One thing though is for certain, “If I Ruled the World,” I’d make sure BTR was the only relevant boy band (because they deserve to be). Somehow, they made me grateful for the hours upon hours I spent obsessing over them online. This band inadvertently gave the world an unprecedented era of skin-tight jeans, J-14 wall posters, internet fandom wars and quiffed hair.īTR was iconic, and the fact that they aren’t a band anymore is criminal. In 2009, BTR paved the way for the comeback of the boy band. Without BTR, subsequent boy bands like One Direction would not be successful. BTR wrote most of the songs on their second and third albums, rehearsed original choreography and made me believe men could be good - all while filming 74 episodes of an above-average television show. Like every boy band ever, they had a way of making you (and millions of other teenage girls) feel special. That’s right: One Direction opened for BTR.īTR is still the epitome of talent. In 2012, BTR began their “Better with U Tour” where, on the North American leg, One Direction opened for them. Even in the modern era, the band kept the boy band tradition of semi-matching outfits on stage and in-sync dance moves. In that time, they recorded three albums, filmed a Christmas TV movie with Snoop Dogg and, ultimately, taught us that modern boy bands can actually sing and dance live.Īs a boy band, BTR performed flawless harmonies and choreography live in concert. That’s how amazing they are.īig Time Rush, commonly known as BTR, was created by producer Scott Fellows for a Nickelodeon television show of the same name. When I was 15, I had a Twitter account called dedicated to Big Time Rush.

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