Viva Forever! (musical) and its impact on her mother and the friends she thought she’d have forever. In 2010, Judy Craymer teamed up with Geri Halliwell, Simon Fuller (the one-time manager of the Spice Girls) and Universal Music to start developing a musical entitled "Viva Forever!", based on the songs of the Spice Girls. Although the Spice Girls themselves were not to be in the show, they were to influence the show's cast and production choices in a story which uses their music but bears no relation to their personal story. This approach is similar to that of ABBA's music in "Mamma Mia!",
2 Become 1 the song a "perfect adult contemporary confection". Greg Kot of the "Chicago Tribune" said that their first album "is a compendium of slick secondhand urban pop encompassing [...] G-funk synths on 'Say You'll Be There' [...] and Babyface's guitar and strings balladry on '2 Become 1'". In a review of the group's 2007 compilation album "Greatest Hits", Talia Kraines of BBC Music called it "shimmering" adding that "only a cold heart could fail to love their first festive #1". Digital Spy's Nick Levine said that the group's slower songs were "probably their strongest suit", and thought that "'2 Become 1'