P5: 90s Music Recap

Lately, I’ve been reliving a bit of my childhood that I am extremely excited about. While scrolling through the Pandora stations on my phone, I came across a 90s pop station. I decided to take a listen, since that’s when I was really little, a child. As I listened, different artists such as Britney Spears, Spice Girls, Backstreet Boys and N*Sync started playing. I made me reminisce the times that my biggest worry was if I would be able to tie my shoes or not today. Since then, I’ve been drawn to the music on this station. It’s also making me realize how much music has changed since then when in reality, it’s only been just over ten years. Back then, the music seemed so light and carefree. Rarely would you hear an artist say any type of swear word or sing about the things that are sung about now. Britney Spears and the Backstreet Boys were only seeing about the problems with love. Now everyone is using every swear word you could possibly think about. Being in love turned into making love. I always remember telling my mom that I’d be listening to these artists for awhile, as if they’d never leave the music scene. I can look back on that and laugh too. Artists are ‘hot’ for a short time. Britney Spears keeps popping up every so often, but whenever she’s in the tabloids, it’s about her latest slip up. She has changed so much, from being so innocent to someone that our generation can look down upon and laugh. I continue listening to her for who she was then, an amazing artist that many little kids looked up to.