Vengaboys, Avril Lavigne, 50 Cent, the ketchup song, Usher, Blue, Backstreet Boys, Outkast.

This evening I spent time going through songs through the early 2000s with some fellow “millennials”. We reflected on songs from when we were in junior school. And the same few songs got us super excited, and reminded us of our younger years.

The four of us grew up in 4 different cities, in 3 different countries. Yet we all know all the lyrics from all of these artists.

And these songs were from between 10 and 15 years ago. Yet to us they feel like yesterday.

The nostalgia is both comforting and terrifying, as we realize how we’re getting older and becoming real adults.

One day we’ll try explain these songs to our kids, and they won’t understand. But they’ll forever be “cool” to us.

Image is from a picture of the TV while we were watching “hey ya” by outcast. One of the greatest songs of all time. Period.