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AJ McLean Says His Oldest Daughter 'Hates' This Classic Backstreet Boys Song 'with a Passion' (Exclusive)


AJ McLean spoke about his daughter Elliott, 12, not liking a Backstreet Boys song in an exclusive interview with PEOPLE at the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards on Monday, March 17.

The singer, 47, exclusively revealed to PEOPLE at the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards on Monday, March 17, that his daughter Elliott, 12, “hates” the band’s 1999 hit “I Want It That Way” “with a passion” after being teased about it at school. “The fact that we get to redo this album again live, it's kind of reinvigorating, this excitement about what it was back in '99,” McLean tells PEOPLE. The tracks at the concert will include “Back to Your Heart,” which McLean shares will have one member of the pop group sobbing onstage.

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