{"id":793541,"date":"2019-03-01T08:36:47","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T15:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=801981"},"modified":"2019-03-01T08:36:47","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T15:36:47","slug":"watch-new-kids-on-the-block-teach-pop-history-in-boys-in-the-band-boy-band-anthem-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/watch-new-kids-on-the-block-teach-pop-history-in-boys-in-the-band-boy-band-anthem-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch New Kids on the Block Teach Pop History in \u2018Boys In The Band (Boy Band Anthem)\u2019 Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/nkotb-boy-band-anthem.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/new-kids-on-the-block\/\" id=\"auto-tag_new-kids-on-the-block\" data-tag=\"new-kids-on-the-block\">New Kids On the Block<\/a> offer a crash course in boy band history in the video for their new song, \u201cBoys In The Band (Boy Band Anthem).\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The clip is set in a high school classroom, where the teacher \u2013 cheekily played by \u2018NSync\u2019s Lance Bass \u2013 introduces the New Kids as guest speakers. As the song kicks in, the group starts the performance as gray-haired geriatrics, but soon their traipsing through four decades of boy band history with the help of some swift costume changes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Both the song and video for \u201cBoys In the Band\u201d are packed with sly references: Bell Biv DeVoe make a brief cameo appearance, while later the New Kids string themselves up like the \u2018NSync marionettes in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Eo-KmOd3i7s\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cBye Bye Bye\u201d<\/a> video. \u201cIf it is enough, why does every generation have another one?\u201d Jordan Knight sings, \u201cAnd why do all directions only lead to one\/Before you know it they\u2019ll be even more to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cBoys In The Band (Boy Band Anthem)\u201d is one of three new tracks that will appear on the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/new-kids-on-the-block-hangin-tough-30th-anniversary-reissue-nkotb-760672\/\">30th anniversary reissue<\/a> of New Kids\u2019 1988 album, <em>Hangin\u2019 Tough<\/em>, out March 8th. The track follows previously released offering \u201c80s Baby,\u201d featuring Salt-N-Pepa, Tiffany, Debbie Gibson and Naughty By Nature.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">All the aforementioned artists on \u201c80s Baby\u201d will also perform on the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/new-kids-on-the-block-mixtape-tour-734118\/\">53-city \u201cMixtape Tour,\u201d<\/a> which launches May 2nd in Cincinnati, Ohio.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/new-kids-on-the-block-boys-in-the-band-boy-band-anthem-video-801981\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Kids On the Block offer a crash course in boy band history in the video for their new song, \u201cBoys In The Band (Boy Band Anthem).\u201d The clip is set in a high school classroom, where the teacher \u2013 cheekily played by \u2018NSync\u2019s Lance Bass \u2013 introduces the New Kids as guest speakers. 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