Yesterday, the Backstreet Boys came to Hiroshima as part of their new album tour "In a World Like This" and of course I bought a ticket to go despite having school the next day. Had to leave work early and hop on the bullet train to make it to the 7:00 pm start time. Then had to drive alllll the way back in a friend's car. Quite a long trip but totally worth the sleep deprivation. They played all the classics to get you pumped up, and even some of their new songs were pretty catchy. As much as I loved rocking out to BSB songs from the 90s, it was a weird feeling watching them live. During an intermission, there was a promo for the upcoming BSB Movie commemorating 20 years of making music. 20 YEARS! On one hand, props for going strong, but on the other hand, this is a "boy" band with some members now married and fathers. Should they move on? I think partially due to the band personally feeling this way, plus the toll their synchronized dancing must take, they've begun to move in a new direction. For a part of the concert, they just sat around and played acoustic guitars. WHAT?! BACKSTREET BOYS playing INSTRUMENTS?! That was a bit disorienting and I'm glad they didn't do that for too long. While they were sitting around with their guitars they started to joke around with one another and how they looked holding these instruments. One of them (Howie) said he looked "kavaii" and I just thought, "Oh God, is he pronouncing 'kawaii' with a German accent?" All of the Japanese people in the stadium must have been very confused until Nick Carter chimed in and corrected him on his pronunciation. Howie kept digging himself deeper as he tried to play off his mistake. Luckily, the majority of the crowd could not understand what he was saying, but I just had to hang my head in shame. Thankfully, this did not go on for too long, and they went back to what they do best.
Yes this is the Backstreet Boys in their mid-thirties making music
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