While rumors were swirling last night about a possible N'SYNC reunion at the 2013 MTV VMAs, another group by the name of Danity Kane announced their official reunion.
The world saw members Aubrey O'Day, Dawn Richards, Audrea Fimbres, Shannon Bex and Wanita "D. Woods" Woodgette rise to fame on MTV's Making the Band. This past Saturday after much speculation, the girls announced that they would indeed be reuniting. Aubrey posted a promo on Instagram of the girls looking amazing.
The group walked the red carpet of Sunday night's VMAs at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., and announced, "We're baaack!" The ladies also announced the title of their forthcoming coming single "Rage."
One member who won't be joining the girls is D. Woods who released a statement to Us, ""Much love to the ladies of DK!! They have decided to reunite and I, like our amazing fans, will be cheering them on."
When asked why she wouldn't be returning it wasn't due to her harboring any ill feelings towards the other members, but more-so due to scheduling conflicts.
"For the past couple of years, myself and the other DK members have been working on other projects individually, such as music, film, television, theater and philanthropy and I have recently signed on to several projects that will have me committed for the next year. My latest single "Gold Mine" is now available everywhere!
If the opportunity presents itself, I would definitely be open to recording and/or performing with Danity Kane again," she continued. "I appreciate all the love and support of DK and myself. God bless!"This statement is vastly different than the one she originally gave to Hollyscoop. "It came to an end when it needed to. There was a lot of outstanding issues and obviously that was the only way it could be resolved. And I know that I did my very best in the situation. I added to the group in the way that I knew how to be a group member. I provided us with choreographers, with management, song writing, and everything that I could. But if your services are not being appreciated you gotta take it elsewhere."
The girl group broke up right before our eyes in early 2009, after months of turmoil beginning with Diddy kicking out D. Woods, and O'Day--also known as "Ebony and Ivory." Amidst the breakup were rumors of Richard being groomed for a solo career, for her later to be signed onto be a third of the now defunct Diddy Dirty Money, alongside Kalenna Harper.
D. Woods released two buzz singles "On My Side", "Legalize Me", and a mixtape Lady In The Streets, with none of them garnering enough attention to launch a successful solo career. Aubrey went on to pose for Playboy, became a contender on Donald Trump's NBC hit-show Celebrity Apprentice, and back in 2011 she scored her very own reality series on Oxygen, All About Aubrey. The show chronicled her life after Danity Kane, as she fought to snag her own record deal. It was rumored that she had signed with Universal records, but besides the occasional buzz-single, there was no official release.
As seen on All About Aubrey, Audrea had decided that she no longer wanted to pursue a music career, whether in a group or solo, despite her voice being the most powerful out of the original five members. And virtually nothing was heard of Shannon, as she was simply known as "the other blonde in the group".
Back in March of 2012 Aubrey went on the Big J Show, to discuss her career, and the possibility of a reunion. "I want to...I try every now and then when I have opportunities, to pass on to all of us and get everyone on board. Slowly, but surely getting better, but...it's going to take everyone wanting it, and fighting for it..."
That same month Aubrey took to Twitter to express her gratitude for having Dawn back in her life, putting an end to the feud. "Just got off phone w[ith] my DK sis @DawnRichard! [B]een since the split that we spoke & neither one of us have changed. [H]appy she's back [i]n my life!"
It will be interesting to see how this new Danity Kane project develops. With Dawn having just released two solo singles in support of her sophomore LP Blackheart, "Judith" and "Valkyrie," how will she manage both? Even more important, how will the public react to a female group when there aren't any making major moves on the Billboard Hot 100.