Will I change my opinion?

[lauradi7dw]

I was in elementary school when the Beatles first appeared on the Ed Sullivan show. The next day they were a big topic of conversation. Most people I knew decided that Paul was their favorite. Why did we need a favorite? I went along with Paul, although over the years that started to seem silly - they were all good at their jobs, they were all nice looking (if that was what mattered), they all together were better than they were without the other Beatles. Paul has had the longest career, I think (it helps to not be dead) and I like that one of the most famous people in the world (?) is a vegetarian. When I started KPop fandom, I learned the expression "Bias," again seeming to be one's favorite (or crush object? hard for me to tell). People in the space I hang out in work hard to make it clear that while they have a bias, their main priority is the group as a whole. People who are just into one person, not the group, are called solos, and are scorned. It seems a little silly to me. On the couple of occasions that someone has asked for my bias (you can have them in each group), I say "Paul McCartney," because that was my original little kid thought.
Then I watched this opinion piece by Ethan Hawke, and kind of agree that there is no such thing as a favorite Beatle. "To say I have a favorite Beatle is to say I have a favorite ventricle of my heart.'
https://youtube.com/shorts/uhKXyIcbupg?si=MUv-Ls-7vlo6h4GS

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[sorcyress]

It was very interesting to rewatch, a year or two ago, the Backstreet Boys music video for "Everybody[Backstreet's Back]" (sidebar: an amazing music video, sparks much joy!)

See, when I was a kid, looking at this video in 1997 or whatever, I was very much in favour of Brian! He has soft curly hair! He does handsprings! Wow so cute he's my favourite!!!!!! Little iconoclast that I was, I refused to give in to the "Nick is the cutest" meme of my fellow elementary school friends, it was Brian all the way!

Spin myself up to mid-thirties, and sure, Brian is a soft little cutie...but it was Kevin who got all my attention. It was interesting to see how my tastes had changed, at least when it comes to pure aesthetics. I've never had a strong enough interest in the group to have opinions on them as individual musicians, so my favourite backstreet boy really is just "yeah, that's a pretty fun band"

~Sor