It has come to my attention that recently we've been getting quite the resurgence of boy band music with bands like One Direction, The Wanted, and Big Time Rush.
I know I'll probably get a lot of flack for saying this, but I'm obsessed.
Screeching the lyrics "THAT'S WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL!" at the top of my lungs brings me back to those glorious days of '99 when I was screeching "I WANT IT THAT WAY!" or "DIRTY POP!"
The lyrics are not only meaningful, but fun. I really am "glad you came", because if you hadn't, I wouldn't have these songs to absolutely fawn over.
We went through quite the dry spell, ladies. We had The Jonas Brothers, true, but it was impossible to love them outside of the Disney channel. Then, you know, we haveJustin Bieber...but the kid is just so easy to hate. Then BAM! One Direction, and I'm in love.
Do I find myself freakish because I scream and turn up my radio every time a song comes on by one of my favorite boy bands? No. No I do not.
I am proud.
And we should all be proud! Even though, we're, you know...realistically way too old to be doing such things.
If it's possible though, I think that being in the 17-30 range, it's actually more than okay to pre-purchase the One Direction concert tickets for Summer of 2013 because we were there first. Like when NSYNC came to town and our mom's clawed one another's eyes out to get their daughter the best 12th birthday present EVER in the history of life. It's the same thing now, except I'm almost 21 and will be clawing the eyes out of 12 year olds.
My tattoo, my sister got an *NSYNC one...haven't spoken to her in years..
BUT HEY. Let's not forget who owned every classic NSYNC, Backstreet Boys, 98 Degrees, Hanson, LFO, O-Town, Boyz II Men, and maybe even a New Kids on the Block one...MAYBE, first.
It was us 90s girls. So back off, you little tween brats and let me get in line for Big Time Rush tickets because I desperately need to cling onto my happy childhood and relive every wonderful memory of 1997.
I know that in a few years when I'm moving to my own apartment and I begin to pack up my life, I'll be physically incapable of throwing away my Spice Girls tape or my Justin Timberlake biography I bought from the Scholastic Book Fair in 3rd grade. And I know that I'll be in the shower one day when I'm in my thirties and I will start singing O-Town's "Liquid Dreams"....and still every time I get sick from Chinese food or walk by an Abercrombie and Fitch, I'll begin to hum LFO's "Summer Girls" and everything will be okay again! It will just have to be. And I'll smile and reminisce about the belly shirts, the polly pockets, Chuck E Cheese, Roller-Rena's, All That, Baby Sitter's Club, and Mario Party (on the 64, dur).
I will always want Britney Spears's clothes, Topanga Lawrence's hair, and I still, to this day do not find Ethan Craft the least bit attractive and think it's weird that a girl could be named "Joey".
So every time "What Makes You Beautiful" comes on, yes I will roll my windows down, and I will sing like a maniac because I can and because it takes me back to those days when my biggest fear was if the boy I liked would find my Hey Arnold valentine "too forward".
The Lachey Brothers (and those other two guys) approve this message.
Until next time,
Kaitie
xo
ps: If you don't get the references in this blog, I feel really sorry for you.
pps: Nick Carter > Aaron Carter..........PEACE!
