I'm really, really looking forward to this album like you wouldn't believe.  Just like all the other 7468916758972639567392165973289674895079878678926969871469863793251000217465 BSB fans in the world, eh?

I bet most reasons are like, "Well, this is their first album in the longest time so..." or "I love the Backstreet Boys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  *piercing scream*" (this one barely answers the question actually!).

I'm not sure how many people have my reason.  Y'know how they've said time and time again that this album's gonna be different?  That it's a little "edgier, harder" (Howie in Rolling Stone) and yet, it still shows how they've grown.  In light of the extremely-provocative Rolling Stone article, I have this feeling that the album parallels the article in the sense that it's something the typical BSB fan isn't gonna expect.  Recall the tracks on their previous 2 albums - ballads or bubble-gum dance-pop.  This isn't to say that I absolutely loathed their first 2 albums.  Au contraire.  I loved it - I mean, hey, it's dance-driven (a lot of it) and I am sooo there!  But I think that I'm already liking the fact that this is apparently a more serious album.

And while I'm seriously wondering how many superficial teenybopper fans ran away screaming at the top of their frigging lungs after reading the Rolling Stone article, I wonder how many superficial teenybopper fans are gonna be burning Millennium after realizing that....