Paramount+ to Air New Documentary About Boy Bands & Their Place in Pop Culture
justjared.comParamount+ is putting a spotlight on the boy bands of the 90s and early 2000s! The streaming service has picked up a documentary about the boy band-obsessed era and their place in pop culture, Variety reports.
Longtime music manager Johnny Wright, who has managed acts like New Kids on the Block, *NSYNC, 98 Degrees and more, has teamed up with Gunpower and Sky CEO Van Toffler to produce the upcoming doc. Get more details inside… “The ’90s boy band era made an indelible impact and will be forever woven into the pop culture landscape,” Bruce Gilmer, Paramount’s president of music, music talent, programming and events and Paramount+’s chief content officer of music, said in a statement. “Boy bands remain bonafide global sensations to this day, as seen in the fan frenzy heard around the world during *NSYNC’s on-stage reunion at this year’s VMAs and the ever-spreading domination of K-Pop’s biggest groups like BTS, Stray Kids and TXT.” Tamra Davis is set to direct the doc, which will “include the songs, band members and personalities who defined the time period and explain the popularity of boy bands.” No premiere date has been set at this time.
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