This week marks the one year anniversary of Aaron Carter’s passing. Aaron’s legacy within music and pop culture is often overlooked, but it certainly deserves recognition and is insanely important. In this special episode honoring Aaron, we discuss him and his music and legacy, complex and layered as it was, with two friends of the pod Ali and Cali. Ali's portion was recorded a year ago only days after Aaron’s passing, so at the time it was obviously fresh on our minds. That portion of our conversation was never released until now. A majority of this episode was done recently on the anniversary of his passing with another friend-of-the-pod: Cali, who had a personal relationship with Aaron. We hope you enjoy this honest and insightful episode, honoring the life of Aaron Carter: the musician and human being. A special thank you to both Ali and Cali for their time, honesty, and respect of the topic of Aaron. May he rest in peace.  Please be aware that there are some sensitive topics touched upon in this episode regarding mental health, addiction and trauma.  It’s also important to note that this episode will NOT nor EVER be monetized. Too many people tried to, and are still trying to, profit off of his name and we absolutely are against doing anything like that. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/boybandpod/message

Ana and Lizzie are joined by very special guest and fellow podcaster Kelli Williams (@laguna_biotch) to discuss her music journey with artists such as the Backstreet Boys, Taylor Swift, Aaron Carter and LFO and how bands like BSB are such a huge part of her relationship with her mother. We also get into a more serious discussion surrounding "the dark side of boybands" aka bad managers taking advantage of boyband members, and how we as a society still have trouble with taking allegations seriously from young men (poor working conditions, financial mismanagement, and sexual assault, etc.) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/boybandpod/message

Friend-of-the-pod Sasha is back! Ana and Sasha discuss the experience going to the Pop2000 show on July 15, 2023 in Webster, MA. Before the Pop2k discussion, we recap all things JC-related in the past year and answer your lingering questions from the JC series. Timestamps: - Intro and Listener Q&A: 00:00 - JC Updates: 7:50 -Pop2000 Recap: 19:19 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/boybandpod/message

Several news outlets have reported that *NSYNC has recorded a song together, the first time in over 20 years for the upcoming "Trolls" movie. Ana is joined by friend-of-the-pod and *NSYNC fan Sasha to discuss initial thoughts and speculation, and what the potential is to come. PLEASE NOTE: *NSYNC, the individual members, nor their team has confirmed this. Because this is a song associated with a film, the lack of confirmation from the *NSYNC team is most likely due to the WGA/SAG strike which currently prevents members from promoting work associated with union studios. We stand with WGA and SAG and hope they come to a resolution for fair wages and treatment. Also, we do not know if this recording will lead to a show/tour, residency/etc, all conversation surrounding a hypothetical tour or residency is merely just us speculating. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/boybandpod/message

Ana & Lizzie are joined by fellow podcasters Mary & Kelsey from the "When They Popped" podcast: What do you get when music journalists don't do any research and they make a podcast episode rooted in a misunderstanding of pop music, youth culture, and the tastes of many women and queer folks? You get the podcast "Your Favorite Band Sucks"; specifically, their most recent episode they did on *NSYNC. (The fact one *NSYNC fan was able to bring on three BSB fans on this episode should tell you how hard "Your Favorite Band Sucks" was on *NSYNC!) Listen to "Your Favorite Band Sucks - *NSYNC" on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3GMB2FNwAD9AlyqTwT2Q7X?si=59e8f8ffddaa4826 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/boybandpod/message

Ana, Lizzie and Hallie continue their (postponed many times) discussion on Harry Styles' discography of his self-titled debut album (aka HS1), Fine Line, and finally, Harry's House. They break down some lyrics, melody, and overall feel of each album. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/boybandpod/message

Ana continues her conversation with her cousins and discusses the discography of the Jonas Brothers. From their first album "It's About Time" to "Lines Vines and Trying Times". **Part 3 of our Jonas Brothers will be released in May after the release of "The Album". Referenced Links: - Desmond Child Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6zX7A4EFodzbuTWBLKc5rq?si=38ab337b1134444c - Nicholas Jonas "When You Look Me In the Eyes" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWFUazmTNGQ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/boybandpod/message

Ana is joined by her two cousins: Jackie and Jocie, arguably the biggest Jonas Brothers fans in the world. In the first part of a three-part series, they discuss their origin stories of becoming Jonas Brothers fans, concerts they've attended and experiences they've had. Because the Jonas Brothers pride themselves as a family-oriented band, we discuss our own family's music journey, coming from a 'fangirl family' and our own fangirl-isms. This episode is dedicated to the dads of fangirls, including our own. <3 Discussed Videos: - Jonas Brothers LIVE from TD Garden in Boston broadcasting to the 2019 American Music Awards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9EFruyShvI - Jonas Brothers perform ‘Year 3000’ with Busted Live at Capital’s Summertime Ball 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEERYu22tb8 - Nick Jonas performs "Jealous" gospel version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMb_cBv3iks --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/boybandpod/message

Logan Grimé is a songwriter, producer, musician, as well as a Hanson fan and TikTok/Instagram creator. Logan talks with Ana about songwriting and producing and the importance of an "underlick" of a recording and why it matters. Also discussed is why we shouldn't let marketing and labels get in the way of liking and appreciating a catchy melody. Follow Logan on Instagram, YouTube and TikTok @vib3.machine. Also check out Logan's "Underlick" songwriting class on Masterclass. Click Here to listen to Logan's "Underlicks" playlist on Spotify. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/boybandpod/message

Ana and Lizzie are joined by Lizzie's sister Hallie to discuss our patron saint: Harry Styles (we kid about the esquire thing). We chat about Harry's years as a boyband member, his role and how he has grown as a vocalist and musician since then. We also talk about his fashion choices as well as our experience seeing Harry during his "Love On Tour" residency in New York.  Links: The Maine's cover of "Watermelon Sugar": https://open.spotify.com/track/3RAzJMkJ8CfcYKhBd4jkBd?si=11ff175ff8a9412b Solo Harry performing "What Makes You Beautiful": https://youtu.be/nS0dGIgPG_Y Harry scolding a fan throwing a phone at him: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CiDbOGxA5xD/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/boybandpod/message