Michael's songwriting was evolving outside the confines of what Wham! was known for and Ridgeley understood this, Smith said. Michael and Ridgeley amicably parted ways when they were just 23. That song led to their breakout moment, with the two rapping about being young and free on the BBC Music show Top of the Pops in 1982. Michael was still a teenager when he wrote "Young Guns." "The thing that shocked us when we were making it was how fully formed the vision and sound of Wham! was, even from the inception," Smith said.
The documentary, which Smith likened to an archeological venture, unearthed an early recording of one of their biggest hits, "Careless Whisper." "But the back and forth between the two feels so effortless and it's such a testament to how vivid that time has stayed within Andrew's mind." "George's interviews had to be archival, but all of Andrew's, we sat down for days and days just sort of talking through that time period in the studio," Smith told NPR's Rob Schmitz. The documentary interweaves existing footage and audio of Michael (who died in 2016) with current interviews of Ridgeley. It's something that is so beautiful, but it can't be sustained," said Chris Smith. "The whole movie was about this temporal nature of youth. Ridgeley's mother kept scrapbooks of their rise, as well, starting with when they became inseparable in high school. The film by director Chris Smith is a personal take that often relies on footage and audio the two recorded themselves. Now, a new Netflix documentary titled "Wham!" looks at how George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley formed a teenage friendship and went on to create one of the most distinct sounds of the post-Disco era. The pop duo Wham! dominated radio and television in the 1980s with feel-good, fun-loving hits that provided an antidote to the bleak outlook of the Cold War.
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