Hit Clips to Spotify

A wave of nostalgia hit me as I watched Justin Timberlake perform at the Super Bowl LII halftime show. I first remember listening to Justin Timberlake when he was part of the famous boy band, *NSYNC. I remember having sleepovers with my older cousins and they would put on their CD's and we would dance, sing, and swoon over the band like every other girl our age. This got me to thinking about the different ways that I used to listen to music when I was younger, and the one way that stood out the most to me was the Hit Clips. Hit Clips were mini key-chain radios that you could bring with you anywhere. The little "clips" of music were on the key-chain as well, and they were interchangeable, so you could stay up to date with the most current tunes. The clips were short, about one minute, and were very low quality. I remember that I had every clip of *NSYNC song that they made for the Hit Clips. I would take it with me everywhere that I went, and I was so proud to show everyone that I had all of the *NSYNC Hit Clips. After Justin Timberlake's performance on the Super Bowl, it got me thinking to how much the way we listened to music has change in just a short amount of time. I remember having Hit Clips, then a portable CD player, then the first iPod, then listening to music on my iPhone. I feel as if everything changed and evolved so quickly as I was growing older. After the Super Bowl, I went on to the music streaming service Spotify, and saw there was a custom Justin Timberlake playlist, which included music from when he was a part of *NSYNC. This brought everything that I had been thinking about full circle for me because I was so amazed that I used to listen to one little short, low-quality clip of this man singing, and now I am on a music streaming service, on my mobile device, that has a whole playlist dedicated to his music over the years.