See The Hilarious First Tweets From Your Favorite Boy Banders
April 24, 2017
Before Twitter became what it is today, it was a brand new social network founded in 2006. Some people were early adopters of the social network, while many waited a few years until they got involved. Some of these people were a few of your favorite boy banders. And to celebrate Boy Band week here at iHeartRadio, we're taking a look back on some of the hilarious first tweets from the best of the boy bands throughout the years -- from New Kids on the Block to One Direction and those in between.
Listen to all of these boy bands and more all week on iHeart90s Radio:
Backstreet Boys
Back in 2009, Nick Carter sent out his very first tweet. And decided to treat his fans to a riddle...
Here's a riddle. I'm eating somewhere. What is happy and hard as a rock and lives at the beach.
— Nick Carter (@nickcarter) April 6, 2009
Meanwhile, Brian Littrell was trying to figure out what you actually do on Twitter.
Hey everybody this is my first tweed, or is it twit or tweet? HA HA
— Brian Littrell (@brian_littrell) June 5, 2009
this is fun.....
But Howie was confident about his Twitter abilities...
Hey everybody,
— Howie D (@howied) April 24, 2009
This is Howie Dorough here officially twitting. Yes, it is possible to teach an old dog new tricks. ;) Cant promise too m ...
AJ was chillin' in Reno when he sent out his first tweet.
chilling in reno with my buga gonna kill it tonight!
— AJ McLean (@skulleeroz) June 30, 2010
And from the official @backstreetboys account? They wanted to update fans on their travels.
Wow- we're finally in Jakarta! Just yesterday we were in Sydney. Right now we r getting ready for our show tonight. More updates to come!
— backstreetboys (@backstreetboys) February 25, 2008
*NSYNC
Lance Bass didn't join Twitter until 2010. Here are his first words on the social networking site:
Testes, testes one, two, three! I've FINALLY joined the Twitterverse!!!!
— Lance Bass (@LanceBass) March 16, 2010
Justin was an earlier adopter of Twitter, and took the opportunity to spread some music education in his first tweet.
Tennman Records released its first single today, Esmee Denters' "Outta Here". http://tinyurl.com/cs55pa. What do you think?
— Justin Timberlake (@jtimberlake) April 14, 2009
Shortly afterwards, Chris Kirkpatrick decided to take a trip to Twitterville also.
Joining Twitterville
— Chris Kirkpatrick (@IamCKirkpatrick) April 26, 2009
Joey took a different approach, tweeting out a picture. Although, you can't tell what it is he posted any longer ๐
http://yfrog.com/4ccc2ej
— Joey Fatone (@realjoeyfatone) June 4, 2010
And, of course, the iconic moment the actual band got an official Twitter account, sparking speculation the guys were all back together again:
Mic check, mic check one.. two... is this thing on?!
— *NSYNC (@NSYNC) August 24, 2013
One Direction
Louis Tomlinson made his first tweet a compliment to UK singer/songwriter Lucie Jones.
@luciejones1 you are an absolute babe ha . Fantastic voice my favourite from last year x
— Louis Tomlinson (@Louis_Tomlinson) May 8, 2010
And Liam Payne needed to confirm his identity.
I am the real Liam Payne
— Liam (@LiamPayne) June 22, 2010
Meanwhile, Harry Styles was at his home just enjoying the day the first time he sent out a tweet.
Enjoying my day at home :)
— Harry Styles. (@Harry_Styles) August 22, 2010
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Nick Lachey "finally" joined Twitter in 2009. But not just Twitter, the "Twitter-verse." It's a vast online universe.
Finally joining the Twitter-verse.
— Nick Lachey (@NickLachey) September 29, 2009
Meanwhile, his brother Drew had some reservations about getting on the social network. Shout out to Jenn and Fritsch for getting him through it!
To be perfectly honest I am a little nervous about my first tweet. Thanks to Jenn and Fritsch for helping me thru this stressful situation
— Drew Lachey (@DrewLachey) March 29, 2011
And then, there's Jeff Timmons, who used his first tweet to direct fans to watch him on MTV's reality series Made.
Check me out on MTV's MADE
— Jeff Timmons (@JeffTimmons) February 3, 2011
New Kids On The Block
NKOTB were also early adopters of Twitter, and their first tweet? Follow Donnie.
Yo, girls! Follow @donnieWahlberg !
— NKOTB (@NKOTB) March 25, 2009
And what did Mr. Wahlberg have to say? "I'm in the building"
I'm in the building
— Donnie Wahlberg (@DonnieWahlberg) March 16, 2009
Jonathan Knight's first tweet was actually a retweet -- and the old school way of retweeting, no less -- of fan's question about him.
RT @jennyddubgirl: Do anyone of you think @JonathanRKnight is moody and has a attitude towards people?
— Jonathan Knight-Rodr (@JonathanRKnight) September 28, 2009
Meanwhile, Joey McIntyre was having an Eat, Pray, Love moment...
I'm lieing down in the production office closing my eyes before the show asking myself what is important- love life adventure and excercise.
— Joey McIntyre (@joeymcintyre) April 10, 2009
And Jordan found himself also asking some important questions.
This is my first twit.......do I really want to do this?
— Jordan Knight (@jordanknight) April 19, 2009
And then there's Danny's first Twitter words...
What's up? It's me for real. Now everyone can tweet my ballz!!!!
— Danny Wood (@dannywood) April 18, 2009
5 Seconds of Summer
5SOS's Michael just wanted to say a big "hello" to fans...
HI.
— michael (@Michael5SOS) December 17, 2011
So, Luke decided to respond like so:
@Michael5SOS you suck.
— Luke Hemmings (@Luke5SOS) December 17, 2011
Calum was excited the band recorded Wheatus' 2000 single "Teenage Dirtbag."
good time today chillan with the boys recording teenage dirtbag ! :D check it outttttttttt :)
— Calum Hood (@Calum5SOS) December 17, 2011
Hanson
When Hanson joined twitter, it was Zac who took the first tweet, and only to inform friends that he had just eaten Q-Doba
I twitted! P.S. I had Q-doba for lunch-Zac
— HANSON (@hansonmusic) February 23, 2009
In addition to the boy band takeover on iHeart90s, iHeartRadio has curated a playlist which includes some of the biggest hits from all of your favorite guys. Click below to listen to the ultimate Boy Bands playlist!