; we've practised that today. We sing a bit of Whitney Houston, things like that, sing-songs. My playlist and that would blow you away. [We sing] 'Unwritten' (Natasha Bedingfield), we're pretty good at that and 'Torn,' (Natalie Imbruglia).' Chelsea centre-back Bright added: 'We've opened the auditions up to the bus but we're yet to receive any more … It's me, Zel, Keira, Rach and we're trying to get Georgia [Stanway] in there. We can't really sing, but we have a laugh. Every day, on the way to training, we always put a sing-song on. We like to think that we hit a few good decent notes. You might see us on 'Britain's Got Talent' one day, you might not!' Zelem is stepping up as team's DJ in the absence of injured long-term skipper Leah Williamson, who supplied the matchday tunes during last summer's Euros triumph. And as England prepare for Monday's last-16 meeting with Nigeria , Zelem says there are a lot of different musical tastes to satisfy on the team coach. 'There are a lot of people to keep happy and the honest answer is that I probably don't,' she said. 'Everyone is chirping in with 'I don't like this one - play this instead.' 'I try to cater for all the girls.'){kind=link}
Katie Zelem says England are singing from the same hymn sheet as they prepare for their World Cup last-16 clash against Nigeria
After all the talk of England’s new-look back three last Tuesday, this weekend the focus is on a new quartet: ‘The Meringue-tangs’, a girl band featuring team-mates Rachel Daly, Keira Walsh, captain Millie Bright and Katie Zelem.
The England players have been amusing the rest of the squad with their singing group on the bus to training sessions and matches. While they aren’t expecting to be troubling the charts any time soon, midfielder Zelem says The Meringue-tangs – inspired by a dessert eaten at the team hotel – are part of the Lionesses’ pre-match entertainment.
“You don’t want to hear us because we are a little tone deaf,” said Manchester United captain Zelem.
“We’re really good at ‘We are family’ (Sister Sledge); we’ve practised that today. We sing a bit of Whitney Houston, things like that, sing-songs. My playlist and that would blow you away. [We sing] ‘Unwritten’ (Natasha Bedingfield), we’re pretty good at that and ‘Torn,’ (Natalie Imbruglia).”