Hanson

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Jesse Thorn

Society & Culture

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2010

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

The band Hanson hit it big as teenagers in the late 1990s with the megahit MmBop. More than a decade later, they're still making acclaimed R&B-infused pop rock. Their latest album is Shout It Out.

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0:00.0	I am Aaron from New Jersey.
0:01.6	I'm Will in Atlanta, the Sound of Young America is an independent production supported by listeners
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0:13.3	I'm Jesse Thorne, live on tape from My House in Los Angeles.
0:16.6	It's the Sound of Young America from MaximumFund.org and PRI, Public Radio, International.
0:28.6	It's the Sound of Young America.
0:29.6	I'm Jesse Thorne.
0:30.6	My guest Hansen's first album was called Middle of Nowhere.
0:34.6	It was a cultural phenomenon.
0:36.2	It sold 10 million copies and it spawned a certified mega hit in Mbap.
0:41.6	At the time, they were 12, 14, and 17 years old.
0:45.8	It's now 13 years later and all three members of Hansen are grown men married with children
0:51.0	of their own.
0:52.4	What might be most remarkable about their story is that they never stopped being Hansen.
0:57.2	They've spent the last dozen years or so doing what they do best, writing and recording
1:01.2	R&B inflected pop rock records, touring ferociously and tending to a fan base that's grown up
1:07.0	alongside them.
1:08.2	Their latest LP, Shout It Out, is the third they've released on their own 3CG records.
1:14.0	Here's the album's first single, Thinking About Something.
1:44.0	I know don't wear a petition because you're sitting in my heart, Mason.
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