Check out the trailer to Netflix’s WHAM! doc

16th June 2023 BWM Staff

WHAM!, the new documentary from Netflix about the pop duo of the same name will be released on July 5^th. Check out the initial trailer below!

In 1982, the best of friends and still teenagers – George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley as WHAM! set out to conquer the world. By June of 1986 they played their very last gig at Wembley Stadium having done exactly that. Now for the very first time, told in their own words, the amazing story of how in four years they dominated the charts around the world with timeless and classic pop songs. Hit after hit – Club Tropicana, Wake Me Up Before You Go Go, Freedom, I’m Your Man and of course Last Christmas. Their time in the spotlight was white-hot, becoming the very first western pop act to play in China. It was a time that both encapsulated and epitomised not just their youth, but also those of the many millions of fans that adored them. With unprecedented access to both George and Andrew’s personal archive, including remarkable and never-before-seen footage, alongside rare, candid and previously unheard interviews, WHAM! charts their incredible journey from school friends to superstars. Check out the trailer below:

Of course George Michael would go on to find massive success as a solo pop star after his time in WHAM!. He sold in excess of 100 million records worldwide, had 13 number one songs on the UK singles chart and 10 number one songs on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. He was also a sex symbol lusted after by men and women alike with his dark good looks, beard and furry chest. In 1998 the superstar was forced out of the closet thanks to a public lewdness arrest in a men’s restroom in Los Angeles. And while the charge may have been scandalous at the time and a source of embarrassment to him on account of the circumstances, it also cemented him in as a gay icon.

George surpassed the scandal and went on to continue to top the music charts and embark on massively successful tours until his untimely death in 2016. He remains beloved and mourned for by his devoted fanbase.