Geri Halliwell

Halliwell left the Spice Girls in 1998 and released Look at Me the following year. Its theatrical presentation made an assertive introduction to Schizophonic, the debut album that also included Mi Chico Latino, Lift Me Up and Bag It Up. The sequence moved rapidly between different musical scenes, with Halliwell's personality supplying the principal continuity.

Mi Chico Latino used a more languid rhythm and a clearly signalled Latin flavour, while Lift Me Up favoured the direct emotional appeal of a pop ballad. Bag It Up pushed toward a brassy, rhythmic strut. These were records made for a visual pop culture, but their musical differences also gave the solo project more range than a single successful template would have allowed.

Scream If You Wanna Go Faster followed in 2001. The title track leaned into guitar-driven energy, while a version of the Weather Girls' It's Raining Men became the album's most prominent single and appeared in Bridget Jones's Diary. The cover suited Halliwell's appetite for a performance that could be knowingly extravagant without becoming emotionally distant.

Passion arrived in 2005, including Ride It and Desire, with a more pronounced interest in club-oriented production alongside other pop settings. Across the three albums, the singing is rarely presented as a technical contest. The records are about timing, attitude and the construction of a recognisable pop scene, using a changing cast of arrangements to keep the central character in motion.