Twenty years after the Spice Girls’ “Wannabe” music video was released, the clip has been remade by the charity Project Everyone for their #WhatIReallyReallyWant campaign.
The organization revealed their updated version of the video, produced by MJ Delaney, which features young women from India, Nigeria and the UK lip-syncing and dancing to raise awareness about issues affecting women everywhere. The issues pointed out in the video include: equal access to quality education, equal pay, and ending child marriages and violence against women.
“This is about modern-day girl power,” video director MJ Delaney told The Guardian. “The Spice Girls were about a group of different women joining together and being stronger through that bond. These differences are what we want to celebrate in this film, while showing there are some universal things that all girls, everywhere, really, really want.”
Former Spice Girls’ members stated their approval of the remake “I think this film is a wonderful idea,” Beckham said in a statement to Time. “How fabulous is it that after 20 years, the legacy of the Spice Girls’ — ‘Girl Power’ — is being used to encourage and empower a whole new generation.”
Melanie C also shared on Twitter that she was “Flattered and honoured that our crazy song is being used so beautifully.”
Women worldwide can join the movement by visiting Project Everyone or by posting an image with the hashtag #WhatIReallyReallyWant and a sign listing what issues they care about most.
