 A world without Steps would be a tragedy but Claire Richards isn't sure the pop icons would thrive in today's industry as they're just not 'cool' enough. While they may be taking a break to pursue solo projects, such as Claire's new album Euphoria, fans are still obsessed with Steps 26 years after their first hit. The Brit-pop group helped shape the charts in the late 90s and early 00s, dishing out hit after hit with their upbeat melodies and catchy lyrics. Made up of Claire, Lee Latchford-Evans, Lisa Scott-Lee, Faye Tozer, and Ian 'H' Watkins, Steps quickly won the hearts of fans across the UK. However, Claire, who earlier this year stunned us all as Knitting on The Masked Singer, isn't convinced their dizzying success could be replicated now and even confessed the group used to wish they could change their image. 'When we were younger, we wished we were a bit cooler or a bit more like All Saints or something,' she exclusively told Metro.co.uk. Steps split in 2001, reforming 10 years later (Picture: Lorne Thomson/Redferns) Claire is releasing her second solo album, Euphoria (Picture: Joseph Sinclair) Steps will always have a hold on our hearts (Picture: Joseph Sinclair) The 46-year-old is releasing her second solo album, Euphoria, and has been faced with a new landscape for music promotion that early Steps never had to tackle. 'When we started there were so many TV shows that you go on and perform your music and that they just don't exist anymore,' she explained. The 5,6,7,8 hitmaker continued: 'There's nothing, there's no Top of Pops, there's no SMTV, there's no Saturday morning Kids TV shows or even Blue Peter. Every [new] single we would go and perform on that show. 'It's very much about talking now and unless you're part of the cool gang, some of those TV shows won't have you on to do a performance.' Cool or not, Steps landed 14 consecutive top-five cha){kind=link}
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A world without Steps would be a tragedy but Claire Richards isn’t sure the pop icons would thrive in today’s industry as they’re just not ‘cool’ enough.
While they may be taking a break to pursue solo projects, such as Claire’s new album Euphoria, fans are still obsessed with Steps 26 years after their first hit.
The Brit-pop group helped shape the charts in the late 90s and early 00s, dishing out hit after hit with their upbeat melodies and catchy lyrics.
Made up of Claire, Lee Latchford-Evans, Lisa Scott-Lee, Faye Tozer, and Ian ‘H’ Watkins, Steps quickly won the hearts of fans across the UK.