Denise Truscello/WireImageIf you’ve ever been puzzled by the lyrics of Backstreet Boys’ “I Want It That Way,” you’re not alone.
Chrissy Teigen sparked a Twitter-wide inquiry Friday when she attempted to decipher the meaning of the confusing lyrics. Now, the Backstreet Boys are speaking out about it and admitting that the song’s meaning isn’t that deep.
“It means whatever each individual’s interpretation is, is what it means,” AJ McLean explains to Entertainment Tonight. “Chrissy is obviously a really big, big fan and we love you! Thanks for so much love and support. But you know, it’s one of those songs that doesn’t have to mean anything! It just doesn’t! It just works.”
Kevin Richardson agrees that the song “means something different to everyone.”
“Some of the greatest songs mean nothing! It happens,” Brian Littrell adds.
The Backstreet Boys’ official Twitter account, however, tried to give Chrissy a solid answer, but it was just as confusing as the lyrics themselves.
“I never wanna hear you say, ‘I want it that way’ cause i want it that way,” Chrissy wrote, quoting the lyrics. “He doesn’t wanna hear it because he is the one that wants it that way?” she then asked. “He wants to be the one to say it? Also what is “it”?”
To which the BSB account responded, “Don’t wanna hear you say that you want heartaches and mistakes… or to be 2 worlds apart. We don’t want you to want ‘it’ that way – that’s the way we want it… for you to not want it that way.”
Glad we’ve cleared that up.
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