MMMBOP! Hanson Grow Up<\/b>
\nBy HANNAH STOTT<\/p>\n
06 April 2005<\/p>\n
Brothers Isaac, Taylor and Zac, as the boy band Hanson, shot to fame in 1997 with pop classic Mmm Bop. Now at the grand old ages of 19, 22 and 24 respectively, they’re back in the charts.<\/p>\n
They talked to Sky about how that single changed their young lives, how Mmm Bop is one of Bono’s favourite songs, and how they’re getting on as adult musicians.<\/p>\n
Q: My, haven’t you grown-up?<\/strong><\/p>\n Isaac:<\/strong> I guess we have. Q: But Taylor, you’re really quite old for your age. You’re expecting your second baby any day now.<\/strong><\/p>\n Taylor:<\/strong> Obviously it’s pretty young (to be a father) at 22, but I guess you just live your life at your own pace. I’ve always done things early – getting married, having kids. It’s what I wanted.
\nZac:<\/strong> It depends: if you saw us seven years ago, we’ve grown up a lot; if you saw us five years ago, not so much; if you saw us six months ago, probably not at all. We’ve been a band for 13 years in May yet people have only known Hanson for seven or eight. There’re a lot of changes, and some of them are more physically than musically apparent.
\nTaylor:<\/strong> We used to say when we first started out to just think of us as really old guys with high voices. For us, it was never about being young or old; it was about just wanting to play music.<\/p>\n
\nIsaac:<\/strong> Whereas I’m 24 and couldn’t be further from getting married or having children.
\nTaylor:<\/strong> It’s not just in our personal lives; we started our own record company and now release our music independently. We’ve always written and produced our music. It’s about who you are and what you want to do.<\/p>\n