The KIDZ BOP headoffice is light and breezy on a Tuesday afternoon, and the KIDZ (yes all caps, yes with Z) are fresh off taping a Good Morning New York sector.
The kids’s ensemble, which hasactually been rocking the airwaves because the early aughts, consistsof at any provided time up to thirteen entertainers. I am just set to satisfy 4, nevertheless, who are in the city doing press and carryingout a mini-concert in Central Park.
For a group of pre-teens, they are exceptionally press-savvy. They speak in soundbites and any of that signature “don’t appearance at me I may passaway” perceptiveness common of their age group is well concealed.
Who owns KIDZ BOP? Peak behind the drape of this tween pop device.
Child stars in the making
“We’ve been in KIDZ BOP for just a couple of months now and we all, over the past coupleof months, haveactually developed a truly strong bond and relationship,” Jackson, a thirteen-year-old California native, informs me. He began dancing at 4, and his musical interests grew.
Sporting a black and neon pink windbreaker with a stripe of silver, Jackson matches keepsinmind on 2 of the other KIDZ attire. The moon-man silver is likewise seen on 12-year-old Shila’s gown and 13-year-old Kiya’s slouchy freight trousers.
Their fits appearance straight out of Disney Channel’s outfit department − an unintended tribute maybe to the brandname’s biggest success stories. Several noteworthy Disney Channel stars (read: Zendaya and Ross Lynch) were initially KIDZ BOP kids. Also amongst the skill factory’s other elite finishes? Becky G and Olivia Holt.
There’s a particular respect amongst the group for the kid stars that came previously. All 4 entertainers were giddy about a current TikTok they had shot with the Jonas Brothers and Kiya gushed about Miley Cyrus, whom she states she likes both as Hannah Montana and as herself.
These kids might not yet be family names separately, however under the KIDZ BOP umbrella, they are accountable for on average over 1 billion streams each year, not to reference show ticket and album sales. It’s a heavy lift for (relatively) little shoulders.
“My life has altered a lot,” Shila states about the shift to semi-stardom, confessing it was difficult stating bye-bye to pals and household to make the relocation to Los Angeles, however “It’s a truly excellent chance.”
“There are hectic days, however we have to get those weddingrehearsal times in for trip” Kiya pipelines in. The kids are home-schooled, getting direction from instructors who travel with them or stay in LA when they are recording. With the shift away from a CD-centric design, the label pumps out almost one single a week, often with an accompanying music video.
Squeaky tidy music maker
If you’re not familiar, the group’s signature is covers of top forty strikes that are censored to be “family friendly.” One of their current strikes was “About That Time” a take on Lizzo’s 2022 summertime smash “About Damn Time.”
Among the tune’s altered lyrics are “I’ma requirement some more pop in my cup,” changed from the initial “I’m a requirement like 2 shots in my cup.”
The lyrics are reworded by the KIDZ BOP music group which pulls the currently cleaned-up radio variations. “They’re generally actually popular tunes at the time so you hear them an