New Kids On The Block share videos of making 'Big Girl Now' with Gaga and RedOne

[Ladle Ghoulash 20,277]

See, I can see why people might think this song is sus, but the lyrics are “I’m a big boy, you’re a big girl now, I’m a big girl, you’re a big boy now.” If “now” were only included referring to the girl in the song, I could see why people might read this as a grooming/jailbait-y song, but I get the sense that the lyrics are literally just two people who knew each other when they were kids/teens and then hooking up as adults. 

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Back in the day when i was young i thought this was a harmless bop. 

 

Oh my lord FameGa looks so adorable i wish they'll show us more 

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1 hour ago, Ladle Ghoulash said:

See, I can see why people might think this song is sus, but the lyrics are “I’m a big boy, you’re a big girl now, I’m a big girl, you’re a big boy now.” If “now” were only included referring to the girl in the song, I could see why people might read this as a grooming/jailbait-y song, but I get the sense that the lyrics are literally just two people who knew each other when they were kids/teens and then hooking up as adults. 

Well, no, it doesn't go both ways. It's about an adult man/men knowing a "little girl" and then seeing how much she's grown up and wanting to hook up with her now that she's an adult.

[Ladle Ghoulash 20,277]

9 minutes ago, hieronymus said:

Well, no, it doesn't go both ways. It's about an adult man/men knowing a "little girl" and then seeing how much she's grown up and wanting to hook up with her now that she's an adult.

Well, the lyrics, as cited in my original post, quite literally do. But…okay! 

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If Just Dance had become popular at the same time it did in Canada/Australia/Sweden in the US then more attention would have been on her and she could have made this a hit in 2008. Then again, Chillin wasn't a big hit either and she was huge at the time.

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3 hours ago, Ladle Ghoulash said:

Well, the lyrics, as cited in my original post, quite literally do. But…okay! 

which lyrics talk about the man being little or even comparable to her age?

edit: no. it is INSANE that you're even defending this song in the face of lyrics like this

"But I always knew I'd be the one (girl here you come)

Gonna get you wet, gonna make you sweat (girl I bet)

Gonna give you something you ain't ever gonna forget

You ain't no little girl no more (nope)

That's for sure (yup), booty like oh

Wanna work it like a big girl let's explore

Now drop it to the floor, lets get raw"

 

At literally no point in the song is the reverse said. You're just straight up lying.

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3 hours ago, hieronymus said:

which lyrics talk about the man being little or even comparable to her age?

edit: no. it is INSANE that you're even defending this song in the face of lyrics like this

"But I always knew I'd be the one (girl here you come)

Gonna get you wet, gonna make you sweat (girl I bet)

Gonna give you something you ain't ever gonna forget

You ain't no little girl no more (nope)

That's for sure (yup), booty like oh

Wanna work it like a big girl let's explore

Now drop it to the floor, lets get raw"

 

At literally no point in the song is the reverse said. You're just straight up lying.

There’s a lot of ways these could be interpreted. It’s a lot different than songs in the 60s/70s that would have male artists straight up saying “I love her but she’s only 15” or the likes of. I get where you’re coming from, but knowing Gaga and even NKOTB why would they write and release a song like that? To me it reads as taking pleasure from taking a consensual partner’s virginity or like someone else said, childhood friends being FWBs or partners later in life, someone you had a crush on in your childhood. Maybe they could have alternated on lyrics like “I’m not no little girl no more / I’m not no little boy”. Girls have sung in songs too “I’m a big girl, I can handle it” or the likes of

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I just realised she basically confirms in this Freakshow was written and demo’d for them as well

[HelloHangoverz 17,020]

6 minutes ago, gagzus said:

I just realised she basically confirms in this Freakshow was written and demo’d for them as well

I love it when she acknowledges ancient unreleased songs

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16 hours ago, Ghost Face said:

This song in 2024 is really on the edge of inappropriate lyrically..

And yet we stan Slut Pop, WAP and Cupcakke type of music.

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9 hours ago, TEANUS said:

There’s a lot of ways these could be interpreted. It’s a lot different than songs in the 60s/70s that would have male artists straight up saying “I love her but she’s only 15” or the likes of. I get where you’re coming from, but knowing Gaga and even NKOTB why would they write and release a song like that? To me it reads as taking pleasure from taking a consensual partner’s virginity or like someone else said, childhood friends being FWBs or partners later in life, someone you had a crush on in your childhood. Maybe they could have alternated on lyrics like “I’m not no little girl no more / I’m not no little boy”. Girls have sung in songs too “I’m a big girl, I can handle it” or the likes of

The only "childhood" mentioned is hers so I don't understand where you guys keep pulling that childhood sweethearts false narrative from.

The first verse literally starts with "back in the days when YOU were young" referring to her. Like what's not clicking.

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41 minutes ago, hieronymus said:

The only "childhood" mentioned is hers so I don't understand where you guys keep pulling that childhood sweethearts false narrative from.

The first verse literally starts with "back in the days when YOU were young" referring to her. Like what's not clicking.

And the song overall starts with this:

“I'm a big boy, you're a big girl now, now, ow
I'm a big girl, you're a big boy now, now, ow”
 

Then he goes on to sing

”Little girl, you're clearly not the same kid from the block“

“Back in the day when I was young
….I always knew I'd be the one”

Again, knowing Gaga first and foremost, why would she write that about an inappropriate perverted relationship between an older man and younger girl?

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10 minutes ago, TEANUS said:

And the song overall starts with this:

“I'm a big boy, you're a big girl now, now, ow
I'm a big girl, you're a big boy now, now, ow”
 

Then he goes on to sing

”Little girl, you're clearly not the same kid from the block“

“Back in the day when I was young
….I always knew I'd be the one”

Again, knowing Gaga first and foremost, why would she write that about an inappropriate perverted relationship between an older man and younger girl?

Idk, why would she work with several known abusers after recording this.

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3 minutes ago, hieronymus said:

Idk, why would she work with several known abusers after recording this.

Fallacies in her judgement of the people around her ≠ consciously writing lyrics that cosplay her as a girl who’s been preyed upon by the male since she was underage

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Not to fan the flames but it’s documented that she was dating a 26 year old when she was 15 and waiting tables after school. Not to mention that many younger girls have crushes on older guys. It doesn’t make it perverted or inappropriate unless you are specifically trying to label the lyrics as potentially grooming.