Girls5Eva (Band)

Girls5Eva is a girl band consisting of five members: Ashley Gold, Dawn Solano, Gloria McManus, Summer Dutkowsky and Wickie Roy.

## Girls5Eva

### Members

Dawn Solano
Wickie Roy
Gloria McManus
Summer Dutkowsky
Ashley Gold (until 2001)

### Active

1999-2001
2021-present

## History

Girls5Eva was founded when Ashley, Dawn, Gloria, Summer and Wickie replied to an ad written onto a newspaper, offering to make them the next Spice Girls. They were managed by Larry Plumb. Their very first performance took place at the Queen of Plaza Mall, where they also did their comeback performance in 2021. How they became famous is unclear, but with *Famous 5Eva* they certainly had a hit. They were big around 1999-2000, but the band broke up in either late 2001 or early 2002 after their second album tanked and they got bumped from Jingle Ball. It's likely Girls5Eva lost popularity when they released their second album with the lead single *Quit Flying Planes At My Heart* on September 10th 2001, the day before 9/11. Wickie left the group to go solo, because in her words, "I've taken Girls5Eva as far as it can go. They drag me down. You see, there comes a time when you're trying to save a drowning person where you just have to let go, otherwise they hit you with their panic arms and drwon you too." This was most likely the reason the group ceased to exist altogether.

In 2021, Lil' Stinker samples Famous 5Eva for his song Line Up, prompting a reunion at The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. Ashley died in 2004, so she is not included in the reunion. After their performance on The Tonight Show, Dawn and Wickie talk to Larry and Lil' Stinker about the possibility of touring together, but they're turned down. They decide to try and make a comeback on their own, but it's not easy. Wickie manages to set up a meeting with Alf Musik, but when his song doesn't go over well, Dawn decides to write songs for Girls5Eva herself. The girls retreat to a cabin in the Catskills to write their next hit, hoping it will get them to Jingle Ball. Dawn and Wickie write *Stronger Than The Best* together, a song Dawn ultimately sells the rights to in order to get money to invest in the group. After a fight, all the girls decide to do something to better themselves. Dawn tells Daphne, the Airbnb host, they "had a good but not perfect stay" and she gives her four stars. Summer laughs and says it's like them, four stars, which then results in a song called *4 Stars* about being perfectly imperfect.

Later, the girls are invited to perform at Y2Gay, a pride party. When they arrive, excited to play their new song, the organisers tell them they should play their old songs, because that's what the guests expect. They find out they were only asked to play because Wickie has become an icon in the gay community thanks to Zander's lipsynch of her diva rant. Gloria and Wickie strike a deal with him: Girls5Eva will sing 4 Stars, after 30 seconds Zander will start to complain and ask them to play their old stuff, trying to provoke Wickie into going on another rant. Instead of her, Gloria rants and Zander lipsynchs to it. That way, viewers hear 30 seconds of 4 Stars before the rant starts. The song gets promoted like that and they keep part of the profit from the merch Zander makes and sells.

After this, Wickie says the next step to getting to Jingle Ball is getting on the radio. The group goes to Tampa for A.I.R.P.I.G., a radio programmers conference. They meet Nance Trace, a high-level manager, and try to convince her to represent Girls5Eva. Nance says she has great opportunities for the individual girls, but Girls5Eva staying together isn't an option. The girls think about it and decide it's not about the money for them, it's about being part of something. Wickie hesitates though, and she considers taking Nance's offer to be a reality show judge. She almost decides against it, but when she sees Dawn leaving Nance's room she thinks Dawn sold out and accepts Nance's offer. When Dawn comes back to their room, she sees Wickie packing and asks her what's going on. Wickie says she saw Dawn take the deal, so she took the deal too. Dawn explains she didn't take the deal but sold some of their scraps to get money to put back into the group. Wickie leaves anyway, putting herself before the group once again. When she's in the taxi on her way to the airport, she hears *4 Stars* on the radio, thanks to Dawn.

Dawn, Gloria and Summer try to keep going at first, using an Ashley hologram, but it doesn't work. All the girls eventually take Nance's offer, because without Wickie there's no Girls5Eva. When they all miraculously end up at Jingle Ball together, they take the stage and sing *4 Stars*. The security guards tell Lil' Stinker, who is actually supposed to be on stage, they'll remove the women and he can start his show, but he tells them to hold off because he remembers them from The Tonight Show. After their song ends, the girls are kicked out and season one ends.

## Song list

### 1999-2001

#### Songs

* Famous 5Eva
* Dream Girlfriends
* Space Boys
* Zoom Zoom Boom Boom (Carma)
* Quit Flying Planes At My Heart
* T.B.F.

#### Lyric parts

* "But that's just Paris, baby"
* "See you never, boy"
* "What are we gonna do about Kosovo, y'all?"
* "He's an incredi-boy"
* "You don't need a hat-hat-hat"
* "'Cause our eyes are so much bluer when we cry"
* "If my man does cheat / We'll only get real mad at the other girl / it was her fault only"
* "Jailbait / great at sex / But it's our first time"
* "We may be incredible (we may be incredible) / But that don't mean we're credible (but that don't mean we're credible) / Sometimes girls lie, shh"
* “Quit flying planes at my heart" (From *Quit Flying Planes At My Heart*)
* "Uh oh boy, you've gone and made a big mistake / So now your zoom zoom / Is gonna go boom boom / Zoom zoom boom boom / Should've thought twice / Zoom zoom boom boom / You're gonna pay the price / Sorry Mr. Buddha but there's some kinda spell with a C-A-R / I need to ruin zooms / Every cheated girl hasn't used / And golf clubs are fire like Angela Bassett / It's either this or throwing suits out of an upstairs window" (from *Zoom Zoom Boom Boom (Carma)*)
* "T.B.F. / Tiny butts forever / Two silver dollar pancakes in jeans / This will be what people like forever / T.B.F. / Tiny butts in jeans" (From *T.B.F.*)

### 2021

#### Girls5Eva songs

* 4 Stars
* The Splingee (sold to Cray)
* Sidepieces For Life (written by Alf Musik, rejected by Girls5Eva)
* Invisible Woman (written by Alf Musik, rejected by Girls5Eva)

#### Written by Dawn but not used for Girls5Eva

* I'm Afraid (Dawn's Song Of Fears)
* Lego Man
* Stronger Than the Best
* Monster Mash 2

## Trivia

* Dawn and at least one other girl had sex with Derek Jeter after Girls5Eva sang the national anthem at the Yankees Stadium. They didn't finish because Jordana Brewster called in the middle.

## Gallery

Behind the Music - Girls5eva - A Peacock Original