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LARGER THAN LIFE: REIGN OF THE BOYBANDS has officially being released via Paramount+, and fans are getting a deep look at the golden era of boybands, including some shocking "rules" many of these bands had to follow.
The documentary features AJ McLean, Chris Kirkpatrick, Donnie Wahlberg, Donny Osmond, Jeff Timmons, HANSON, Lance Bass, Michael Bivins, Nick Lachey, SEVENTEEN (HOSHI & VERNON) and Tiffany, as they all reflect on their impact and the trajectory of boyband popularity.
In the doc, many of these boyband stars are recalling some of the "crazy boyband rules" as *NSYNC's Chris Kirkpatrick put it. The biggest rule was that there were to be no significant others. New Edition's Michael Bivins remembered, "No girlfriends, because that would take away from the dream of the fan."
Many of these other "rules" revolved around the guys' physical appearances as Bivins remembered, "they would say, 'Hey! Shave your mustache. Hold on to your youth," while Backstreet Boys' AJ McLean recalled, "We can't be Fatstreet. That is not cute."
LARGER THAN LIFE: REIGN OF THE BOYBANDS takes a deep dive into the evolution of boy bands, going all the way back to the influence of The Beatles, and even touching on the incredible rise of K-pop, while also shining the spotlight on many of our favorite boybands like *NSYNC, Backstreet Boys, 98 Degrees, Hanson, New Edition, New Kids On The Block, and more, and is now streaming on Paramount+.