Line #11 YMMV/AaronCarter


1	* FifteenMinutesOfFame: Carter wasn't without commercial success -- his second album ''Aaron's Party (Come Get It)'' went triple platinum -- but his fanbase was limited to the preteen demographic. It wasn't long before his young fans became teenagers and sought out more mature music, at which point his career never recovered.
2	* CoveredUp: His cover of "I Want Candy" is probably the most widely-known version, as it's eclipsed the other versions, even the original.
3	* HarsherInHindsight:
4	** "Aaron's Party" includes the line, "I'm gonna get picked off my family tree." His personal trauma actually resulted in him becoming estranged from his family.
5	** All the lighthearted banter he has with his brother Nick on "Oh, Aaron" is significantly more uncomfortable once you watch ''House Of Carters'' and see just how volatile their actual relationship was.
6	* MemeticBadass: His most popular song is about him playing one-on-one basketball against Shaquille O'Neil... and ''winning''. 'Nuff said.
7	* {{Narm}}: A big reason his music never had the same nostalgia resurgence as [[Music/BackstreetBoys his brother's band]].
8	** Like most everything that fell into the "kid empowerment" trend of the 90s and early 2000s, his faux bad-boy persona and songs about overbearing parents were considered cheesy at best and annoying at worst. Either way, he wasn't taken seriously as an artist. Songs like "Not Too Young, Not Too Old" also drew attention to his age, making them harder to enjoy as an adult.
9	** As far as [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy white rappers go]], he was no Music/{{Eminem}}. It's hard to imagine his brother Nick being able to say "I want you to rap!" on "Oh, Aaron" with a straight face. His breakdown on the theme song to ''WesternAnimation/LibertysKids'' is much better.
10	* NarmCharm: Some argue that his old songs, as corny as they are, have a cheesy charm to them.
11	* OvershadowedByControversy: In his final years, he was more well-known for feuding with his siblings (to the point both had restraining orders against him), his multiple drug arrests and his erratic behavior online than for his actual music.
12	** In January 2020, Carter made unauthorized use of artwork from German artist Jonas Jödicke to promote his clothing brand. When confronted about this on Twitter, his response was (as quoted): ''"you should've taken it as a compliment dick a fan of MINE sent this to me. oh here they go again, the answer is No this image has been made public and im using it to promote my clothing line aaroncarter.com guess I'll see you in small claims court FUCKERY"''. Carter proceeded to mock Jödicke in follow-up Tweets and on a livestream. Eventually, they reached a settlement in June 2021, where Carter would pay Jödicke $12,500.
13	** In March 2020, Carter set up an [=OnlyFans=] account, charging $50 to $100 per nude photo, or $26 a month. However, the reviews were not good, and the content was described as "bizarre".
14	* SampledUp: The chorus of "Stride (Jump on the Fizzy)" is an interpolation of "Break My Stride" by OneHitWonder Matthew Wilder from the 80s.
15	* SignatureSong: "Aaron's Party (Come Get It)", "I Want Candy", "That's How I Beat Shaq" and if old Radio/RadioDisney requests are taken into account, "America A O".
16	* SoBadItsGood: Some consider "That's How I Beat Shaq" to be this for its crazy storyline.
17	* StuckInTheirShadow: Unlike Music/JanetJackson who successfully made a name for herself independent of her [[Music/MichaelJackson older brother]], Aaron was never quite so fortunate. Commercials for his music and articles about him always took time to remind the public that he was the younger brother of [[Music/BackstreetBoys Backstreet Boy Nick Carter]], reinforcing Nick's leader status in his group.
18	* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: Both the guitar lick and drum loop of "Aaron's Party (Come Get It)" sound an awful lot like "Bust A Move" by Young [=MC=].
19	* TearJerker:
20	** His interviews for Lance Bass's documentary ''The Boy Band Scheme'' are by far the most difficult to watch. He's the only one interviewed who completely defends his former manager Lou Pearlman, whom Carter describes as being a better father figure than his actual father (who, mind you, fired a gun next to his ear forcing him to sign a recording contract, resulting in Aaron becoming partially deaf). Despite this, his attitude and eventual tearful breakdown, combined with allegations that Pearlman sexually harassed many of his clients, both male and female, makes it clear that, whatever their relationship was, it was very complicated and Carter was a deeply traumatized man.
21	** Also, Nick Carter's [[https://www.instagram.com/p/CkoA-v1II5K/?img_index=1 heartbreaking statement]] on social media following his brother's death. He basically said that while it was no secret that they had a troubled relationship, Aaron was still his only brother, and Nick had always hoped that Aaron would one day get his life together which unfortunately would never come to be.
22	* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Any kids' movie you watch with his music is tied to the early 2000s.
23	** His song "The Kid In You" is this in full, with references to lots of popular kids' shows or franchises, networks, and trends from the late 90s or early 2000s.
24	** "Summertime" pairs him up with Baha Men, another act whose meteoric rise to popularity in the early 2000s cooled off very quickly.
25	** "America A.O." is firmly a product of post-9/11 jingoism.
26	* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: His cover of "I Want Candy", as it's a song about sex and the titular "Candy" isn't (maybe) a name for a girl, but is an UnusualEuphemism for sex. It doesn't help that the original version was a song from the 60s sung by a band of adult men and not, as most assume, the version by the female-led Bow Wow Wow.

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