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Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam is an upcoming Netflix docuseries that explores the darker side of the pop industry. The series joins Netflix's lineup of music documentaries, including ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke, Keith Richards: Under the Influence, and Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell.
The docuseries Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam explores Lou Pearlman, the man behind major music stars like Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Nick Carter, and Aaron Carter. It reveals his infamous Ponzi scheme where he exploited the musicians he managed to pocket millions. The series covers themes of greed, business, and pop culture, examining Pearlman's significant impact on the 1990s and early 2000s pop music industry.
Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam will premiere exclusively on Netflix
The upcoming documentary series is a Netflix exclusive. It will not be aired on television, and it will also not be available for video-on-demand services on other streaming platforms.
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What time will Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam be released on Netflix?
The standard release time for any new release on the platform is 3 am ET/ 12 am PT. The Netflix release time for the upcoming documentary series will differ across timezones.
Here is the release schedule for the documentary series across different timezones in the world:
Is there a trailer for Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam?
Netflix released the trailer for the documentary series around a month ago. The short trailer teases the meteoric impact of Lou Pearlman on the pop music industry in the 1990s and the early 2000s as he created some of the most popular boy bands like The Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC among others.
However, the documentary throws light on Pearlman's notorious exploitative venture where he used the fame of the bands to generate revenue for himself while depriving them of their hard-earned money. The series delves into other Ponzi schemes run by Pearlman, highlighting the dark side of the pop music industry.
The logline by Netflix describes Lou Pearlman as someone who "changed music culture forever". The man indeed architected a new era of pop by piecing together boy bands like The Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, O-Town, and Natural. Pearlman managed each of these bands who saw unprecedented success upon their creation, completely changing the pop music industry.
Stay tuned for the release of Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam on Netflix this Wednesday, July 24, 2024.
