Boy band members will even tweet you back sometimes. I have friends who don't even do that. In the dark ages, you used to have to count on shows like TRL to see music videos, but now you can get lost for hours going down a YouTube wormhole.
Boy bands are entertaining , especially when they play practical jokes like One Direction. Once you're a boy band fan, you'll probably always be a boy band fan. But if you want to pretend you're only going to a boy band show because of your kids, then that's fine.
Your secret is safe. Bye, bye, bye. Sign in. But I want to point out that teenage girls are scrutinized for their taste in music and that boy bands are scoffed at in part because their fan base is primarily made up of teenage girls. Just because teenage girls are interested in something does not mean that it is necessarily unworthy of praise. RSS Feed. Search this site Submit Search. The Minnesota Daily. Brankin: Teenage girls, boy bands and ill placed shame. It is hard not to smell the whiff of misogyny on all of this.
As young girls are criticised for what they vocally love, and have been told to love, young boys tend to be ignored for their similar levels of enthusiasm for sport or Xbox. The specific focus on teenage girls can only be seen as coming from a more universal societal unwillingness to let women voice their own opinions on anything.
Demonising young girls for supporting what they are told to support is reductive and hypocritical; no one is criticising grown men who spend thousands of pounds on their football team or World of Warcraft.
If we let the girls follow what they want now, they will be ready to shout for the issues that do matter more in the long run. Want to contribute? Skip to content Friday, November 12, And finally, those pants in Primark with One Direction on? I bought them.
Tweet something negative about British boy band One Direction and see if their followers won't come for your soul. Directioners as the devoted are called are not to be messed with. Staff of the British edition of GQ received death threats following a article about the band that fans took exception to.
What is it about boy bands that make them so appealing that grown women and men will show up at concerts shrieking like they're still tweens? Here's why we think boy bands are -- and will always be -- a thing. It's historical. From the Beatles to One Direction, every generation seems to have that one group fans love to sigh over. And while screenshots may have replaced posters on bedroom walls, young devotion remains the same or more heightened because social media now allows performers to interact directly with their followers.
There's something for everyone. If you are into the bad boy, the guy next door or the one who makes you laugh, boy bands offer someone to love. And, of course, there is always that one who stands out from the others looking at you, Justin Timberlake!
Everyone can find someone that they can call their own," Carter added. The thrill of the competition.
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