
Tell Me Why… the Backstreet Boys all look hotter now than they did in 1999 (And where is this fountain of youth?) Tell Me Why… Everyone but AJ looked really cold in the video. Tell Me Why… Backstreet Boys no longer perform for fans on the tarmac. Tell Me Why… We can’t fly to Backstreet Boys concerts on that plane. Tell Me Why… I Want It That Way has anything to do with an airport. So, Backstreet Boys, we have a few “Tell Me Whys” of our own: The song confuses you, but you’re never going to turn it down. And boys say girls are confusing! “I Want It That Way” is actually the 3AM call from your drunk boyfriend that you had an argument with, but you actually really love him and are with 16 years and 4 children later. Because what exactly were they asking why about? We know it “ain’t nothin’ but a heartache”, “ain’t nothin’ but a mistake”, but they are literally asking US to tell THEM why they never want to hear us say I Want It That Way. People simply wanted to know: Did Anyone Ever Tell The Backstreet Boys Why?Īnd the answer is… No. The Backstreet Boys themselves can not even tell you what this song means and trying to solve the enigma that is “I Want It That Way” will make your brain explode.

The song (a Max Martin creation, of course) went straight to the top as well as Millennium, arguably the greatest album of the 90s… or ever.Īs time rolled on, people started to think about the song and everyone suddenly realized, that no one could tell you what the song was about. They could have released a recording of them singing the alphabet and it would have gone straight to the top, but in true Backstreet fashion, they released the big dog AKA I Want It That Way. In 1999, the Backstreet Boys were riding high.
