FAN FLASH

The NKOTB have been a true Love story since I was 11 years old and will be until the end of my life.
My name is Nassima, I’m 29 years old and have been a fan since 1990.

How I got to know the group ?
I will remember this all my life.

On a beautiful summer day, sitting in the lounge with my sister and my big brother, we were watching clips on TV.
That’s when a group of 5 boys that I had never seen before appeared on the screen ... my first reaction was to say, "What are these the boys'?

But in the bottom of my heart I felt a strange sensation .. but as I’ve always been shy about sharing my true emotions , the best way for me to hide my emotions was to say the opposite of what I thought.
A few months later the phenomenon that was the New kids on the block took over the world and especially my heart.
I started to save my candy money to buy magazines, there were so much that I didn’t purchase any candy for a very long time ...

I started to have a sacred collection of posters that i would put up one after the other on the walls of my room until it no longer had a single piece of wall visible up to the ceiling.
Then for my birthday, all my relatives knew that the only way to make me happy was to get me NKOTB memorablia.
I have accumulated tapes, vhs, jackets, T-shirts, pins, badges ...
There is so much to say that one book would not be sufficient for tell it all.

A few years later at the age of 14 years, I found out by one of my penpals and fans that NKOTB would be the virgin store on the Champs Elysees in Paris for a signing ...

"I ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO GO .. dad Mom please let me go there, it’s my biggest dream "
They saw how much I was obsessed by them. They accepted to let me go ...

The D-Day, with my best friend, we left and got there early. We saw masses of fans coming from all parts of France. The street was full of people. The doors were finally opened to let us enter our paradise. That’s where our 5 guys were waiting ... sitting behind a table.
JON DANNY DONNIE JORDAN AND JOEY

We were the fourth to go up to them,
with eyes wide open, overwhelmed by emotion and euphoria, I walked up to them.
My dream was happening.
I extended a hand to each of them .. they all raised and gave me a kiss!
One in front of Joey,
he lowered his eyes, did not pay attention to me, was too busy signing my autograph.
I faced him shy and sad at once ..
and there as if he had seen my feelings, he looked up at me and gave a smile that I will never forget.
The NKOTB helped me without knowing overcome many hardships, to feel better in my skin ..
In a few ways I consider them as members of my family
I never stopped loving them .. ever.
-LANYAH--

- Interviewed by Mariyon --

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