What was the point of anything, anyway? My therapist said this sounds like depression, and I thought, this is what it must feel like to forget who I used to be.īut by the end of that concert, I discovered a long-forgotten high. I lost interest in things that had once delighted me, like writing and creating literary-themed cocktails. Grief and exhaustion from this never-ending present made daily tasks feel overwhelming. I constantly feared losing my grandparents, either to COVID or their loneliness from sheltering at home. Headlines about anti-Asian violence left me crying during work. With ever-evolving COVID variants, many of my life plans felt stalled. Unlike BSB’s re-ignited tour, my life felt like it had been on indefinite hold. It’s a project they’ve wanted to do for years. Now, the Boys are even releasing a holiday album, “A Very Backstreet Christmas,” 29 years after their formation. I had no expectations, only regrets that I didn’t think to wear a crop top and butterfly clips to mesh with the vibes of the audience: mostly Millennial women like me with their moms, sisters or girlfriends. Staged to promote BSB’s 2019 album “DNA,” this current tour was postponed for two years due to the pandemic. It was a birthday gift, a throwback to 1999, when we attended BSB’s “Millennium” tour at the Fleet Center. That first time we saw BSB, I had just started the fourth grade, turned 9, and received my first boom box and a copy of the “Millennium” CD for my birthday.
(Scott Legato/Getty Images)īack in July, I took my mom to see the Backstreet Boys’ “DNA” world tour at the Xfinity Center in Mansfield, Massachusetts. The Backstreet Boys: Brian Littrell, Nick Carter, AJ McLean, Kevin Richardson and Howie Dorough (left to right) perform onstage during iHeartRadio Channel 95.5's Jingle Ball, Dec.
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