- ♪ (Brian and AJ harmonizing) ♪ - (FBE) All right, guys.
We are super stoked to have you here, and we are going to show you
teens reacting to the Backstreet Boys. - All right-y.
♪ (punk rock intro) ♪
♪ (soft pop music) ♪ - (Jayka gasps)
- (AJ laughs) - (Brian imitates gasp)
- (Ethan) I have no idea who they are.
- (Tori) Is this the Backstreet Boys? - What?!
- ♪ Even in my heart ♪ - ♪ Heart ♪
- She looks like she's... - ♪ I see ♪
- (Jordan) This is the Backstreet Boys.
- Yeah. - They're like 16.
- Of course, it is. - (Sergio) I recognize the song.
- ♪ I could be your dad ♪
- (Jayka) The only reason I know them is because of my mom.
- (laughs) - For real? Seriously?
- (Tori) They have so many feelings. - We do.
- That's... - Give me the feels, girl.
- You have to be-- - (Mikaela) I love boy bands.
I could never tell 'em apart, but I love 'em all.
- Oh my god. - (Ethan) It's definitely not
music I listen to. - Why not?
- Too cool. - (Tori) I'm so into-- '90s boy bands
are so fascinating to me, 'cause there's a whole different look
and music that came from them.
- ♪ Everybody groove to the music ♪ - Ooh.
- Oh, she knows it. - Oh, she knows it.
- (Frankie) This song sounds familiar. - (laughs) It sounds familiar.
- I like the denim. Oh, they all have denim.
They all have jean jackets. - It was hot that day, bro.
- (Tori) And the matching outfits. Oh my god, I love it.
- She's like...
- (Jordan) Man, this is so '90s.
- It is. - (Ethan) I don't know how much
more old school that could get.
- Old school. - Oh, god.
- Look at you, AJ. - Bad hair day.
- (Ethan) The music videos make no sense.
- Why are we in a tube? - (laughs)
- We thought the same thing.
- Hey, man. Tubes are cool.
- (Jayka) I love how passionate they are.
- We were very overdramatic. - You have to be passionate
to be a boy band. - You gotta sell it.
- (Jayka) I need me a man that will sing to me every night
with that much passion. - That's right.
- She looks like she's 11. - (Tori) I can't listen to enough
Backstreet Boys. - You haven't.
- ♪ Who you are ♪ - (laughs) Whoa.
- (BSB laughs)
- (Tori) One Direction did a music video just like this.
- Wow. - For real? We did it first.
- (Ethan) But there's such a lack of rhythm in their dancing.
- Whatever. - Whatever, dude.
- It's called editing, bro. - (Sergio) It's not bad music,
it's just not my type of music. But I know I've heard them.
- (Brooklin) That was nice. I like that one the most.
- Thank you. - Well, thank you.
- (FBE) This month marks the 20th anniversary
of that album debut. - (Tori) Whoa, 20 years?
- She's like, "I'm 14." - (Brooklin) 20th?
They've been around for two decades?
- Yeah, girl. - And then some.
- (Brooklin) Do they still look good now?
- What do you think? - What do you think?
- (Sergio) Looks like a mixture of Tron and Transformers.
- Yeah. - That's a compliment.
- (Derek) The animation is something else.
- (Ethan) It's just weird looking at all the old graphics
doing the things they thought were cool.
- (laughs) - (Jayka) The music videos are so sick.
- He's trashing us. - ♪ The one ♪
- (Sergio) Okay, I know this one. - Do you like it?
- ♪ Desire ♪ - She's singing it.
- She knows it. - (Derek) I haven't heard this song,
but I've heard the Weird Al cover of this.
- What?! - ♪ I bought it on eBay ♪
- ♪ Tell me why ♪ - He's definitely heard it.
You can tell. - Look.
- (Ethan) Why are you in an airport?!
- (Brian and Kevin laugh) - Because we can.
- She kind of reminds me of Tisha Campbell-Martin.
- ♪ I want it that way ♪
- He's getting into that. - (Frankie) But... it was all right.
- (BSB laughs) - Mad love, bro.
- (Derek) Oh, this is recent.
- (Sergio) Is this like a reunion for them?
'Cause this seems more modern.
- It is. - What?
- (Ethan) They've gone back to all standing in one spot.
- Yeah. - Yup.
- (Jordan) Honestly, they look good. - (laughs)
- Thanks. - (Tori) They're all just so handsome.
- (Derek) It's definitely something different
than everything else they were doing.
- Whoa, that's really poppy. That's really 2012 poppy.
- That's about right. - Yeah, that's about right.
- Almost yeah. - '13, it was '13.
- (Jordan) ...of keeping the Backstreet Boys style,
but making it more modern. - I like that.
- Well, thank you. - Thank you for that.
- ♪ Am I original? ♪ - Look, she goes right
to singing it. She's like... - ♪ Yeah ♪
- (Frankie) Oh, this song. - (Jordan) Oh! ♪ Yeah ♪
- Okay. - (Derek) Oh, I've heard this song.
- This song's on the radio a lot.
- ♪ Am I everything you need? ♪
♪ You better... ♪ - ♪ Rock your body now ♪
(beatboxes) - (Tori) Okay, this one's amazing.
I love the whole Halloween, spooky thing.
- (Kevin and Brian chuckle) - (Ethan) Never was a boy band type
of person... and don't think I will become one.
- (BSB laughs) - Oh, come on.
- (Tori) ♪ Backstreet's back, all right ♪
(giggles) - All right. All right, girl.
- (Brooklin) They're kind of, like, the staple for '90s pop boy bands.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
- (FBE) So, there were five members of the Backstreet Boys.
Do you know any of their names? - (Derek) Nope, not one.
- (Ethan) Not in the slightest.
- (Sergio) If I didn't know it was the Backstreet Boys,
I doubt I'm gonna know their names.
- (FBE) So, we're gonna tell you their names,
but we're gonna see if you can match the names
to each of their pictures. - Oh, this oughta be good.
- ♪ Dun, dun, dun ♪ - Oh, boy.
- (FBE) So, the five names are Nick, AJ, Kevin, Brian, and Howie.
- (Ethan) Nick, AJ, Kevin, Brian, and Howie. All right.
- Good luck, brother. - (FBE) Which Backstreet Boy
do you think this is? - Worst possible.
- (amused) That's Kevin? - He picked Kevin?
- (Mikaela) I feel like this guy's Brian.
- (bursts out laughing) - (Jordan) He looks like a Brian.
- (Tori) I'm gonna say number one is Howie.
- Ohh! - (FBE) And who's this?
- Nick? - Howie. He looks like a dad.
- (AJ and Brian laugh) - "He looks like a dad."
- He is. - I was the first dad.
- (Tori) He's blond and he's Aaron Carter's brother,
so I'm gonna say Nick. - Oh my god!
- Hey, dude! I'll take that.
- (Sergio) His face looks like a Brian, but I doubt it's him.
- Hey, that's good.
Looks like a church boy. - (Mikaela) That guy's Howie. (laughs)
- Whoa. - That's a Howie.
Look, she's like, "That's a Howie."
- (Jordan) I can see it in his eyes and the hair. He's a Howie.
- (Derek) A leather jacket with no shirt underneath.
That seems like an AJ. - (BSB laughs)
- (Sergio) People are gonna be watching this, and they're
gonna be like, "What the hell?" - (Brooklin) That's Brian.
Every Brian I know has nice facial hair.
- (BSB chuckles) - (Jordan) ...the last one is Nick.
The only one I have is AJ, but he doesn't seem like an AJ.
But I guess, you know, your new name is AJ, guy.
- "Your new name is AJ." - You're AJ, guy.
- (amused) "That's Kevin."
- (Derek) All that's left is Brian, but he does look like a Brian.
- (Tori) This one is probably Nick, and I got it wrong,
but I'm gonna... AJ's my only answer left,
so I gotta say AJ. - That's AJ?!
- (FBE) This is AJ. - Oh.
- (FBE) This is Brian. - (Derek, sadly) Ohh.
- (imitates) Ohh. - (FBE) This is Howie.
- (Derek) Okay. - Ohh.
- (FBE) You got Kevin. - (Derek) Oh, I did get Kevin.
- There you go.
- (Frankie) I took shots in the dark.
- (Brooklin) Howie had the nice hair?!
- Ahh, yeahh! - (Brooklin) Change your name.
- OHHH! - "Change your name." (laughs)
- (Ethan) All based on total guesses. - He got three...
- (Jayka) I got Nick right! - ...out of five.
- She's all smiles. - (Tori) I was like, I think
there's only one blond guy, and that has to be
Aaron Carter's brother. - (Mikaela) I didn't grow up
in their fandom, you know, so I'm not gonna know 'em all,
but I'm gonna know who the Backstreet Boys are
as a whole, but I'm not gonna... I'm not a religious follower,
'cause they weren't around... - She got me. (chuckles)
- She did get you. She got you, though.
- Wow. - It was funny.
- That's a throwback. - Dude, that was hilarious.
- I can't believe how young they actually are.
And they actually know a little bit about us.
- In comparison between "I Want It That Way"
and "Backstreet's Back," I would think
that "I Want It That Way" is an even more massive hit,
but they knew more about "Backstreet's Back."
- (FBE) So when you guys first started making music
over 20 years ago, nobody in this video
was even born yet. - Yeah. (chuckles)
- (FBE) And yet, after all this time, a lot of them are still
very aware of you. They know your music.
They like your music. What is it like for you guys
to see the impact your music has had
on generations over the years? - Surreal.
- Yeah. - It's been awesome.
- Totally. I mean, I think we can all admit that,
you know, probably we're big fans of who are parents listen to.
When you grow up around it, even if you're not exactly a fan
as a little kid, it's still something in your body.
- If we're really starting to get into the oldies category,
that's scaring me. - Ehh.
- Well, what was real cool is this one girl said
how happy it made her. - It's also a testament to, you know,
the longevity of what we've been doing for 25 years now, you know?
When you look at these kids... I mean, I've got a 15-year-old.
We're all dads now. And that's...
you know, we were just at a concert.
We had four generations come to the concert.
If we get a hit single on the radio again sometime soon...
- I'd be-- yeah. - They might be like,
"Oh my god!" - I'd be interested...
- "I love the Backstreet Boys." - ...to hear what they think
about the new song. - (FBE) So finally, what would
you like to say to the teens who reacted to you?
- We appreciate your honesty. - Honesty! I was gonna say that.
- I'm really glad that we gave some of you, as you put it, "the feels."
- And we won't hold it against you that you don't, you know...
You weren't even born yet. - Yeah, Chief.
- But you know what? Go do your homework.
- (laughs) - Yes.
- Study the Backstreet Boys. - If you didn't like us then,
hopefully you'll like us now.
- (BSB) Hey, we're the Backstreet Boys.
- Thank you, FBE, for having us.
And brand new single out right now. "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"
on iTunes. Check out the video on Vevo, and we'll see you guys
in Las Vegas. 25 years this year. Thank you guys. God bless.
- And all those teens, know this: Backstreet's back.
- ♪ All right ♪ - All right, all right.
- We'll always be back.