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As a boyband OG (well, 2nd gen?) I can easily see which boyband members 4*Town boys represent.
Robaire took a moment because he sings better than anyone in B2K (because Jordan Fisher), but yeah, he's definitely J-Boog inspired with the way he's drawn.
Everyone is saying Tae Young is Jimin, but the creator Domee Shi says she took inspiration from BIGBANG and 2PM. So he's a mix of G-Dragon and Nichkhun
Jesse is likely a straight up Jesse McCartney reference but also references older members of boybands like Chris Kirkpatrick and Joey Fatone, who were starting families and stuff during the height of their popularity
Aaron T. & Aaron Z. reference stuff like Mel B. and Mel C. from the Spice Girls, and Seungri and Top from BIGBANG (both named Seunghyun).
Aaron T. specifically references bb members like J Park, Taeyang, and AJ McClean. Kinda the cute bad boy image.
(Collages because tumblr only allows 10 photos)
Aaron Z. is the cute sporty boy, which Taeyang also fits, but also boybanders like Lil Fizz and Justin Timberlake.
I only used boybands that existed in the 00s (and the Spice Girls), and doing that, you can totally see the references Domee Shi was going for. 4*Town is truly a love letter to boybands 🥰
Solange & B2k (2003).
Naya Rivera 🕊 in B2K’s “Why I Love You” music video (2002)