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in defense of the boy band

- Hi, my name is Mina.,And today, we're gonna be talking about,♪ Boy bands ♪,(lively music),- One of the biggest boy bands.,- One of the hottest bands out there.,- The biggest boy band-,- Backstreet Boys.,- BTS!,- One Direction. - One Direction.,(audience cheering and applauding),(music stops),(upbeat music),- This is kind of a random topic that I've been wanting,to explore for a couple months now.,It started with this time I went,to this fashion designer's closet sale,and she lived in this like amazing, beautiful,,probably like $10 million a month,apartment penthouse in Soho.,And she lived really close to the Harry's House popup store.,And if you guys don't know what Harry's House is,,it's like Harry Styles's fashion line, merchandise.,I don't know.,It's connected to Harry's Styles and they sell things.,When I was walking,,I noticed this line wrapped around multiple blocks.,I thought maybe he was at the store or something.,I thought maybe like he was signing stuff.,And it was like the store opening.,By the time I got to the apartment building,,I asked the doorman.,I was like, "Oh, do you know what's going on,with Harry's House?",And he was like, "Yeah, it's just been like that,like the last week.,No, he's not there.",I was like, (laughs).,Good for Harry.,Good for him.,Oh my God, okay.,The second trigger for this topic is I did go to see,Baz Luhrmann's "Elvis" which no,,I'm not proud of being a viewer of that movie.,I just need to see what it was all about.,No, I don't think Elvis should have had,a documentary biopic, whatever it made of him,because he was a literal predator.,(dramatic music),But I did see it and I did like Austin Butler in it.,There's this one scene in the movie.,Actually, there's multiple where he's doing,the little gyration of the hips that Elvis is known for.,♪ Them girls want to see you wiggle ♪,♪ Boom bang ♪,- And it zooms in on the crowd,and there's like these girls foaming at the mouth,,going absolutely feral, me included.,So yeah.,Needless to say, those two moments, I was like,,I actually want to explore the world of the male musician.,Specifically boy bands,because I think they're like the poster children,for this type of fan behavior.,- What is this behavior?,- So let's unpack the obsession, the criticisms,,the fan behavior that is sometimes healthy,,but can also veer into a dangerous, unhealthy territory.,And what the song means for the culture.,But first ,a word from our sponsor.,Today's video is sponsored by SeatGeek.,A ticketing app that makes buying tickets super simple.,SeatGeek lets you buy tickets for concerts, festivals,,sports games, and even theater and stage performances.,You can download the app onto your phone,,which makes the process way easier.,Florence Welch is coming to New York in September.,And she's one of my favorite artists ever, since 2012.,So I'm definitely gonna keep an eye on ticket prices,for this, 'cause I've always wanted to see her,,but never have.,As you can, see SeatGeek ranks the prices as green,,meaning good deal or red meaning bad deal.,Use my code MINA for $20 off your tickets at SeatGeek,and make sure to click the link in my description,to download the app.,(lively music),I'm going real.,I loved boy bands in high school.,I honestly think that they (laughs) shaped my youth.,I wasn't a really big fan of any Western boy bands.,I was a K-pop girly.,And I think I've mentioned this before in a previous video,,but I was really into SM Entertainment,,which is a management company,and they manage a couple of bands.,And two that I really loved, Shinee and EXO.,♪ Baby ♪,- For Western boy bands, I was never a Directioner.,I never liked the Jonas Brothers.,I mean, I like them.,I don't have anything against them,,but I just never really got into them.,And then for the '90s boy bands, I was just too young.,I was like, three years old into the '90s.,So I definitely wasn't listening to NSYNC,or the Backstreet Boys.,I did listen to them later in life.,Like when I was in college,,I did a deep dive on NSYNC and I really liked them,,but I don't know.,I think because I didn't grow up with them,and because by the time I was listening to them,,they had already split up, I didn't fall,for that fan hysteria that a lot of their listeners,originally had in the '90s.,- NSYNC rules (indistinct).,- Well, those are just a few of them.,Thousands of screaming, fans packing the stadium tonight.,- But enough about me,,I feel like when most people hear the term boy band,,they think of the '90s and early 2000s.,But the reality is boy bands have been around,for a long time.,Let's quickly define the boy band.,Most dictionary definitions will generically define,the boy band as a group of men singing together,in a pop music group.,They can be assembled through the manufactured way.,For example, via talent shows like One Direction,on the X Factor.,- Okay, so tell me a bit about you.,- I work in a bakery.,- The Monkeys were also artificially assembled,for a television series 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