“Cuddly pop troll Carter, who rose to fame during the fallow period between Hanson and Lizzie McGuire, was essentially the musical version of Poochie: A rapping, shiny-suited, catchphrase machine who could have only come from the twisted, syphilitic mind of Lou Pearlman. ‘People love these damn Backstreet Boys—does one of them have a younger brother we can tart up?’”

I never thought I’d ever want to read anything about Aaron Carter, but Chris Weingarten revisits the little guy’s oeuvre over at Idolator, and then some (btw, the best Aaron Carter-related ethering since this, with bonus Horatio Sanz fake-mustache lolz). CW is absolutely killing it on the site’s “Worst of the 00’s” feature.