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Divine!
Divine deserves the title of HSOTD for the simple fact that the cover for their first, and only, album “Fairy Tales” looks like it was shot in a knock-off Glamour Shots in a strip mall somewhere. (And that is one of the definitions of late-90s glamour.) But Divine was much more than their gorgeous $4 album cover (which still looks like it had a higher budget than Caitlyn Jenner’s Sports Illustrated cover).
Divine was a girl group from the 90s that was made up of Kia Thornton, Nikki Bratcher and Tonia Tash, and sadly, they weren’t named after the legendary Divine and they didn’t make any songs about her. The world does need a Divine tribute band, though. Divine got together in 1996 and just two years later they had a huge #1 hit with “Lately.” I bet at least one junior high school talent show featured a group of girls who butchered the shit out of that song.
The video for “Lately” also holds a special place in the 1998 time capsule thanks to their exquisite butterfly clips, those slip dresses, that Mad Hatter meets Blossom hat and their newsboy ensembles bought directly from Charlotte Russe.
Divine released a cover of George Michael’s “One More Try” in 1999 before breaking up forever. But since every young trick is trying to do 90s fashion nowadays (see: everyone wearing a damn choker), Divine needs to reunite to show those hos how it’s really, really done.