I thought that gendered pop bands where a thing that the world (save for those crazy Brits) had given up on. I thought the boy band had become this vintage, twee thing that is cool because it's from the 90s, but if it existed now it would be totally uncool! (on a slightly related side-step The Backstreet Boys are attempting another 'grab for the dollars' Australian Tour. weird)
So, these chaps, "One Direction", are in fact encountering what I guess you could call 'modest' success with this cray cray tune which tells some non-specific damsel she doesn't know she's beautiful. The Australian Aria Chart tells me that this week the song is the 11th best seller and it's been in the chart for 6 weeks and peaked at position 8!
Are boybands coming back? Have they reached that higher state of being? That ridiculous post-post-modern irony where you can say or do anything and you're being ironic and if people don't like it they don't get it/are being too sensitive? Is THAT what this is?
I am deeply perplexed.
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