History Trivia / PopstarNeverStopNeverStopping

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: A snapshot of mid-2010s pop culture that could only have been made at the exact moment when Music/JustinBieber's public persona had shifted from "cute kid" to "tabloid bad boy" but just before his CareerResurrection.

* CreatorKiller: The film's box office failure put a damper on Music/TheLonelyIsland's mainstream success, with their next project going directly to Creator/{{Netflix}}. While Creator/AndySamberg's career remained unscathed, Jorma and Akiva have mostly remained behind the scenes directing TV shows, including Samber's hit sitcom ''Series/BrooklynNineNine''.

* HarpoDoesSomethingFunny: Like most comedies of it's time, a majority of the scenes consist of hours and hours of improv edited down to a feature presentation. According to Jorma and Akiva, they filmed ''over 400 hours'' of usable footage, enough to make over 100 different cuts of the film's first act alone!

* HarpoDoesSomethingFunny: Like most comedies of it's time, a majority of the scenes consist of hours and hours of improv edited down to a feature presentation. According to Jorma and Akiva, they filmed ''over 400 hours'' of usable footage!

* RealitySubtext: As producer Judd Apatow pointed out, the movie is basically a fictionalized biopic of The Lonely Island themselves: Andy Samberg, the most famous of the three, plays the breakout member of a trio known for audacious pop and rap songs; Jorma Tacone, the only other member who's done a significant amount of on-camera work outside of Lonely Island, plays the one other member of the group who serves as Conner's tagalong; and Akiva Schaffer, who works almost exclusively behind-the-scenes, plays the member who's completely withdrawn from the limelight.

* ExecutiveMeddling: The original title of the film was ''Conner 4 Real'', but Universal wanted to sell it as a satire on the Music/JustinBieber documentary ''Never Say Never'', despite little to no resemblance to it.

* CreatorKiller: The film's box office failure put a damper on Music/TheLonelyIsland's mainstream success, with their next project going directly to Creator/{{Netflix}}. Creator/AndySamberg's career remained unscathed, Jorma and Akiva have mostly remained behind the scenes directing TV shows, including Samber's hit sitcom ''Series/BrooklynNineNine''.

* AcclaimedFlop: Great reviews, some even calling it the best music mockumentary since ''Film/ThisIsSpinalTap'', but didn't even make half of its money back. Universal said that the film will probably obtain a cult following similar to ''Spinal Tap''.

* CreatorKiller: Its box-office failure marked the end of Music/TheLonelyIsland's run of mainstream success, with most of their work since directed at their older fans rather than wider audiences. While Creator/AndySamberg's career emerged unscathed thanks to ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'', it was without the rest of the group.

* AcclaimedFlop: Great reviews, some even calling it the best music mockumentary since Spinal Tap, but didn't even make half of its money back. Universal said that the film will probably obtain a cult following similar to Spinal Tap.

** Music/{{Pharrell}}

* DawsonCasting: Possible example. The Style Boyz are presumably in their mid-to-late-20s but played by men in their late 30s.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: In ten years, kids who don't remember Justin Bieber's tabloid antics in the early-mid 2010s, or things like hoverboards, the dystopian YA novel boom, or the backlash over Apple uploading Music/{{U2}}'s ''Songs of Innocence'' to everybody's iTunes account, will probably see quite a few of the film's jokes fly over their heads.

** Chester Tam (aka Richardson from Film/HotRod)

* TheCameo: Every band member's wife has a cameo in the film. Creator/JoannaNewsom is one of the flatlining doctors, Marielle Heller is a member of the documentary crew, and most memorably, Liz Cackowski is the stage manager at the Poppy's (who winds up making out with her real-life husband).

* ProductionPosse: The movie is littered with frequent Music/TheLonelyIsland collaborators in minor roles and cameos, including:

* HeyItsThatGuy: The DJ giving shoutouts in Miami is [[Film/HotRod Richardson]].

* ProductionPosse: The movie is littered with frequent LonelyIsland collaborators in minor roles and cameos, including:

* TheCameo: Every band member's wife has a cameo in the film. JoannaNewsom is one of the flatlining doctors, Marielle Heller is a member of the documentary crew, and most memorably, Liz Cackowski is the stage manager at the Poppy's (who winds up making out with her real-life husband).

* HeyItsThatGuy: The DJ giving shoutouts in Miami is [[HotRod Richardson]].

** JustinTimberlake
** MichaelBolton
** AdamLevine
** SnoopDogg
** Pharrell
** {{Akon}} (his song isn't in the movie, but remains on the soundtrack)
** BillHader
** MayaRudolph
** WillArnett
** Chester Tam (aka Richardson from HotRod)

* DirectedByCastMember: Akiva and Jorma also directed the film.

* DirectedByCastMember: Akiva and Jorma also directed the film.
* HeyItsThatGuy: The DJ giving shoutouts in Miami is [[HotRod Richardson]].
* ProductionPosse: The movie is littered with frequent LonelyIsland collaborators in minor roles and cameos, including:
** JustinTimberlake
** MichaelBolton
** AdamLevine
** SnoopDogg
** Pharrell
** {{Akon}} (his song isn't in the movie, but remains on the soundtrack)
** BillHader
** MayaRudolph
** WillArnett
** Chester Tam (aka Richardson from HotRod)
** In addition, every band member's wife has a cameo in the film. JoannaNewsom is one of the flatlining doctors, Marielle Heller is a member of the documentary crew, and most memorably, Liz Cackowski is the stage manager at the Poppy's (who winds up making out with her real-life husband).

** In addition, every member's wife has a cameo in the film. JoannaNewsome is one of the flatlining doctors, Marielle Heller is a member of the documentary crew, and most memorably, Liz Cackowski is the stage manager at the Poppy's (who winds up making out with her real-life husband).

* HeyItsThatGuy: The DJ giving shoutouts in Miami is [[ProductionPosse Richardson]], [[OneSceneWonder two-scene wonder]] from HotRod.

* DirectedByCastMember: Akiva and Jorma also directed the film.