Steps - Here and Now

What this video is

Released in June 2001, 'Here and Now' arrived at a pivotal moment for UK manufactured pop. Steps had achieved consistent top-five success throughout the late 1990s and 2000, and this double-A side with 'You'll Be Sorry' served as the final single from their third album Buzz. The UK pop landscape was rapidly shifting as reality television formats (Pop Idol launched later that year) began displacing traditional…

Why it matters

Steps occupied a unique position in British pop as a mixed-gender five-piece with roots in line-dance pop and Europop production (recorded in Stockholm's Soundtrade Studios). Their willingness to blend camp theatricality with accessible choreography made them a defining act of the late-90s UK pop…

The director

British film and television director born 29 August 1971 in Paddington, London. Grandson of Palme d'Or-winning director Joseph Losey and son of producer Gavrik Losey, making him the third generation of filmmakers in the Losey family. Began his career as a…