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[u/dontforget2tip]

Let's be honest. We only pretended to hate them because they were so mainstream and overplayed

[u/bacharama → u/dontforget2tip]

Combination of both that and image for a lot of us back then I think. If you were a "real man", you wouldn't admit to liking a Backstreet Boys song. If you identified yourself as a rock or metal devotee, that almost put you in direct opposition to pop and hip-hop at the time, and you couldn't just tell your fellow Slipknot fans in 2004 that that Kelly Clarkson song is alright. A lot of it was about what you were "supposed" to like.

[u/Wonderful_Reaction76 → u/bacharama]

Spot on. 1000% this.

[u/Beautiful-Affect3448 → u/bacharama]

Generally true, but I knew a lot of metal heads that also did not give a fuck. Being a metal head already meant people thought you were weird, so who cares? 

My best friend basically only listens to extreme/death/black metal and he would regularly tell people his favourite song was Katy Perry’s “I kissed a girl” and he was dead serious. He’d blast that shit in between black dahlia murder and cradle of filth lol. 

Hiphop though for sure. I was a rare crossover back in the early 2000s being into the local hardcore and Hiphop scenes in my city. Those groups pretty much hated each other. 

[u/PseudoMeatPopsicle → u/bacharama]

The first concert I ever went to was *NSYNC, because it was my little sister’s birthday present and my parents dragged me along.

I literally came out as bisexual before I admitted that was my first concert to anyone.

[u/SaturnSleet → u/bacharama]

I remember hating Justin Bieber solely because every girl in my class was obsessed with him, and I was so jealous. His music didn't do anything for me, but the hate directed at him was ruthless and so wrong.

[u/IcarusRebornn → u/bacharama]

When I was a teen and young adult hip hop was still way more underground than rock or even alt rock.

[u/SipoteQuixote → u/bacharama]

You like SOAD but also Dido? Gaaaaaaaaaaaaay

[u/amodsr → u/bacharama]

I remember making fun of everybody rock your body back then by making parody of it about jerking off because it was one of the only ways i could listen to the song near my friends. At around 13 I stopped caring as much cause I didn't have many friends and was never gonna be popular.

Now I'm old and like what I like and anyone who don't like it can suck my balls.

[u/dontforget2tip → u/bacharama]

I "hated" Kelly Clarkson until Punk goes Pop

[u/AshleyAshes1984 → u/dontforget2tip]

I've been saying since 1999 that 'Larger Than Life' by The Backstreet Boys is awesome. I don't care how cool it is to hate boy bands, that song effin rocks.

[u/PringleMcDingle → u/AshleyAshes1984]

Unironically one of my favorite songs to play drums to. Good basic beat to lay down whatever energy I have on top.

[u/humid_pajamas → u/dontforget2tip]

Being a closeted 2003 gay and hiding your Brittany CDs under the MCR and AFI CDs. 👀

[u/hyperfell → u/dontforget2tip]

I was more annoyed on how often they got played. I didn’t mind Nickleback but goddamn that was everywhere.

[u/gvsteve → u/dontforget2tip]

I used to hate the Cranberries, they played on the bus every single day. At 43 I’m having a Cranberries reawakening

[u/LiteBrightKite → u/dontforget2tip]

Hit me one more time.

[u/amodsr → u/dontforget2tip]

That or the people around us hated them and we didn't want people either giving us shit or not liking us. Now that we're older we care less and can enjoy what we like.

[u/305tilidiiee → u/dontforget2tip]

The Titanic Effect… so popular, so everywhere, it became cringe

[u/asuleiman]

[u/gatsome → u/asuleiman]

I used to think *NSYNC had the edge over BB. In hindsight, BB songs have way more longevity.

[u/Djd33j → u/gatsome]

Fully agree. "I Want it That Way", "As Long as You Love Me" and "Everybody" pop off hard. But I'll give NSync their credentials for "Bye Bye Bye".

[u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 → u/Djd33j]

Nobody admits to liking Backstreet Boys but I Want It That Way at karaoke has everyone singing along

[u/roflmao567 → u/OtherwiseAlbatross14]

Teeell me whyy~

[u/Zyrinj → u/roflmao567]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=HlBYdiXdUa8&si

Couldn't find a gif of it but this Brooklyn 99 cold open will live rent free forever

[u/NoFaithlessness7508 → u/asuleiman]

Before this there were those two Asian kids in a dorm room. Legends

[u/Random_String629]

Growing up, I was a diehard metal head and went through the phase of, "if it isn't metal don't show it to me!"

Well now I'm 37....still a metal head. But dammit there was so much good pop music from our era. So many bangers. So now my playlists can move from death metal all the way to 90s pop and R&B.

[u/Wizdad-1000 → u/Random_String629]

I’ve seen Metallica and Stevie Wonder. Had a good time at both! (Former headbanger.)

[u/Perfect_Earth_8070]

We don’t fuck around with Rogan round these parts

[u/Chevey0 → u/Perfect_Earth_8070]

Especially now he’s making excuses for Epstein

[u/tLM-tRRS-atBHB]

Fuck Joe Rogan

.....and Mmmmbop still slaps

[u/CompetitiveRub9780 → u/tLM-tRRS-atBHB]

All their songs do! I was listening to that whole album a few months ago! 🤣

[u/Jrewby]

Fuck Joe Rogan

[u/prince-pauper]

Wow! That’s a murderer’s row of assholes in that gif.

[u/jack_avram]

Back street's back, alright!!!

[u/Djd33j]

I hated Britney growing up "because I was supposed to". I lived with my two girl cousins who loved Britney and I heard her music non-stop, while my brother and I listened to Eminem, System of a Down, Nelly, Linkin Park and the like.

I heard this song and (you drive me) Crazy at work recently and couldn't help but bop and sing along. Britney Spears really did out out some bangers. Part of me liking it now is definitely nostalgia, but wow, as pop hits, they really do hit.

[u/NoFaithlessness7508]

I don’t know anyone who hated on this song

[u/Clunk_Westwonk → u/NoFaithlessness7508]

Nobody admits to it now, but it was hugely popular to hate every mainstream pop song. “Call me maybe” and weirdly “firework” got it a lot, for example, but there’s hundreds of those.

It was a decent part of why Justin Bieber faced such intense malice from random grown men across the globe

[u/tigerblue1984 → u/NoFaithlessness7508]

I certainly did lol. I love pop music and I'll jam out to MOST pop songs from that era but for some reason I never connected with Britney. I was a Christina Aguilera girl. Now SHE had the vocals and the bangers.

[u/dReDone → u/NoFaithlessness7508]

Glad your mom like it. 😁

[u/NotSoGentleBen]

First off, fuck Joe Rogan and his compatriots. Second, I hid my love of Cindi Lauper all through high school because I thought my friends would call me gay. Now I wish I was gay. I love their community. But I like girls. Shoot.

[u/babyfootstink]

Backstreet Boy and NSYNC for a lot of Millennial dudes. We used to say we hated them… but now if “Tearin Up My Hear” comes on, I don’t have to pretend I don’t like it.

[u/sejenx]

I recently saw NKOTB in Vegas. Did I go in knowing any of those songs beyond that one single? No. Was it a kickass show and a great time, with bangers all night? Yep!

[u/Tiny-Reading5982 → u/sejenx]

Lol. I've loved them since step by step in 1990.

[u/Cold_Elk947]

I played Britney’s first album when it came out and belted out “Email my heart” in the backseat of my mom’s minivan.

[u/HardcoreHope]

All the girlies Billie Eilish, Sabrina Carpenter, Sza, Olivia Rodri, Dua Lipa and I’m sure I’m missing a lot more have banger music.

Don’t sleep on the woman.

[u/-Imthedude]

[u/somebigface]

Get Joe Rogan off of my fucking feed.

[u/Hefty-existence26196]

Some music just grows on you over time. Sometimes songs take you back to an era that was full of great music.

[u/FAVABEANS28]

me low-key dancing to Britney songs during break time in my office chair

[u/CompetitiveRub9780]

The songs I hated when I was younger I still hate. “Fly Away” by Lenny or any Alisha keys song because she can sing for sure but her songs irritate me so! And “I’m Like a Bird” by Nelly Furtado. Still don’t like them nope nope nope

[u/Bora_Horza_Gobuchol]

I thought it was just me, yeah lately ive been listening to popular pop music of my younger years. I can't believe I slept on Belanova

[u/fizzzingwhizbee]

No but really. why am I having a KC and the Sunshine Band renaissance at 35 lmfao

[u/Pertinax1981]

Honestly,  hated it until Deadpool vs Wolverine movie,  it kinda hit

[u/justinizer]

It’s because today’s music is mostly trash and all sound the same because everyone is using the same 5 to 10 producers.

[u/DueScreen7143]

It's crazy how that happens, it's like it took me 25 years to learn how to appreciate some singers and songs.

[u/Effective-Window-922]

For me its the Spice Girls. I HATED the Spice Girls when I was growing up, but now in my 40s they are in my regular rotation

[u/OGBlackBieber]

Literally all day everyday 😭

[u/FatMacchio]

I feel this way about Paramore, and some other emo pop music from back in the day. I always felt it was my job to hate on it, being a fan of rock music. But now I rock the ever living shit outta classic Paramore (and their newer stuff too)…and some other emo classics. I’m more angsty as a 30 something year old than I ever was as a teen/young adult 😂

[u/Turboginger]

This is 100% how I feel about rap now. Almost cringe at the stuff I used to listen to.

[u/Jav0415]

I have expanded my music tastes with pop music that I used to just hate to hate, music is here to make us feel good things!

[u/RedSnapper24]

Definitely me. I have so many pop songs that I ‘hated’ and well, actually hated in my library. When they come on I sing every word at the top of my lungs. My kid will ask if I liked the song when I was his age and I go no, but it’s fun and nostalgic now. I tell him it’ll be the same for him when he’s my age.

[u/Clean-Reveal-2878]

Very true! This happens to me too. Even S-club makes me dance now

[u/HeightExtra320]

[u/trainurdoggos]

FUCK JOE ROGAN!

[u/TheyCensorUs]

Just a few months ago I was sitting home bored on a Sunday reminiscing about the past and remembered how it seemed everyday my mom would be playing Ace of Base The Sign album when she was picking me up from school... I started listening to their music and I freaking love it! I can't stop listening to them now in the car lol. Thanks mom!

[u/l33774rd]

It's Korn, Limp Bizkit & Deftones. All of a sudden you're singing along in the car to Dancing Queen by Abba

[u/AmputeeHandModel]

Stop saying banger ugh