Eric Nam Quotes

My songs aren't bubble gum pop dance songs and I don't have background dancers on every single song.

K-pop is a weird term because K-pop has everything - rap records - it's very pop-sounding; there are really boy-band-sounding records.

I think that boy bands as a whole are really coming back.

I would totally do a Madonna or Lady Gaga video.

Britney Spears was an incredible dancer. That kid was amazing.

I would love to do a video with Harry Styles and sit with him and talk about, like, his music and One Direction and everything he has going on and all his amazing songs that have been coming out.

There's hip-hop music in 'Power,' but the show is not about the hip-hop industry.

I have to admit that I was never into the boy band craze of the late '90s and the early aughts. I was into more adult things like Ricky Martin. For reals.

I was first introduced to Kiesza when I saw her perform 'Hideaway' on Jimmy Kimmel's show. It was the most incredible thing I've ever seen.

Girls Generation, I love their Teddy Riley-produced track 'The Boys.'

Pop just means popular - it can be any genre, and if it becomes popular, then it's pop music.

I grew up in the era of Britney Spears, where artists had songs written for them, and you got up and sang them. That's how I always thought it was.

Out of all our Twice songs in general, I really like 'TT.' It's really fun to perform with fans.

As a kid, I watched every Madonna documentary and tour. I was obsessed with her - and with any pop star of the '80s.

I always wanted to make a pop record. I'm a dancer myself, so I want to make something that people listen to and just want to dance to.

With the success of Immature, I wanted to start the group B2K, which ended up being one of the biggest urban boy bands in history.

Every actor I know wants to be a pop star.

Maybe it's because One Direction was just on 'SNL,' or because I'm playing The Wanted on my Top 40 show, but in terms of boy bands, we're seeing this resurgence, and it's happening, whether you like it or not!

A lot of my fans are young and hip and enjoy my pop album and know the lyrics to those songs as well, which is a real compliment to me.

As far as One Direction goes, and Mindless Behavior and all the other bands, I'm all for it, and if there's ever an opportunity to work with them, that'd be great.

The Doobie Brothers' 'What a Fool Believes' makes me want to move. And I still haven't gotten over the Macarena. Who has?

If you're a pop singer, you don't need to evolve. You just get a set together, have some hit songs and play them over and over.

I hear a really good pop song every now and then. 'ROAR' by Katy Perry, I love that! 'Poker Face'... Oh! What a song! And 'Rolling in the Deep'... Oh!

We've been gone five years and the best they could come up with was boy bands?

Dance music is Madonna's base. It's what she likes, it's what she listens to. It's not anything other than that. She doesn't read what's on the charts. And if it's on time, great. This is who she is.