Australian screens as a coach on \u2018The Voice Australia\u2019, Melanie filmed the \u2018Sweat\u2019 music video, and press shots, down under. <\/p>\n<p>The album was recorded between London, Stockholm and Los Angeles. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve done a lot of soul-searching,\u201d Melanie C says. \u201cNow I just want to have some fun and get people dancing again.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sweat\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lJHOKEZCXko?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>From the outset, \u2018Sweat\u2019 captures the spirit of a generation which found itself on the dance floor. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we were young every weekend we\u2019d go out dancing all night long,\u201d she recalls. \u201cIn a room of friendly strangers we found the place where we belong.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>In 2018, a chance invitation to DJ at a queer club night, Sink The Pink, reignited Melanie\u2019s connection to dance culture. Soon enough, she was spinning at Ibiza institutions like Pacha and Cafe Mambo, and commanding festival crowds across the globe. <\/p>\n<p>The new album unites every part of Melanie C\u2019s story: the athlete, the pop icon, the underground DJ, and the teenager in love with rave culture. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are so many horrific things going on in the world, when you make pop and dance music, it can seem almost churlish. But music is what gets me through tough moments. I\u2019m really happy I am bringing out a joyful record at a very dark time.\u201d <\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Sweat\u2019 Track Listing<\/h2>\n<p><strong>1. Sweat<\/strong><br \/><strong> 2. Drum Machine<\/strong><br \/><strong> 3. WCPGW<\/strong><br \/><strong> 4. Til\u2019 It Breaks<\/strong><br \/><strong> 5. Pressure<\/strong><br \/><strong> 6. Emotional Memory<\/strong><br \/><strong> 7. Attitude<\/strong><br \/><strong> 8. Good For Nothing<\/strong><br \/><strong> 9. Undefeated Champion<\/strong><br \/><strong> 10. Cashmere<\/strong><br \/><strong> 11. Free To Love<\/strong><br \/><strong> 12. One Track Mind<\/strong><br \/><strong> 13. Flick Of The Wrist<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p><b>Melanie C\u2019s single \u2018Sweat\u2019 is out now. The album is released 1 May, 2026.<\/b> <\/p>\n<p><i>This story originally appeared on our sister site, scenestr.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source frooty.com.au \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Before she became Mel C of the Spice Girls (Sporty Spice), Melanie Chisholm was swept up in the UK\u2019s burgeoning \u201890s rave scene \u2013 and her new single \u2018Sweat\u2019 (and album of the same name) is a love letter to those formative days. &#13; \u2018Sweat\u2019 is an invitation to party, to find community on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2097524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[21823,396262,21741,384244,358745,355779,365225,396263],"class_list":["post-2097523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-australia","tag-bi-sexual","tag-entertainment","tag-gay","tag-lesbian","tag-non-binary","tag-queer","tag-transgender-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/First-Listen-Melanie-Cs-New-Single-\u2018Sweat.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2097523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2097523"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2097523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2097525,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2097523\/revisions\/2097525"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2097524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2097523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2097523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2097523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}