Melanie C is popping up the warmth as soon as once more! The Spice Ladies star has dropped her brand-new single ‘Sweat’ — a pulsing, sweat-inducing dance-pop anthem that marks the start of a daring new period for the British icon. Launched October seventeenth, the monitor serves because the lead single and title monitor from her forthcoming ninth studio album, ‘Sweat’, due Could 1st, 2026.
Constructed round a throbbing bass-line and a propulsive synth groove, ‘Sweat’ cleverly samples Diana Ross’s 1982 single ‘Work That Physique’ and finds Sporty Spice channeling the power of the Eighties health craze with a contemporary membership twist. “Sports activities, raving, discovering pleasure — these components are such an enormous a part of my persona,” the singer stated of the monitor by way of NME. “What works within the membership works within the health club — there’s an actual crossover.”
The monitor — recorded between Stockholm and Los Angeles —alerts a decisive return to dance-pop for the singer, whose earlier self-titled 2020 album leaned extra introspective and digital. ‘Sweat’ as a substitute goals straight for the dance-floor, mixing throwback nostalgia with smooth, trendy manufacturing that feels each timeless and refreshingly present.
The music video, which dropped alongside the one, doubles down on that message. Directed with high-gloss aptitude by Graham Cruz, it nods to the period of Flashdance and Jane Fonda exercises — all neon lights, leotards, and sweatbands — whereas reintroducing Melanie in full type: assured, radiant, and unapologetically bodily.
Melanie C — Sweat (Official Music Video)
Out there to pre-order now, the album ‘Sweat’ can be launched in partnership with Melanie’s personal impartial label File Lady Data, and Virgin Music Group, marking the beginning of a brand new chapter within the Spice Lady’s solo profession.
Melanie C stated: “I’m thrilled to be releasing my new music with Virgin Music Group. It appears like a homecoming after the successes we shared working along with Spice Ladies and my first two solo albums. They’re paving the best way for extra artist-led offers and have an extremely sturdy worldwide group. I’m actually excited to see what we will obtain collectively.”
The ‘I Flip To You’ singer will assist the discharge of the LP with a string of dwell performances all through 2026, together with a headlining present at London’s O2 Academy Brixton on October twenty third, 2026. You should purchase tickets from 10am subsequent Friday (October twenty fourth) right here. Followers who additionally pre-order the album earlier than the final sale can entry a pre-sale right here.
SWEAT TRACKLIST:
1. Sweat
2. Drum Machine
3. WCPGW
4. Til’ It Breaks
5. Stress
6. Emotional Reminiscence
7. Perspective
8. Good For Nothing
9. Undefeated Champion
10. Cashmere
11. Free To Love
12. One Monitor Thoughts
13. Flick Of The Wrist
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