User blog comment:Purpleface95/What Do You Think Of Big Time Rush?/@comment-3037452-20110409155721

Big Time Rush is cheese-tastic on purpose, and that's *why* they're getting popular (well that, & because the very thing that they're a parody of, there will always be younger "newer" fangirls becoming fans of.. ahaha) & I guess you'd have to already have an interest in the general subject to be able to recognize the effort it takes in the first place.. XD Like, "boybands" (a singing group consisting of guys who mostly just dance) mainly get popular either because 1. who doesn't like cuute boys being adorkable? LOL 2. because it's ~funny to make fun of boys being dorks & girls going crazy screaming over them. Which is what their show does- it's a complete parody of the late '90s "boyband" era YET at the same time, they're becoming a *real* group & bringing back that kind of music for the ones who like it.

As for the Jonas Brothers, they *were* the "new" Hanson (a *music group*- NOT a "boyband" in the typical sense- that plays their own instruments) & then at the height of their popularity, Disney tried to take over their "brand" to make them even more ~accessible to their fans as well as to a bigger audience (a decent idea), but (mostly due to them growing older & apart in general) it didn't last long & now they're just out of the main spotlight. I liked their first few albums tho & I think, just like Hanson, they'll still be making music together (or each working in music solo) even ten years from now, popular or not, doesn't matter, as long as they are having fun ;P

For perspective, I'm a longtime Backstreet Boys fan- they're still going strong & are as awesome as ever! xoxoxo