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Noughties pop stars unrecognisable as they perform at festival

21 June 2024 , 13:22
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They collaborated with some of the biggest artists known today
They collaborated with some of the biggest artists known today

POP stars 3Oh!3 looked unrecognisable from their days as teenage heartthrobs as they performed on stage.

The pair, now in their early middle ages, made an appearance at the Not Just A Punk Phase Fest in Kansas City earlier this month.

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Sean Foreman and Nathaniel Motte look worlds away from their chart-topping daysCredit: Google
The pop duo formed 3OH!3 in 2004
The pop duo formed 3OH!3 in 2004Credit: Alamy
Sean and Nathaniel back in the early noughties
Sean and Nathaniel back in the early noughtiesCredit: Google

Sean Foreman, 38, and Nathaniel Motte, 40, were worlds away from their teenage selves at the gig.

Commenting on a TikTok video, one fan wrote: "The search being '3oh!3 young' is making me feel so old."

A second said: "Nooo wayyy they look like that now."

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A third added: "Well that’s not what I thought they looked like."

"I am SHOOKETH. This makes me feel SO OLD," a fourth penned.

The American electro-pop duo from Boulder, Colorado, founded the group in 2004 and named it after the 303 area code.

They gained popularity in the late 2000s and early 2010s for their energetic blend of electronic, pop, and hip-hop music.

3Oh!3 is best known for their single Don’t Trust Me from their album Want, which reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100.

Their second single, a remix of Starstrukk featuring Katy Perry, became a top ten hit in the UK, Ireland, Finland, Poland, and Australia.

They gained further popularity with the song My First Kiss, featuring Kesha, which served as the lead single from their album Streets of Gold.

The album later peaked at number seven on the Billboard 200.

However, they hit a wall with their 2013 follow-up, Omens, which received mixed reviews and ultimately fell short of expectations.

After this, the band disappeared from the public eye, except for a few sporadic performances.

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Sean now lives in California but comes to Colorado often, while Nathaniel is still based in Boulder, where they both grew up and later met at University of Colorado Boulder.

"We were both going to underground hip-hop shows and stuff," Motte told Westword Magazine.

"We actually only formally met in a physics class, and then we bonded over music really quickly."

They became well-known for their song Don't Trust Me
They became well-known for their song Don't Trust MeCredit: Alamy
The duo stopped performing regularly in 2013
The duo stopped performing regularly in 2013Credit: Alamy

Caroline Peacock

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