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The song for Nicki Minaj's new music video isn't as awful as her last one, but couldn't she have just skipped the song and gone straight to the video?

Isn't there picture of Lady Gaga with the exact same caption? What if pop stars have been trying to shock us with absurd fashion since at LEAST the '60s, and we only feign surprise and scorn each time because we're too scared to admit to ourselves that we as a society are bored as hell?

Has anyone else noticed this?

Just when the Backstreet Boys and 'Nsync were fading from memory, '90s fever catches up again with the Second Coming of the Boy Band. Already ridiculously popular in their native U.K., the preteen quintet One Direction has made enough of a splash in the U.S. for the predictable boy band backlash to occur. This particular parody doubles as a nice introduction to the band if you haven't heard of them yet.

Warning: Sitting through five minutes of this sugary pop goodness is like eating a ball of cotton candy the size of Jupiter. Only those with an extreme pop sweet tooth should attempt.

He's not at his angsty, rebellious, post-pubescent phase yet, but we can't wait until it gets here.

Two-thirds of YouTube users agree: Nicki Minaj's last single was a stupid-show.

Okay, so they're not really played at once. But this mashup of Katy Perry, LMFAO, Rihanna, One Direction, Carly Rae Jepsen, and more will make you question whether we aren't just listening to the same song on repeat whenever we turn on the radio.

Even as he's saying "metal," he's furiously changing the track on his iPod's "Now Playing" menu from K-Pop to something more kvlt.

Plain jeans and a T-shirt? How dare she! Why don't girls today wear corsets like they did in the good old days?

ENQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW.

The character of Patrick Bateman in the book/movie American Psycho was infamous for, among other things, waxing philosophic on the genius of 1980s Top 40 acts such as Phil Collins and Huey Lewis and the News before cold-bloodedly butchering victims. Author Bret East Ellis might be working on a sequel to American Psycho, and if so, he's already fleshing out the character's attitude towards popular music today.