- I need to go back and listen to all of this
because I'm having such a good time.
- I haven't had that much happiness
watching boy band music videos since One Direction.
♪ (punk rock music) ♪
♪ (pop music) ♪ - (gasping)
- I have no idea who they are.
- Is this, like, another boy band?
- Wait a second. This is... is this the Backstreet Boys?
- ♪ Even in my heart ♪
- Is this the Backstreet Boys?
- This is the Backstreet Boys.
- ♪ You're not bein' true to me ♪
- I recognize the song, and I feel like
I'm going to get yelled at if I don't know who it is.
- Oh my god!
The only reason I know them is because of my mom.
- ♪ ...baby ♪
♪ Quit playin'... ♪ - Oh, yeah, that's '90s.
- So angsty. They have so many feelings.
- ♪ Before you tear us apart (my heart) ♪
- I love boy bands.
I can never tell them apart, but I love them all.
- It's definitely not music I listen to,
or would listen to.
- I'm so into this.
'90s boy bands are so fascinating to me
because there's a whole different look
in music that came from them.
- ♪ Everybody groove to the music ♪
♪ Everybody jam ♪ - This song sounds familiar.
- Oh, I like the denim. Ooh, they all have denim.
They all have jean jackets.
- ♪ Jam on 'cuz Backstreet's got it ♪
♪ Come on now, everybody ♪
- Ooh, and the matching outfits.
Oh my god, I love it.
- Man, this is so '90s.
- Their harmonization is really good,
but it sounds like one person.
- ♪ We've got it goin' on for years ♪
- I don't know how much more old-school that could get.
- ♪ You walked in, you were so quick to judge ♪
- These music videos make no sense.
Why are they in a tube?
- ♪ I'll never break your heart ♪
- (dreamy sigh) Thank you, that's so good.
That's so good to hear.
- (bashful giggle)
- They're so dramatic. I love it.
I love how passionate they are.
- ♪ I'd rather die than live without ♪
- All these song are so familiar, but I can't put my finger
on who it is.
- ♪ Honey, that's no lie ♪
- I need me a man that will sing to me every night
with that much passion.
- This is amazing!
I don't think I've listened to enough Backstreet Boys.
- ♪ I don't care who you are ♪
- Whoa!
- ♪ Where you're from ♪ - Oh, whoa!
One Direction did a music video just like this.
- I've seen this music video before.
- ♪ ...who you are ♪
- There's such a lack of rhythm in their dancing.
- ♪ I don't care what you did ♪ - (giggling)
This is so cheesy.
- I want to learn this dance with the chair and everything.
- ♪ As long as you love me ♪ - I love that.
That was a great little chair dance.
I've never seen the videos, (laughing)
but I like the little choreography going on.
- It's not bad music. It's just not my type of music.
But I know I've heard them.
- That was nice. I liked that one the most.
- (FBE) We have more songs for you in a minute,
but all those songs were from the first U.S. album
of the Backstreet Boys.
- Well, those were definitely none of the songs
I have heard that were by the Backstreet Boys.
- That's what I thought. I thought it was some "Boys."
But I know there's Backstreet Boys, Beastie Boys, Boyz II Men.
I just know there's "Boys."
- (FBE) So we're covering them because this month
marks the 20th anniversary of that album debuting.
- Whoa, 20 years? Dang!
- 20th?
They've been around for two decades?
Do they still look good now?
- (FBE) So now we're going to show you a collection
of some of their other songs from some of their later albums.
- Perfect, I'm ready.
- ♪ All you people, can't you see... ♪
- It's like a mixture of Tron and Transformers.
- ♪ How your love's affecting... ♪
- Oh, that animation is something else.
- It's just weird, looking at all the old graphics
doing the things they thought were cool.
- Their music videos are so sick.
- ♪ ...reality ♪
- Oh, this is trippy. - ♪ Every time we're down ♪
♪ You can make it right ♪
♪ And that makes... ♪
- I need to go back and listen to all of this
because I'm having such a good time.
- All the concepts make me laugh, just because they overdo it a bit.
But it's good.
- ♪ You are my fire ♪
- Oh, this song.
- ♪ The one... ♪ - Okay, I know this one.
- (singing along) ♪ ...one desire ♪
- ♪ Believe... ♪ - I haven't heard this song,
but I've heard the Weird Al cover of this song.
- ♪ I want it that way ♪
♪ I want it that way ♪ - What?
Why are you in an airport?
- ♪ Tell me why ♪
♪ Ain't nothing but a heartache ♪ - Awww.
- ♪ Tell me why ♪
- A lot of this is just so dramatic.
- ♪ Tell me why ♪
- You gotta do the hand movements.
- ♪ ...want to hear you say ♪
♪ I want it that way ♪
- It's the only one I know.
- I woudn't listen to it every day, but it's all right.
- ♪ In a world like this... ♪
- Oh, this is recent.
- Is this a reunion to them because this seems more modern.
- So they've gone back to all standing in one spot.
- Honestly, they look good.
- And they're all still so handsome.
- It's definitely something different
than everything else they were doing.
- Whoa, that's really poppy.
That's really 2012 poppy.
- ♪ In a time like this... ♪
- This one sounds different than the other ones.
- I feel like they're doing a good job
of keeping the Backstreet Boys style, but making it more modern.
- Awww.
- It's not bad music.
I like the beat.
- ♪ Am I original? ♪
- (singing along) ♪ Yeah ♪
- Oh, this song.
- Oh!
♪ Yeah ♪ (giggling)
- ♪ Am I sexual? ♪ - Oh, I've heard this song.
- This song, this song's on the radio a lot.
- ♪ Am I everything you need? ♪
♪ You better rock your body now ♪
♪ Everybody... ♪ - (giggling)
Okay, this one's amazing.
I love the whole Halloween spooky thing.
- Never was a boy band type of person.
And I don't think I will become one.
- ♪ Rock your body right ♪
- (singing along) ♪ Backstreet's back, all right ♪
Oh my god!
- Never been huge on boy bands or the music they produce.
- A couple of their songs are catchy.
The beat is good.
- They were kind of like the staple for '90s pop boy bands,
and a lot of boy bands I know would probably be like,
if they were interviewing them,
"Who do you look up to?"
Backstreet Boys would be one of them.
- It makes me so happy.
I haven't had that much happiness
watching boy band music videos since One Direction.
- (FBE) So the Backstreet Boys were obviously hugely popular
in the '90s and early 2000s, with their first album
coming out before you were even alive.
- Yep. (laughing) That's what I imagine.
'98, everything good was happening before that.
- (FBE) So there were five members of the Backstreet Boys.
Do you know any of their names? - Nope, not one.
- Not in the slightest.
- If I didn't know it was the Backstreet Boys,
I doubt I'm going to know their names.
- (FBE) So we're going to tell you their names,
but we're going to see if you can match the names
to each of their pictures. - Oh, okay.
- Is this like a quiz?
Do I get to-- (laughing) do I get options?
- (FBE) So the five names are Nick, AJ, Kevin, Brian, and Howie.
- Nick, AJ, Kevin, Brian, and Howie... all right.
- (FBE) Here is the first picture.
Which Backstreet Boy do you think this is?
- Is that Kevin?
- He has a face of an AJ.
- AJ.
- I feel like this guy's Brian.
- He looks like a Brian.
- I'm gonna say number one is Howie.
- (FBE) All right, and who's this? - Nick?
- Howie. He looks like a dad.
- That's a Brian.
Ooh, between Nick and Brian.
- He's blond and he's Aaron Carter's brother,
so I'm going to assume that that's Nick Carter.
- His face looks like a Brian, but I doubt it's him.
But I'm going to say Brian because that's my first instinct.
- That guy's Howie.
(giggling) He just looks like he has to be Howie.
- He looks like a Kevin. Could also be a Brian.
I think I'm gonna say Kevin.
- I can see it in his eyes and the hair.
He's a Howie.
- A leather jacket with no shirt underneath.
That seems like an AJ kind of thing.
- AJ?
People are gonna be watching this
and they're gonna be like, "What the hell?"
- Ooh, we have two choices: Nick or Brian.
This guy is going to be Brian.
- That's Brian.
Every Brian I know has nice facial hair.
- I know 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 name is AJ.
- (FBE) Okay, last one, who is this? - That's Kevin.
- I guess that's Nick.
- I guess he's AJ.
- All that's left is Brian, but he does look like a Brian.
- This one is probably Nick, and I got it wrong,
but AJ is my only answer left, so I gotta say AJ.
- (FBE) These are all actually in alphabetical order.
- Oh.
- (FBE) You got a couple of them.
- That's just pure luck.
- (FBE) This is AJ. (buzzer)
- Oh. - (FBE) This is Brian.
- (sadly) Oh.
- (FBE) This is Howie. (buzzer)
- Oh, okay.
- (FBE) You got Kevin! (ding)
- Oh, I did get Kevin, all right.
- (FBE) And then Nick. (buzzer)
- Aww, okay.
- I took shots in the dark.
- Howie had the nice hair?
Oh, change your name.
- Three out of five, that's hilarious.
All based on totally random things.
- I got Nick right!
I got all the other ones wrong, huh?
I'm kind of disappointed in myself.
- Damn it, I was so confident about Nick too
because I was like I think there's only one blond guy
and that has to be Aaron Carter's brother.
- I didn't grow up in their fandom, you know,
so I'm not gonna know them all, but I'm going to know
who the Backstreet Boys are as a whole,
but I'm not a religious follower because they weren't around
when I was able to be.
- (FBE) Finally, the Backstreet Boys still perform to this day
with all the same members, and even had a residency in Las Vegas
until July, but have more shows playing there in the coming months.
- Ooh! I'm going to Vegas.
- Yeah, I heard about that.
I seem to remember-- my one friend's a huge fan.
She went to Vegas-- and she's going to kill me
for not knowing you guys.
- (FBE) Do you think that the people going
to their concerts are fans of the Backstreet Boys today
or do you think it's mostly older people
reliving their childhood?
- Yeah, the people seeing them in Vegas,
those are a bunch of moms.
- There's more nostalgia.
I went to a Van Halen concert a few months ago, or last year,
and it was more older people than it was younger people.
- I think it's mainly the ones in the '90s
that want to relive their nostalgia, but then I know
there's also people that will go just to be like,
"I saw the Backstreet Boys in Vegas,"
because I know I would do that.
- A little bit of both just because there's going to be
the people who go for super nostalgia, like,
"Oh my god, I'm a super Backstreets Boys fan.
They're still performing? They're still doing this stuff?
[Bleep] yeah!" And they'll go and see it.
And then there'll be people who've heard of the Backstreet Boys
and are in Vegas for a show and are like,
"You know what? [Bleep] it, why not?"
- A lot of their fan base is probably people
who were teenagers in the '90s, and now who are maybe moms
going to Vegas to see them, which I'm super into
because that's what I see myself doing with One Direction.
Hey, Nick, AJ, Brian, Howie-- you all want to take me to Vegas?
I want to see you guys.
- Thanks for watching this episode of Teens React.
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- Bye, guys!
- Hey, guys, Ethan here from FBE.
Thank you so much for watching this episode of Teens React.
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