This essay reports on the perspectives of young feminist-identified women who have listened to the music of the riot grrrls and/or the Spice Girls. In previous analyses, scholars have found the Spice Girls’ commercialization of the riot grrrls’ feminist message a problematic instance of commodity feminism. This essay offers an alternative viewpoint: Commercialized girl power may actually lead some listeners back to the source, indicating that a consideration of the chronology of encounter is necessary in assessing the merits and problems of commodity feminist texts.