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Nineties girlband legend reveals new album 23 years after group’s bitter split
It came after in-fighting tore the girl group apart
A NINETIES popstar has revealed her brand new album 23 years after her band's sensational split.
The musical break-up, back in 2001, was said to centre on who would wear a particular jacket in a photoshoot - with their overall fighting then tearing the group apart.
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Now Shaznay Lewis - who first found chart fame in girl group All Saints - has spoken out about her new music.
The 49-year-old singer-songwriter from London spoke about her new single Peaches on her Instagram page, in a new black and white video.
She told how the track is about the growth of peach trees on the site of the "lost souls" of slaves, who were not integrated into society after the American Civil War.
Shaznay donned a black vest and white shirt for her video, paired with dark trousers.
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In her caption she wrote: "The story behind Peaches."
She then revealed her new album, Pages, and added: "You can listen to this track and more on my album ‘Pages’ which is out now, link in bio x"
In January, she revealed her first solo single in 20 years.
After the Never Ever hitmakers split in 2001, the Londoner released her debut album Open three years later in 2004, which eventually charted at 22 in the UK.
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Her first solo song Never Felt Like This Before, reached number 8.
Earlier this year, she revealed new pop and RnB themed tune Miracle before the arrival of her album months later.
OPENING UP
Shaznay previously exclusively told The Sun how All Saints didn't "define" her - and how important it was for her to "step away."
In All Saints, she was the least showbiz of the band — alongside Melanie Blatt and sisters Nicole and Natalie Appleton — often missing out on partying to concentrate on writing songs.
The group were known for tracks including Never Ever and Pure Shores.
Yet a bitter feud divided the foursome into two warring factions after the release of their second album.
Sisters Nicole and Natalie Appleton then released a tell-all book, Together, in 2002, where they revealed the backstage rivalry that split the band.
"We just weren't getting on any more and we kind of hated each other, so we just thought… let's stop," Nicole told Alan Carr.
"Which was the right thing to do, I think. We fell out because of a lot of things that were going on around us."
SETTLED SOLO
Mum-of-two Shaznay - who performed at The Mighty Hoopla festival this year - recently spoke out about forging her solo career.
She told The Sun: “I feel really settled. I’m comfortable now with the person that I am, more so than I was 20 years ago.
“I’d come out of a situation working with lots of people and having a huge entourage, to being on my own. So I felt vulnerable and lonely. But now I go home to a family. That’s my gang.”
Shaznay has been married to her husband, dancer Christian, since 2004 and they have a son Tyler-Xaine, 18, and a daughter Tigerlily, 14.
She added to us: "It’s not any disrespect to All Saints. Melanie will always be like a sister. When I was starting this project, I said, ‘I don’t think I can do this without you’.
"And she said, ‘You f***ing better!’. Then she came to watch me on Radio 2’s Piano Room and gave me a pouch of crystals to look after me wherever I go. That’s the kind of relationship I have with Melanie.
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“But we are all cool. I love All Saints and I’m proud of what I achieved with them.
"But that’s not what defines me. Then, I was just one of four voices."
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