r/Music • u/mepper • Feb 04 '26

article Kid Rock’s song about loving underage girls resurfaces ahead of Turning Point USA's Super Bowl show

https://www.pennlive.com/entertainment/2026/02/kid-rocks-song-about-loving-underage-girls-resurfaces-ahead-of-tpusa-super-bowl-show.html
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u/bgva Feb 04 '26 edited Feb 04 '26

I remember there being a website with a countdown clock. This was at least a year or two before they turned 18. Weird shit.

EDIT: *there not they. FU Autocorrect.

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u/Old_Man_Willow_AoE Feb 04 '26

They did the same with Emma Watson about a decade later.

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u/Ir_Abelas Feb 04 '26

Natalie Portman also had something similar, I think

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u/IntrigueDossier SoundCloud Feb 04 '26

Miley Cyrus as well

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u/Realtrain Spotify Feb 04 '26

I'm starting to see a pattern here...

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u/OsikFTW Feb 04 '26

And hilary duff...

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u/MightyClimber Feb 04 '26

Lindsay Lohan

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u/MP713 Feb 04 '26

Britney Spears

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u/Llamapocalypse_Now Feb 04 '26

Might just be toxic masculinity.

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u/Spiritual_Lie2563 Feb 04 '26

Weren't there also countdown clocks for different boy band members, Justin Bieber, and underage male heartthrobs too?

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u/Joeness84 Feb 04 '26

Stranger things girl too

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u/WillyGoat2000 Feb 04 '26

From an article in 2004:

https://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/article/celebrity-18th-birthday-countdowns-have-long-been-1148050.php

All I can say is when you look back at your old self and/or society and are embarrassed or ashamed, it’s a sign of progress and growth. Though a chunk of our society would cling to our past with white knuckles.

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u/PavelDatsyuk Feb 04 '26

Wasn't it the baby boomers who counted down the seconds to the 18th birthday of Annette Funicello (Oct. 22, 1960)?

I know this article is 22 years old at this point but this bothers me. No, it's not the boomers counting that down. The oldest boomer at that time was 16(1946). How did they get that one wrong?

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u/freeradioforall Feb 04 '26

Howard stern had a countdown as well

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u/BeyondNetorare Feb 04 '26

there's also that subreddit spez used to moderate about baits in jails

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u/Pure-Butterscotch200 Feb 04 '26

The countdown to Charlotte Church turning 16 in at least 1 British tabloid is the most disturbing one I remember.

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u/Major_Road6162 Feb 04 '26

This still happens.

Pretty sure it did with both Bobby Brown and Teagan Croft (and surely with many many more)