Lineup Change and Disbandment
Though Bad Boy Records had planned to release "Miss You" and "In My Dreams" as the third and fourth singles from It Was All A Dream, and promotional copies of the latter were shipped, the singles were never released. According to Arnstein, this was partly due to the impact of the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001. Little was heard from Dream until April 2002, when Melissa Schuman left the group to pursue an acting career. Sean Combs appeared on TRL on April 3 to announce the news, noting that there were no bitter feelings. A lengthy search conducted by Combs and the three remaining members led to 15-year-old Kasey Sheridan (born December 28, 1986) becoming the youngest member of the group in the early fall of 2002.
Dream spent the subsequent months recording new songs for their second album. In the summer of 2003, the girls returned to the scene with a sexier image and a new single featuring rapper Loon called "Krazy." The single and its video did not receive the acclaim and success of "He Loves U Not," and the second single from the album, supposedly "That's OK," was never released. Dream's album Reality was to follow in May, but its release kept being postponed until, ultimately, it was never released. Bad Boy Records dropped Dream and they disbanded, although their dissolution was never formally announced.
Ashley Poole and Melissa Schuman are currently pursuing solo singing careers. Holly Blake-Arnstein has joined the California-based alternative band Whirl Magnet.
In September 2005, the unreleased Reality CD was available for purchase by Clockwork/2620/Universal Records from French Virgin Megastores. In April 2006, an MTV News article discussed the reasons behind Dream's break-up. Blake-Arnstein was interviewed for the article and noted that the sexier, more mature image pushed upon the group by Combs and their management was not a welcome change, and that she and the other members were no longer enjoying the music and the experience.
On May 9, 2008, two albums, Daddy's Little Girl and Dream Never Land, featuring songs recorded at Clockwork Entertainment with original member Alex Chester were released to iTunes. Subsequently, Reality was also available for digital purchase on iTunes on May 13, 2008.
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