People are so, like, "You're really nostalgic for the past."
Like, la la la.
And it's like, "No, I'm not really."
But I just thought it'd be a cool title, to have a song called 1999.
Did I think Britney was a threat to the Spice Girls?
I don't know, man.
In my seven-year-old brain, I was probably hoping they were all BFFs.
Like, hanging out together and talking about girl power.
Troye and I didn't record together.
But we were sending stuff back and forth.
He's actually the reason I decided to do this song.
Troye was, yeah ... four.
Totally.
So I don't really know what he remembers from 1999.
But I mean, I'm sure he was having a great time.
I sent my friend this song, and he was like, "You're saying Nike wrong."
I was like, "I'm not saying it wrong."
He was like, "It's Nike."
I was like, "It's Nike, man."
And I guess that's just gonna be like a beef forever, between us and you guys.
You guys say Nike, right?
Well, you're wrong.
It's Nike.
I swear it's Nike.
Maybe it's not.
It's not Nike, is it?
Have I said it wrong in the song?
Fuck.
I went through my wanting to be Eminem phase, which was very cute.
But also cringe, for me, 'cause I was like, "I wanna shave my head.
I wanna dye it blonde.
I only wanna wear big white tee shirts."
I was a really weird kid, I guess.
I would stand at the sink in the kitchen, and pretend I ran a bar.
But no one would be there, so everyone was imaginary.
And I also would like ... I pretended to run a dance school, as well.
But I never actually did any dancing.
I just would make loads of registers of people's names, and tick them off.
I don't know, when I wrote the song, I was talking about wanting to go back to Bishop Stortford.
But it was a nice, sleepy town.
It's not my number one destination, but you gotta love where you're from.
My favorite Britney song of all time... either Break the Ice or Get Naked.
Both on Blackout, which is the best album.
I was so brainwashed by it.
I kind of still am.
I was like, "Fuck, she's so cool."
And I wanted to do my hair like that.
Didn't really know about Michael Jackson.
Cause my parents weren't really ever playing me music.
They were always just like, "Yeah, listen to Five, and Blue, and the Spice Girls.
That's what kids are into."
Obviously, now I understand that he's this legend.
I was just chill.
I was seven, you know?
Life was great.
That was like my number one life goal, was just to like, be blonde and be Baby Spice.
Wishing, hoping, dreaming that I was in the Spice Girls.
The only thing I didn't want to be when I was seven, was a stripper.
I did watch Coyote Ugly afterwards, and I was like, "I wanna dance on a bar.
Those girls are so cool."
I didn't know who JTT was.
I know, I'm sorry.
I'm such a ... This is terrible.
This is my song.
I thought it was just like Justin Timberlake Timberlake, or something.
Like he was trying to fill the syllables.
They showed me a picture.
I didn't recognize him.
I'm so sorry.