The group starred in an eponymous movie that premiered on Nickelodeon on February 21, 2010. The group formed in 2008, and their self-titled studio album was released on March 23, 2010, charting at #118 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, and was preceded by the single "Something Like a Party" and "Get Like Me". On July 20, 2012 the group changed their name to FOREVER to fit their more mature appearance.
Nick Cannon was first introduced to Mandy Rain (real name Amanda Moseley, the daughter of actor-comedian Mark Moseley) on the set his reality show Star Camp, where she was the youngest member of the Star Camp group, "The Giggle Club". After Star Camp wrapped, Cannon considered a solo career for Mandy, but decided instead to use her as the nucleus of a girl group; he also formulated a movie concept about three private school girls who meet in detention, based on "Detention", a song Mandy had already recorded (the song appeared in the movie).
Cannon brought in Monica Parales, who had auditioned for "The Giggle Club", but she wound up working on the "Jam-X Kids" project instead. Jasmine Villegas was the original third member of the group, but she left early on to pursue a solo career. After Jasmine's departure, Jacque Rae was chosen and added to the group.
The School Gyrls made their television debut with Nick Cannon on the season finale of E! television series Party Monsters Cabo in January 2009. The group's first CD was released under the Island Def Jam imprint. They opened for Korean-pop acts the Wonder Girls and 2PM at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, California, on June 11, 2010.
The film, also called School Gyrls, written and directed by Cannon, premiered in February 2010. It centers around three teen girls and their lives in high school, and features cameos from Reverend Run, Vanessa Simmons, Justin Bieber, Kristinia DeBarge, Soulja Boy, Mathias Anderle, Diggy Simmons, and others.
A Very School Gyrls Holla-Day premiered on Nickelodeon on December 4, 2010. A couple of weeks ahead of filming the holiday movie, Cannon announced he was adding two new girls to the group, (then) 15-year-old Sade Austin, and 18-year-old Lauren Chavez were chosen to be in the group. They also recorded a new Christmas album, A Very School Gyrls Holla Day, released in December, and a single, "Going to the Mall".
In December 2010 shortly after the second movie release, Mandy Rain and Jacque Rae decided to leave the School Gyrls to pursue solo careers. after their departure In 2011, Natalie Aguero and Brittany Oaks were added to the group to replace them. The first appearance with the two new members was at Kids Choice Awards 2011. But shortly after starting a new song with the group, Oaks left the group to purse a career in a girl group named DollFace with her older sister Breanne Oaks.
After hearing about Rae Bello from close friends of her she was brought into the studio and she was added to the group. The world was first introduced to Rae On September 9,2011, when the Gyrls performed at Crenshaw Plaza, performing their new song, "Pump Ya Breaks", for the back-to-school bash in L.A.
In late 2011, the School Gyrls announced that they were coming out in a third movie called The Wonder Girls starring the Korean pop girl group Wonder Girls on February 2 of 2012 the movie premiered on TeenNick with their song "The DJ is Mine" featuring the School Gyrls. In late 2012 the girls were interviewed at the "Beyond the bells" event and the gyrls confirmed that a future album will be released sometime in late 2012 or 2013 the album will be with their leading single "The Power Goes Out" and "We Just Got It All" which were featured in the 2012 movie.
On July 20 2012, after the Gyrls performance at Knotts Berry Farm Amusement Park on their Twitter page they had posted that the group name would be changed to FOREVER, after all because they were growing up and maturing. Then later Rae had announced on her Facebook page that she will not be a part of FOREVER and that she would pursue a solo career. The remaining members Natalie, Monica, Lauren, and Sade announced that the group name was official changed and that there would be only four members in FOREVER.
On September 5 2012, Sade announced that she was also leaving the group which was leaving Natalie, Lauren and Monica. She also stated that she will support anything the girls have in the future but for now she will not be a member of the group. On September 1st, the group shot their first music video as FOREVER for their single "Can't Stop This Night", Sade will appear in the video following that she was a member in the group while they shot the video, but the video is called Forever featuring Sade. On November 14 2012, Monica announced that she also left the group. With the decision of Monica, was the end of the band.
Going To The Mall
School Gyrls Lyrics
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(Chorus)
Twelve days ain't enough
For us to fall in love
I'm dreaming of you day and night
Tell me baby what we didn't do right
'cause we were kissing under the mistletoe (oh)
Baby twelve days, (twelve days), twelve days
Ain't enough, ain't enough to fall in love
On the first day of Christmas
I was by myself, it was only me
On the second day of Christmas
I met you downtown by the Christmas tree
On the third and fourth day of Christmas
You were on my mind...
By day six I gotta admit
I wanted to give us a try (oh right)
(Chorus)
Twelve days ain't enough
For us to fall in love
I'm dreaming of you day and night
Tell me baby what we didn't do right
'cause we were kissing under the mistletoe (toe)
But lonely when we had to go
Baby twelve days, (twelve days), twelve days
Ain't enough, ain't enough to fall in love
On the seventh day of Christmas boy
I swear that we were feeling like
We were both skating on ice
Me and you, you and me
Kissing under red and green lights
By day ten, I knew then
You would soon be gone.
Baby this can't be
Why'd this have to happen to you and me
(Chorus)
Twelve days ain't enough
For us to fall in love
I'm dreaming of you day and night
Tell me baby what we didn't do right (we didn't do right)
'cause we were kissing under the mistletoe (oh)
But lonely when we had to go
Baby twelve days, (twelve days), twelve days
Ain't enough, ain't enough to fall in love
But time moves on and so will we
Until next Christmas I'll see you in my dreams
I will hold on (hold on)
To our memories (our memories)
Memories.... (Oh, Twelve days ain't enough)
(Chorus)
Twelve days ain't enough
For us to fall in love
I'm dreaming of you day and night
Tell me baby what we didn't do right
'cause we were kissing under the mistletoe (oh)
But only when we had to go (Tell me why we had to go)
Baby twelve days, (twelve days), twelve days
Ain't enough, ain't enough to fall in love
Twelve days mmh.... hey yeah
12...11...10, 9, 8, 7...6...5...4..3, 2, 1
Fall in love who
Twelve days to fall in love
The song "Going To The Mall" by School Gyrls talks about having just 12 days to fall in love during the Christmas season. The first verse starts with the singer reminiscing about the days before she met her lover. On the second day of Christmas, she met him, and by the third and fourth day, he was already on her mind. By the sixth day, she admits that she wants to give him a shot. However, by day ten, she knows that he will soon leave. The chorus emphasizes that 12 days are not enough to fall in love, no matter how magical the holiday season may be.
The verses express the sense of urgency and intense emotions that come with a short time frame to fall in love. The holiday season brings the couple together, but it's not enough to keep them together. The song highlights the bittersweet feeling of having great memories with someone but having to say goodbye because of circumstances outside of your control. The School Gyrls’ upbeat Christmas song ends by acknowledging that the memories they’ve shared won't be forgotten and they will be missed, even if they didn't have enough time to fall in love.
Line by Line Meaning
Twelve days ain't enough
The twelve days they spent together wasn't enough to make them fall in love
For us to fall in love
They didn't fall in love despite spending time together
I'm dreaming of you day and night
The person is thinking about their crush all the time
Tell me baby what we didn't do right
They want to know what went wrong that they didn't fall in love during the time they spent together
'cause we were kissing under the mistletoe (oh)
They had romantic moments, but it still wasn't enough to develop into love
But lonely when we had to go
They felt alone despite the romantic moments they shared
On the first day of Christmas
The beginning of the twelve days they spent together
I was by myself, it was only me
They were alone before meeting their crush
I met you downtown by the Christmas tree
This is when they met their crush
By day six I gotta admit
After six days they had developed feelings for their crush
Twelve days ain't enough to fall in love
Reiterating that twelve days wasn't enough time
On the seventh day of Christmas boy
A reference to the seventh day they spent together
I swear that we were feeling like
This is how they felt when with their crush
But time moves on and so will we
Time passed and so will they after not falling in love
Until next Christmas I'll see you in my dreams
They hope to still see their crush, even if only in their dreams
I will hold on (hold on)
They hold on to the memories of the time they spent together
To our memories (our memories)
Again, they are holding onto their memories
Twelve days mmh.... hey yeah
Repeating the number of days they spent together
Fall in love who, Twelve days to fall in love
Repeating that twelve days wasn't enough time to develop love
Contributed by Amelia T. Suggest a correction in the comments below.