It’s mid-afternoon, and The Pussycat Dolls have been awake since 4am. It’s a big press day for the ’00s pop juggernauts, having just announced their long-teased return with new single Club Song and a UK and North America tour to boot. You might think that 12 hours into their workday, the Dolls would be flagging or lacking real energy to speak to yet another journalist. But to my delight, Nicole Scherzinger, Ashley Roberts and Kimberley Wyatt are raring to go, giggly and bursting with excitement over being back together after a six-year hiatus.
Bursting onto the scene with cheeky debut single Don’t Cha in 2005, The Pussycat Dolls dominated the airwaves of the mid-to-late 2000s with a streak of undeniable hits like Beep, Buttons and When I Grow Up. A six-piece then, the Dolls disbanded in the early 2010s to pursue the stage, TV and family life, before a welcome return to the charts with React in 2020.
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Unfortunately, the pandemic poured water on their grand reunion plans, but gave Nicole the time to earn an Olivier and a Tony for her turn as sexy, withering diva Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard.
And now, six years later, the band’s back together, celebrating 20 years of PCD (and 18 since their sophomore release, Doll Domination). Though being three members lighter than before, the 2026 version of PCD is ready and waiting to show a new generation the power of the Pussycat.
Glamour caught up with The Pussycat Dolls to find out what it’s like returning to the pop world and how they’re approaching an international tour, 20 years after their start.
Glamour: Welcome back, Dolls! What makes now the perfect time to reunite, and how does it feel?
Nicole Scherzinger: 20 years, baby. It’s been 20 years since we released our first album, PCD, and Don’t Cha — it’s time.
Kimberly Wyatt: This time, we feel grown — we’ve all experienced life, we’ve grown up. We’ve really connected and feel unified in the power of three and what we’re about to partake in. To think that now we get to go celebrate with all the fans and everybody that’s going to come and celebrate with us on tour… It’s epic.
GL: How long has a reunion like this been on the cards?