Year 8, Day 61

Hey guys. Today's song is Parachute by Cheryl Cole.

Cheryl Cole is Cheryl Tweedy, an English singer active since 2002. She started off on a reality show called Popstars: The Rivals that formed a boy and girl band, and was the first contestant that qualified as part of the girl group, forming Girls Aloud. The group released five albums together before taking a hiatus in 2009 to work on their solo careers. She then spent a couple years as a judge and mentor on the X Factor while working on her solo stuff. She released an album in 2009, then another in 2010, and another in 2012. After that, Girls Aloud reunited for a tenth anniversary celebration, releasing some singles, a greatest hits album, and a documentary before going on tour in 2013. After this they announced that the group would disband permanently, which isn't surprisingly since more than one member had a well established solo career by this point. Cheryl's fourth album came out in 2014 followed by a return to X Factor where she stayed for a few years until in 2016 she decided to focus on her music career again. She released another album in 2018 before signing with a new record label and starting to release singles instead. This wasn't met with the best reception, and there started to be a lot of scrutiny about her genuineness while performing. She was silent after the release of her last single in 2019, but it was teased that she had rejoined forces with Naughty Boy and former bandmate Nicola Roberts in writing music as of 2021. This video made me question if she ever had a stint on Dancing With The Stars, but it doesn't seem like she does although they had pegged her as a potential candidate in 2010. She did however date Derek Hough at one point and are apparently still good friends which explains his presence in the video. Basically if I see him my brain goes "ah another artist showing off that they can now dance after the show" but today she proved that that logic is incorrect. So I guess she wins today for confusing me.

Peace.