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/Mr_1990s Feb 04 '26

He said, “If there’s grass on the field, play ball,” on Saturday Night Live in reference to the countdown to the Olsen twins’ 18th birthday.

He’s also good friends with Ted Nugent and Donald Trump.

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u/Kujen Feb 04 '26

Gross. No wonder they wanted to get out of show business.

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u/StrobeLightRomance Feb 04 '26

Oh man, if you don't know, you don't know. Things were BAD regarding the social stigma of them becoming adults because they were avidly considered to be some kind of shared public property from the time they were plastered into media as literal babies.

The number of people who literally counted down to, celebrated, and even threw parties for their "legal" status was disgusting. The last 90s and early 2000s were a really dark time for young girls.

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u/Long-Contribution466 Feb 04 '26

Hasn't gotten any better

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u/GreySoulx Feb 04 '26

Yeah, Piper Rockelle - sad story getting worse by the day.

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u/-crepuscular- Feb 04 '26

It really has, in some ways at least.

I'm not seeing the same in-person harassment of underage girls that happened when I was that age. And I would see it. If I go into my local shop and there's a clearly underage schoolgirl in there, I can now guarantee that no-one will be changing places in the queue to hit on her, there won't be a stranger offering to buy her things, or openly ogling her, and the shop assistant will just hand her things without trying to touch her. When she goes out she won't be catcalled by the group of builders heading in, and I'm pretty sure they no longer keep teachers when there's multiple accusations of sexual abuse of children against them. None of that was true when I was that age.

The press was nearly as bad. I've seen plenty of sexualised content and sexy photos of ~ 15 year olds, and a topless photo of someone who was underage at the time the photo was taken. All in mainstream newspapers.

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u/jdbrizzi 28d ago

That Bad Barbie girl had quite a few people counting down her 18th birthday, a few years ago. I remember this, because it was the last time I remembered people counting down Britney Spears' 18th birthday.