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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="36293" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Fall-Out-Boy">Fall Out Boy</keyword> will perform at the virtual "We The People" concert series on January 17, before President-elect <keyword id="99719" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Joe-Biden">Joe Biden</keyword>'s inauguration.</li><li><keyword id="36278" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Pete-Wentz">Pete Wentz</keyword> has spoken consistently since 2008, when the band endorsed Obama's presidential run, about how if it wasn't for Biden's first Senate term in 1973, Fall Out Boy wouldn't exist.</li><li>On November 7, 2020, the day Biden's election win was widely called, Wentz <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CHT6nV5AKJB/?utm_source=ig_embed">shared a baby photo</a> on his Instagram, with the caption, "My parents met working for Joe Biden in the Senate in the 70s." </li></ul>On Wednesday, alongside the release of a comprehensive 1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, the Biden-Harris transition team released the line-up of their "We The People" pre-inauguration performers, which included emo heartthrob band Fall Out Boy. And singer Pete Wentz has repeatedly said Biden is the person to thank for the memories.During the 2020 and 2008 presidential election campaign, bassist and singer Pete Wentz clued fans into his deep family ties to President-elect Joe Biden.On November 7, 2020, the day Biden's election win was widely called, Wentz <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CHT6nV5AKJB/?utm_source=ig_embed">shared a baby photo</a> on his Instagram of him being held by Biden during Biden's first term in the Senate in the 1970s. Flanked to Biden's left is Dale Lewis Wentz, Pete's mom, who at the time had joined Biden's staff. "My parents met working for Joe Biden in the Senate in the 70s," Wentz said in his caption, "To me he is a beacon of empathy, compassion, and kindness."Fall Out Boy and Wentz's performance at a subdued and high-security inauguration will represent a sort of full circle role that Biden has played in the Wentz's lives. The connection was first publicized in 2008, when Wentz and Fallout boy held a fundraiser for Obama, and Wentz, an Illinois native, publicly endorsed Obama. That same year, The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/02/03/heres-joe-biden-with-pete-wentz-from-fall-out-boy-as-a-baby/">reported</a>, Wentz and his lawyer father Pete Wentz Sr., blogged jointly about their support for the Obama-Biden campaign on Pete Wentz's Tumblr page, with his father explaining his emo rocker son's literal origin story. "So I guess it's a big day for everyone - one way or another no matter what you are thinking," Pete Wentz <a href="https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/pete-wentz-photo-with-joe-biden-found-fans-thank-vp-for-fall-out-boy-201522/">wrote </a>on the eve of the 2008 election."I don't really want to force my views on anyone. I'm just some guy in a band who doesn't spell that great much less have a degree in anything. So I turned to my dad (has a couple degrees and spells much better, besides he's a hero to me). Blech enough of that… Here's what he had to say," Wentz added, posting a message from his father."'I have spent the weekend and now working on the Obama campaign," Pete Wentz Sr. continued, "'Mom and I met in Washington when we were both legislative assistants to Senator Biden when he was in his first term. I had worked in his campaign and your mother had been in the Foreign Service. We started out as friends and the rest is history.'" Wentz also <a href="https://www.vulture.com/2008/11/fall_out_boy_all_joe_bidens_fa.html">told the Associated Press</a> after the 2008 election that, "If it weren't for Joe Biden, I would not exist as a human being," adding that Biden attended his parents' wedding.<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-inauguration-day-schedule-celebrity-lineup-how-to-watch-2021-1">A number of performers</a> will join Fall Out Boy throughout the virtual inauguration concerts and procession which will be closed to the public, including Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, will.i.am, and Carole King.

Fall Out Boy to play before Biden's inauguration, a full circle performance after Pete Wentz's parents met working for Biden in the Senate in the 1970s

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Fall Out Boy guitarist Joe Trohman announced that he is leaving the band for mental health reasons.</li><li>"My mental health has rapidly deteriorated over the past several years," Trohman wrote on Instagram.</li></ul><a href="https://www.insider.com/fall-out-boy-ghostbusters-theme-song-cover-2016-6">Fall Out Boy</a> lead guitarist Joe Trohman has announced that he is temporarily leaving the band for mental health reasons."Without divulging all the details, I must disclose that my mental health has rapidly deteriorated over the past several years," wrote Trohman, who formed Fall Out Boy with Pete Wentz in 2001, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CnlFA8KrEB2/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY%3D">in an Instagram post on Wednesday.</a>"So, to avoid fading away and never returning, I will be taking a break from work which regrettably includes stepping away from Fall Out Boy for a spell."Trohman's announcement came on the same day Fall Out Boy announced the release of their <a href="https://www.insider.com/fall-out-boy-inauguration-pete-wentz-parents-met-joe-biden-2021-1">eighth studio album,</a> "So Much (for) Stardust," which will drop on March 24.The band also released the first single from the album, "Love From The Other Side," and an accompanying video on the same day."It pains me to make this decision, especially when we are releasing a new album that fills me with great pride (the sin I'm most proud of)," continued Trohman, who added that he will "one-hundred percent" be returning to the band in the future."In the meantime, I must recover which means putting myself and my mental health first," he said. "Thank you to everyone, including my bandmates and family, for understanding and respecting this difficult, but necessary, decision."Smell you sooner than later."

Fall Out Boy guitarist Joe Trohman is leaving the band due to 'rapidly deteriorated' mental health

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The Presidential Inaugural Committee released a playlist of 46 songs — a nod to President-elect <keyword id="99719" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Joe-Biden">Joe Biden</keyword> as the 46th President of the United States — days before Biden is set to be sworn into office. </li><li>The multi-generational playlist includes Dua Lipa, SZA, Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, Stevie Wonder, Led Zeppelin, and more.</li><li>Rolling Stone reported that on <keyword id="6363817" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Inauguration">Inauguration</keyword> Day, Biden's "walk-on" song will be "We Take Care of Our Own" by Bruce Springsteen, and Harris' is "Work That" by Mary J. Blige.</li></ul>The Presidential Inaugural Committee for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect <keyword id="180909" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Kamala-Harris">Kamala Harris</keyword> <a href="https://twitter.com/BidenInaugural/status/1350125893276979205">released a playlist</a> full of tunes to help celebrate Inauguration Day on Wednesday.The playlist - created by producer and rapper DJ D-Nice and actress Issa Rae's <keyword id="6354530" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="music">music</keyword> label, Raedio, in partnership with the inaugural committee - includes 46 tracks, a nod to Biden as the soon-to-be 46th President of the United States.It includes of-the-now artists like Dua Lipa, SZA, Beyoncé, and Vampire Weekend, as well as hits by Stevie Wonder, Earth, Wind &amp; Fire, Bob Marley &amp; The Wailers, and more. According to <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/joe-biden-kamala-harris-inauguration-playlist-springsteen-mary-j-blige-1115096/">Rolling Stone</a>, the playlist also includes the "walk-on songs" that will play when Biden and Harris, as well as future first lady Jill Biden and future second gentleman Doug Emhoff, arrive for the inauguration. The magazine stated that Biden's song is "We Take Care of Our Own" by Bruce Springsteen; Jill Biden's song is "You Make My Dreams (Come True)" by Hall &amp; Oates; Harris' song is "Work That" by Mary J. Blige; and Emhoff will walk out to "You Get What You Give" by New Radicals.Listen to the full "Biden + Harris 2021 Inauguration Playlist" on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2xvItYBGEkuvFTDASiAO5P?si=sdtiInWTSkKEeZhFhHa8vQ">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/pl.7132431700f346008f1245b2d56a2cd3?ct=FFM_34e69e88519c7dd45162132b1ba22c55&amp;at=1001lwQylwQy">Apple Music</a>, and <a href="https://ffm.to/bidenharris2021">other streaming platforms</a>.The Presidential Inaugural Committee's CEO, Tony Allen said in a statement that the playlist is meant to honor music as "a consistent vehicle that has kept us connected" through a challenging year."These songs and artists reflect the relentless spirit and rich diversity of America. They are the score to a new chapter and will help bring people together as the Biden-Harris Administration begins its important work to unite our country," Allen said.<h2>Biden and Harris's inauguration will be broadcast on Wednesday and includes a star-studded lineup of performers</h2><div type="image" title="biden harris inauguration" height="512" width="1024" msid="80316354" hostid="261"></div><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-inauguration-day-schedule-celebrity-lineup-how-to-watch-2021-1">The president-elect and vice president-elect will take the oath of office</a> in front of the US Capitol on Wednesday around 12 p.m. ET.The inaugural committee <a href="https://bideninaugural.org/presidential-inaugural-committee-announces-participants-in-the-59th-inaugural-ceremonies/">announced</a> that Lady Gaga will sing the national anthem, and Jennifer Lopez will be giving a musical performance.On Wednesday night, the committee will host the <a href="https://bideninaugural.org/schedule/">"We The People Concert,"</a> which will be the first virtual inaugural musical event. Actors Keegan-Michael Key and Debra Messing will host the event, and musical guests will include will.i.am, Carole King, Fall Out Boy, Cher, among other artists. <ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/fall-out-boy-inauguration-pete-wentz-parents-met-joe-biden-2021-1">Fall Out Boy to play before Biden's inauguration, a full circle performance after Pete Wentz's parents met working for Biden in the Senate in the 1970s</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/first-lady-presidential-inauguration-looks-2017-1">Here's what 16 first ladies wore at their husbands' presidential inaugurations</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/how-first-lady-style-changed-2018-2">How first lady style has evolved over the years</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-inauguration-day-schedule-celebrity-lineup-how-to-watch-2021-1">Biden's inauguration day will be unlike any other in history. Here's what to expect.</a></li></ul>

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris shared an official inauguration playlist with 46 songs to celebrate the 46th president

On TeenNick, the summer of 2010 was the summer of "<keyword id="9270271" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="degrassi" source="Orion">Degrassi</keyword>."After airing a marathon of every episode, the network released a music-video-style promo to announce the next era of the long-running Canadian series.VV Brown's "<keyword id="11648832" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="shark-in-the-water" source="Orion">Shark in the Water</keyword>" became the soundtrack to a carnival-themed montage of characters and clues that played daily in the months leading up to the season-10 premiere.Fans ate it up, and the song was probably stuck in every teen's head for the whole summer.Before some of them sat down for the show's 20th-reunion panel at the ATX Festival in June, Insider spoke with showrunners Stephen Stohn and Linda Schuyler, actors Annie Clark and Luke Bilyk, director Randall "RT" Thorne, and singer VV Brown about what it was like creating the momentous piece of "Degrassi" history that ended up saving the series.<div type="image" title="Holly J dressed as a carnival ring leader with a tiny top hat presenting a red-velvet curtain" height="1313" width="1751" msid="84443869" hostid="261"></div>By 2010, <a href="https://www.insider.com/degrassi-fun-facts-2018-11">the "Degrassi" franchise</a> had been on the air for 30 years. Schuyler and Kit Hood created "The Kids of Degrassi Street" in 1979, and throughout the '80s and '90s, it gained widespread recognition with "Degrassi Junior High" and "Degrassi High."In 2001, Schuyler teamed up with Stohn to reboot the series with "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B07XKJWBTQ/ref=atv_dp_season_select_s1" rel="nofollow sponsored">Degrassi: The Next Generation</a>," which successfully aired on Canada's CTV network for nine seasons.But before season 10, the showrunners had an unexpected and confusing meeting with network executives, who'd decided they weren't going to carry on with "Degrassi.""Like, they love us, but they don't want us," Schuyler recalled.At that point, Stohn had already been in talks with US network <a href="https://www.insider.com/nickelodeon-stars-where-are-they-now-photos-2019-6">TeenNick</a> about creating 48 episodes of a telenovela-style teen show. Instead of a new series, he pitched season 10 of "Degrassi: The Next Generation," which was later rebranded as simply "Degrassi."As part of TeenNick's scheduling initiative for the summer of 2010, the network committed to experimenting with airing a new episode of "Degrassi" four nights a week for the first 20 or so episodes of season 10.Stohn presented the idea to Schuyler after the CTV meeting, and the fate of season 10 shifted."So within the space of two or three hours I had gone from like 0 to 48" episodes, Schuyler said. "That's great. How are we going to find the money? Oh my God, where are we going to find the story?""No one other than Linda and I knew that," Stohn told Insider, speaking of the cancellation on CTV.Bilyk, who played Drew Torres starting season 10, said he had no idea "Degrassi" almost ended until he was on a press tour for season 11 or 12."That was when one of the execs at Nickelodeon, we were talking and they were, like, 'We're so happy we decided to pick the show back up.' And I was, like, 'Wait, you mean it was fully canceled?'""I couldn't imagine them trying to cancel it now, looking back with what we did and what we put together with seasons 10 to 15," he added. "I could never imagine not being part of that."In his <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35784539-whatever-it-takes">2018 memoir</a>, "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Whatever-Takes-Degrassi-Elsewhere-Television/dp/1459739981" rel="nofollow sponsored">Whatever It Takes</a>," Stohn broke down the new budget for season 10. They had to "reduce the cost per episode from $800,000 to $550,000, while still maintaining the same quality.""Linda and I went around to all of the various departments, whether it was sound or makeup or whatever, and we said to them, 'You know there's a saying that you could have something fast or you could have it less expensive or you could have it high quality — pick any two,'" Stohn told Insider."And we went around and we said, 'That's what we're doing here, except you have to do all three. It has to be faster, it has to be better, and it has to be less expensive.'"Although they were cutting costs elsewhere, the story team actually needed a bigger budget than ever before to create plotlines for a 44-episode season (the final four episodes TeenNick ordered carried over to season 11)."We doubled our story team. So we actually had two writers' rooms going," Schuyler said. "So simultaneously we were breaking four episodes, two in one room, two in another room ... We were churning a lot of story, but we were doing it in half the time."While the production team prepared for the biggest season of "Degrassi" yet, TeenNick figured out how to promote it.Clark, who played <a href="https://www.insider.com/degrassi-story-behind-incest-kiss-fiona-declan-coyne-2021-6">Fiona Coyne</a>, said the network helped the Canadian staple cement a spot in US pop culture."TeenNick always promoted 'Degrassi' really heavily ... It really felt like almost an American show when you were with TeenNick," she told Insider.<div type="image" title="red degrassi sign at the entrance to a carnival, shark in the water promo video" height="1616" width="2880" msid="84443872" hostid="261"></div>When the network approached the creators with the idea for "Shark in the Water," Stohn and Schuyler thought it was "marvelous.""We opened our schedule so that we could make the cast available," Schuyler said. "They came up into town, they hired a separate crew to shoot it, and in two days they came up with this brilliant concept."Thorne was hired to direct the promo and Brown's song was chosen after her record label at the time, Capitol Records, got in touch with TeenNick.The pieces fell into place, and they set out to film two music videos: A "Degrassi: Featuring VV Brown" version for TeenNick and a "VV Brown: Featuring the cast of Degrassi" version for the singer's repertoire.The network settled on a carnival-circus theme, which ended up being pretty perfect for the content of the show."Everyone always talks about Degrassi being this school where everything goes wrong. Like any problem you can imagine, these characters are facing it, so to equate that to a circus is such a perfect correlation," Clark said. "I feel like it just fit so perfectly to describe all these people's different problems."Brown agreed: "Circuses kind of are a beautiful chaos, an entertaining sort of madness and folly, and I think that's kind of representative."The song choice itself added to the eerie, ambiguous nature of the video. The singer explained that "Shark in the Water" is about "being aware of things, or people, or company that are not good for you and questioning them, questioning your instincts, questioning their behavior and their intentions."Using a song that suggested someone shouldn't be trusted also created suspense leading up to the two-part finale of the first half of season 10, dubbed "Degrassi: The Boiling Point," where the school's Vegas Night dance gets put on lockdown.The promo ends on a spinning roulette wheel that appears to be stopping on a "lockdown" option in between "betrayal" and "lies."Shooting the promo was anything but an average day of work for the cast. Much of "Degrassi" took place at the school, so any deviation from that was exciting."It felt like the sets were crazy and there were so many people, and I think we had people from TeenNick fly in, so it just felt like we were doing something really special," Clark said. "You get kind of used to, like, 'Oh yeah, we walk and talk to the lockers.' But then when they shoot some big event, it was very exciting.""Shooting a promo like that, it was a heightened reality for what we normally do," Schuyler added.Clark also said that the promo shoot was bigger than anything they'd done before."It just felt so big budget," the actress told Insider. "Like it seems weird to say, and obviously 'Degrassi' the show had a good budget, but it just felt very like, 'Oh, this is what they do in, like, Hollywood.'""This was definitely a whole different level of production, and that totally went for hair and makeup as well," Clark added. "I remember actually my outfit took forever to get into it because it was like a corset, so there were a lot of different pieces to it. It was not comfortable but it looked really cool on camera." She remembered wearing "pounds of makeup" that made her face "more caricature-like."As a newcomer, Bilyk said he was especially thankful for all these exciting deviations from his regular shooting schedule because it helped him build relationships with the cast. "We felt like we didn't have to be so in character or so professional, people were kind of joking around and everyone was having fun."Brown, who said she shot the scenes for her music video alongside the cast, added that the energy on set was positive and memorable. "Everybody was just so friendly and so nice," the singer said. "It was good fun and I'm really grateful for it."But there was one major downside of working on the promo set."The hallmark of any kind of fair or carnival is that it's outside so that you can see the ground, and the ground in the studio is concrete," Thorne said. He went on to explain that the studio floor was covered in dirt and peat moss, which gave the set the look it needed."It got all in the air, and it was, like, actually really hard to breathe," Clark said."I'll never forget, this is probably really gross ... at the end of day one, me, Melinda Shankar, I think Alicia Josipovic, AJ Saudin, and Jessica Tyler, we were all in the room afterward and were getting changed and were, like, 'Oh, let's go out and get food.' And we all looked at each other and we all had this like black powder all over our face," Bilyk said.Clark said she and her castmates found the residue gross and she was "coughing up black" after the shoot."I just felt like I had a layer of like soot on me after work, but honestly, a small price to pay for how fun that was."Some previous "Degrassi" promos used series footage to tease the next plots, but "Shark in the Water" took a subtler approach.When TeenNick developed the script for the promo, the network had access to the plotlines for season 10 and worked alongside producer Stephanie Cohen and Thorne to come up with hints to embed into the video."They had a rundown of some of the storyline concepts that they were going to explore in the season coming up," Thorne told Insider. "I kind of threw some concepts of carnival ideas at them so, like, a strongman competition or a dunking booth or something. So we kind of pitched back and forth in terms of what those scenarios would represent related to the season afterward."Unlike some <keyword id="11898468" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="TV" source="Orion">TV</keyword> shows where the cast is given the script ahead of time, most "Degrassi" actors heard their plots for the first time at the group read-throughs for each episode.There were only a handful of exceptions to this rule, such as when the creators pulled Drake aside beforehand to tell him his character was going to get shot and live, or when they had to explain to Jordan Todosey that she'd be playing a transgender teen boy.The secretive nature of the scripts made the hints in the promo even more fun for the cast to analyze on set.In Clark's scene, she covers up a black eye with makeup, which hinted at her first storyline of season 10 where she ends up in an abusive relationship."I was, like, 'Oh, OK, I'm going to have a black eye, what's this gonna mean?'" the actress said. "Because I remember with a lot of people we didn't know."Bilyk wasn't totally sure what the promo meant for his character either, especially the scene where he kisses Melinda Shankar, who played Alli Bhandari.<div type="image" title="Drew and Alli kissing at a carnival kissing booth, shark in the water promo video" height="1613" width="2151" msid="84443884" hostid="261"></div>"I remember reading the script for the 'Shark in the Water' promo, and I'm, like, 'Why am I here with you? Why are we kissing?' So then we were, like, maybe we'll end up dating," he said. "We only knew probably about, I think half, half of what was going on."The actor also said the cast had fun theorizing about what the clues meant for other characters, especially newcomer Eli (Munro Chambers), who's presented with a death tarot card in his scene."Eli pulling that tarot card with death, all of us were, like, 'Yo, are you about to get like fired?'" Bilyk said. "But at that time, me, Munro, and Jordan Todosey had all signed four-year contracts ... so I was, like, 'Bro, I know you don't die — you signed a four-year contract.'"<div type="image" title="hand flipping over a death tarot card onto a table" height="1624" width="2880" msid="84443886" hostid="261"></div>Of all the clues in the promo, Eli's was also the one that was most highly dissected by fans.Despite that the card is usually interpreted as an ending or big change rather than actual death, fan theories at the time ranged from thinking this mysterious new character was either going to die on his very first season or cause the death of another character."It was such a cool way to hint to what's going to happen in the season and get fans to try and solve the riddles," Clark said. "Like, 'Oh, I think it could be this,' 'I think it could be this,' rather than just showing clips from the season.""Online there was so much speculation from our audience of, 'What does this mean?' 'Who's going to get together?'" Schuyler said.The success of the "Shark in the Water" promo brought an unprecedented level of attention to the series and its cast."I remember the biggest thing at the time — because that was 2010 — was we got on the front page of Perez Hilton. I remember someone messaging me being like 'Oh, my God, you're on Perez Hilton,' and I was, like, 'I made it,'" Clark said."Like that was the biggest thing. I read Perez Hilton all the time, and I just couldn't believe that a huge, Hollywood publication would be writing about 'Degrassi' because I was still so like, 'Oh, this is a Toronto show.'"<div type="image" title="eli keeping a poker face during the degrassi shark in the water promo" height="1619" width="2160" msid="84443891" hostid="261"></div>For new cast members, the huge media campaign was their introduction to "Degrassi" fans. Bilyk said that the fandom welcomed him and Chambers with open arms after their characters were introduced alongside well-established ones like Alli and Clare."I'll never forget, we were in the basement of Munro's house having a party, and we had just made Twitter, and we were going crazy cause I just signed up and I got 10,000 followers," Bilyk said. "And I'm, like, 'Munro, you got to sign up,' and he was, like, 'No one's going to care — nobody cares about us.'""We signed him up and our jaws dropped — 20,000 followers in 15 seconds."After taking a major chance by ordering so many episodes of "Degrassi" in a totally new format, TeenNick "loved" the response from fans and viewers, according to Schuyler and Stohn.In his book, Stohn explained that the "Shark in the Water" promo and the first half of season 10 really saved the show and MuchMusic, the Canadian network it started airing on after CTV."When it went to MuchMusic in Canada, they were thrilled, it made their network," he told Insider. "We didn't realize it at the time, but they told us, 'Oh no, we might have had to shut down, and then you came in and saved us.'"He added: "The ratings were great on both MuchMusic and TeenNick, enough to get us almost immediately ordered for yet another 44 episodes in season 11."Despite the cancellation scare, seasons 10, 11, 12, and 13 each contained 40 or more episodes, and the 14th and final season had 28.Netflix even picked it up <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/jacksonmchenry/2015/06/09/degrassi-and-netflixs-business-of-saving-tv-shows/?sh=5e6a80b93b38">when TeenNick decided to end the show</a> after season 14, and "Degrassi: Next Class" ran for four 10-episode seasons on the streaming platform.For Thorne's career, directing the promo led to him working on full episodes of "Degrassi" on season 14 and "Next Class.""I think this was kind of like my audition for 'Degrassi,'" the director told Insider. "Even though I had been doing music videos for a decade before ... In terms of me directing things on the show, I think that this put me over the top."But the promo didn't just save and boost the "Degrassi" franchise. Brown wrote and released "Shark in the Water" years before it premiered, but the song's popularity skyrocketed in the summer of 2010."It really put the song on the map," Brown told Insider. "It went from having mediocre sales to going on to sell over a million records simply because of 'Degrassi.'""It's the cornerstone of my career, and it is the reason I can feed my children," she said.It remains the singer's <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/39ZHUueufhIdbW4yu9uODG">most-played song on Spotify</a>, with 27 million streams to date, and she said she still receives over 50 messages a week from "Degrassi" fans."'Shark in the Water' wasn't doing badly, but it was a record that was hanging in there but could have easily faded away ... this immediately changed it."Seasons 11 and 12 of "Degrassi" were also introduced with video promos, but nothing like "Shark in the Water."Despite that both season 11's "Now or Never" promo and season 12's "Showdown" promo introduced new characters, included catchy music, and hinted at the next storylines, they didn't make nearly as much of an impression."'Shark in the Water' was a very expensive way to go, and it worked like gangbusters," Stohn said. "But not every promo can be a 'Shark in the Water.'""We did the other promos, but they just didn't have that air of like fun and like curiosity in the air that made us all fall in love with each other," Bilyk said. "I still have people talk to me about it, to be honest. I love that 'Shark in the Water' promo. It did its job very well."Although the show ran from 2001 to 2014, the summer of 2010, with the "Shark in the Water" promo and nightly "Boiling Point" episodes, stands out. Clark said it marked when "the show shifted to a new sort of vibe" — a new era for the series.Early stars got to act alongside Aubrey Graham, who went on to become rap sensation Drake. Actors on season eight ushered in the series' first TV movie, "Degrassi Goes Hollywood," featuring a number of famous cameos (<a href="https://www.insider.com/cool-things-to-know-about-schitts-creek-fun-facts">Dan Levy</a>, Perez Hilton, Pete Wentz).But when it comes to season 10, she said, "There was no other time like that in 'Degrassi' history."

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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="1036616" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="One-Direction">One Direction</keyword> will celebrate their 10th anniversary on July 23, 2020.</li><li>For months, the group's members have been hinting at a reunion. </li><li><keyword id="1394542" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Liam-Payne">Liam Payne</keyword> has been the most outspoken about the anniversary and said that he's been in communication with the other band members. </li><li>In April, the singer told The Sun that "there's a number of different things that we are all working on to try and make happen and people are forwarding emails around."</li></ul><a href="https://www.insider.com/category/one-direction">One Direction's</a> 10th anniversary is coming up on July 23, 2020, and fans might be in for some surprises. The British-Irish band was formed in 2010 through the UK reality TV show "The X Factor." Originally comprised of <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/niall-horan">Niall Horan</a>, <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/zayn-malik">Zayn Malik</a>, <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/liam-payne">Liam Payne</a>, <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/harry-styles">Harry Styles</a>, and <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/louis-tomlinson">Louis Tomlinson</a>, the group became a global hit.One Direction's popularity spawned <a href="https://www.insider.com/most-popular-boy-band-song-every-year-2018-3">chart-topping songs</a> like "What Makes You Beautiful" (with an accompanying <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJO3ROT-A4E">music video</a> that has amassed more than 1 billion views on YouTube), tons of merchandise, (like perfumes, dolls, and singing toothbrushes), and sold-out shows around the world. The band released four studio albums between 2011 and 2014, plus an additional one ("Made in the A.M.") following Malik's departure in March 2015. One Direction announced their hiatus months later, in August. Some members of 1D have recently spoken about coming together for their upcoming anniversary, so <a href="https://www.insider.com/">Insider</a> has rounded up everything you need to know about the highly-anticipated reunion. <h2>In February 2020, Tomlinson told 'BBC Breakfast' that a reunion was 'inevitable'</h2><div type="image" title="one direction performing august 2015" height="1200" width="1600" msid="75302329" hostid="261"></div>"I'll give you the answer I give everyone else: It's inevitable," Tomlinson, who was on the show to promote his debut solo album titled "Walls," <a href="https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a30747907/louis-tomlinson-bbc-breakfast-interview/">said</a>."I don't know when, we don't know when," he added. "I think we'd be stupid not to get back together."<h2>Horan tried to shut down reunion speculation during his interview with the 'Zach Sang Show'</h2>The <a href="https://youtu.be/IHeoa-T3PJY">interview</a> was released in mid-March and when questioned about the band, the "Small Talk" singer said: "No, we've got nothing planned. I'm sure we'll meet up, but there's nothing planned for it."<h2>Styles also played coy about the anniversary during interviews </h2><div type="image" title="harry styles met gala 2019" height="1714" width="2286" msid="75302334" hostid="261"></div>Styles' <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq9cEOM8VOM">interview</a> with the "Zach Sang Show" was done remotely and released in early April, amid the coronavirus and stay-at-home orders.When asked if he had plans for the big day, Styles said: "Will we still be inside? I'm hoping not. That will be a very emotional day, I'm sure."In a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu6cZjTDnYM">Sirius XM interview</a> shared days later, the "Kiwi" singer was asked if he'd consider a Zoom reunion with 1D and he said, "I don't know if that's the reunion that we've had in mind. I don't know if that would be the way to do it. I'll have a quick whip-round."<h2>During Horan's 2020 'Carpool Karaoke' segment with James Corden, the singer assuredly said that 1D would reunite</h2><div type="image" title="niall horan carpool karaoke " height="1558" width="2872" msid="75302337" hostid="261"></div>Horan, who was promoting his <a href="https://www.insider.com/niall-horan-heartbreak-weather-album-review-first-listen-2020-3">second solo album titled "Heartbreak Weather,"</a> took a lie detector test and was asked: "Do you actually think that One Direction will get back together.The "No Judgment" singer <a href="https://www.insider.com/niall-horan-carpool-karaoke-one-direction-lie-detector-video-2020-3">answered without hesitation</a>, saying, "Yes."It's unclear when the episode was filmed, but it was released in mid-March as part of Horan's week-long "Late Late Show" takeover. Horan's fast response, which was deemed truthful based on the lie detector test, implied that perhaps he was already aware of a 1D reunion in the works. The prior month, Horan also told <a href="https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2020/0207/1113364-niall-horan-one-direction-would-be-mad-not-to-reform/">RTÉ Entertainment</a> that they'd "be absolutely ridiculous not to reform the band. We haven't really spoken about the "whens" but we do know we will. We have all said individually that we will and I think it would be stupid if we didn't."<h2>Payne sent friends into a frenzy in April, when he told The Sun that he and the guys of 1D were communicating about how to mark the anniversary</h2><div type="image" title="one direction december 2015" height="1946" width="2594" msid="75302344" hostid="261"></div>"We've all been speaking together a lot over the last few weeks which has been really nice," the "Stack It Up" singer <a href="https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/662316/one-direction-reunion-liam-payne-confirms/">said</a> to the publication via a virtual chat. "To hear a lot of people's voices and seeing old content and different things that we haven't seen for a long time or never seen before, it's very interesting."Payne added: "There's a number of different things that we are all working on to try and make happen and people are forwarding emails around."<h2>According to fans, the 1D members and the band's main account all refollowed Malik on Twitter</h2><div type="image" title="one direction american music awards november 2014" height="2024" width="2698" msid="75302351" hostid="261"></div>People took it as a sign that perhaps Malik would be included in the anniversary celebration. The Twitter activity also sparked hashtags like #OneDirection2020 and #OneDirectionReunion.<h2>In April, Page Six reported that the band members were considering a few ways to celebrate the milestone</h2>The publication <a href="https://pagesix.com/2020/04/13/one-direction-secretly-working-on-reunion-project/">said</a> that the group brainstormed ideas like a TV special or a new single, but not a tour — which makes sense considering that all the members have solo careers.Fans have also speculated that a new 1D documentary will be released, following comments <a href="https://www.iheart.com/content/2020-01-04-liam-payne-seemingly-confirms-one-direction-doc-for-bands-10th-anniversary/">reportedly made by Payne during an interview with City Times</a>. <h2>Payne went on to be questioned by Corden and was fairly tight-lipped because he's 'not allowed to say much'</h2><div type="image" title="liam payne late late show april 2020" height="1414" width="1885" msid="75302356" hostid="261"></div>"I'm not allowed to say too much obviously, because I'd be giving it away," Payne <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e33iFt2ozE">said</a> during a virtual appearance on "The Late Late Show" with "Memories" collaborator Alesso in April. "But we've been speaking a lot more at the moment. I think we're all feeling that that 10 year is a very special moment."He continued: "I had a beautiful FaceTime with Niall, who I hadn't spoken to in a long time, and speaking with Louis. It's been really nice, it's a nice moment."<h2>Payne went on Instagram Live with Alesso and implied that Malik won't be part of whatever celebration is in the works</h2>Payne told the DJ that he spoke to Horan via FaceTime and said that most of the band is currently in London."We've been trying to arrange the first group FaceTime at the moment," he <a href="https://twitter.com/m2rni/status/1251991730020216833">said</a>. "You can come and fill in for Zayn," Payne told Alesso. "Join the band."The singer also said that Tomlinson scolded him to speaking too much about the reunion."I can't say too much," Payne <a href="https://twitter.com/realdailypayne/status/1251982425405698050">said</a>. "Louis told me off for revealing a little bit about our plans the other day."<h2>The following day, Horan was joined by Payne on his Instagram Live</h2>Horan told Payne that he spoke to Tomlinson a few days prior in a WhatsApp group chat. Then Payne joked about the trio's failed attempt at a FaceTime."I mean, it's so funny," Horan said. "We can never get anyone together even though we're all doing nothing. Even though I know for a fact Louis' just sitting home smoking cigarettes and drinking beers. I was doing the same yesterday."<h2>Later that day, Payne participated in an interview and downplayed the reunion</h2>"We've been talking a lot more, let's say," Payne said during an <a href="https://play.acast.com/s/smallzy/46145407-4333-4e0b-86a5-64f326815546">interview</a> for "Smallzy's Surgery." "The lines of communication are a lot more open but reunion wise I don't see anything happening right now," he said.<h2>Eagle-eyed fans have noticed more suspicious activity online that have given them hopes for a 1D reunion</h2>In January, fans <a href="https://twitter.com/starrygleam/status/1214222132076568581">realized</a> that One Direction's <a href="http://www.onedirectionmusic.com/gb/home">official site</a> was reactivated. Several <a href="https://twitter.com/onedirection/lists">lists</a> (like one titled "One Direction Day VIPs) have also appeared on the band's Twitter account, but it's unclear when the lists were created and made public. And as pointed out by <a href="https://twitter.com/SiriusXMHits1/status/1252367784123629571">SiriusXMHits1</a> and fans online, the number of Twitter users that the band's Twitter account is following keeps changing. People have said that they've <a href="https://twitter.com/harryisgxlden/status/1252632600222498816">seen 1D ads on YouTube</a>, too.Fans also <a href="https://twitter.com/1Dthreads1/status/1250649300549488641">noticed</a> that 1D's profile photo on Apple <keyword id="6354530" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="music">Music</keyword> has switched to a photo of the original five members, rather than just Horan, Payne, Styles, and Tomlinson. In addition, Payne continues to be nostalgic about his 1D days. The singer posted a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u6TGp7Tyic">video</a> on YouTube in early April titled "Memories," in which he watched old One Direction videos and reacted to them. To celebrate Easter shortly after, the singer posted a <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@liampayne/video/6814889193001602310">video</a> on TikTok with the caption: "Hope you're all staying safe. Really missing all my friends and family at this time."The video included photos of Payne with friends, collaborators, and family members. The final image was a photo of the 1D members hugging each other. <h2>Payne said that Tomlinson threatened to egg his home if he continues sharing more details</h2>"I can't tell you any plans because I think Louis will actually kill me at this point because I kind of let the cat out of the bag about the anniversary and whatever else," Payne said in an <a href="https://7news.com.au/sunrise/entertainment/louis-tomlinson-told-liam-payne-off-for-spilling-one-direction-reunion-plans-c-994020">interview with "Sunrise.</a>" "He actually told me off on text message. He said if I do it again he's going to egg my house." Payne added: "The lines of communication are back open a lot more again, I'd say."<h2>Horan appeared to do damage control, denying a 1D reunion during an Instagram Live</h2>"I get asked this quite a lot, so I've got a good answer coming here," he said during a virtual interview with Claude Harmon III for Cobra Puma Golf UK's Instagram account."There's just been a lot of talk about it, but no, there's no reunion and such," Horan said. "We've just been talking a bit more recently."As many fans have pointed out, this wouldn't be the first time a band member has denied a reunion that ended up happening.Fall Out Boy's <a href="https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/1558303/pete-wentz-qa-why-fall-out-boys-reunion-needed-to-be-a-secret">Pete Wentz denied that his group would get back together during a three-year hiatus, but they returned with new music in 2013</a>. And in 2019, Joe Jonas caused a frenzy when he revealed that My Chemical Romance would be reuniting after he heard the band rehearsing next door to the Jonas Brothers in New York. Jonas let the secret slip during an <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlCF0uNzVy8&amp;t=4st=4s">interview with KISS FM UK</a>, but <a href="https://www.stereogum.com/2052498/my-chemical-romance-guitarist-frank-iero-responds-to-joe-jonas-brothers-reunion-rumor/news/">MCR guitarist Frank Iero denied it</a>. Sure enough, the group <a href="https://twitter.com/MCRofficial/status/1207909921930371072">announced their reunion in December 2019</a>. <h2>On July 1, 2020 Payne further teased a reunion by sharing a video of himself virtually reuniting with Styles </h2>Payne posted the video on <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@liampayne/video/6844565473795837189">TikTok</a> and there appeared to be some technical difficulties on Styles' end. Payne jokingly said that it was "getting weird now.""I'll speak to you later," he said before the video ended. <h2>Public relations company Simon Jones PR said that the 10th-anniversary celebration will include a new 1D site and a special video</h2>Among the interactive content planned for the occasion, the company <a href="http://www.simonjonespr.com/news/2020/7/15/celebrate-10-incredible-years-ofnbsponenbspdirectionnbspthis-month">said</a> that fans can expect "a special '10 Years of One Direction' website" while will "take the form of a timeline charting the history of the group, from the first audition right up to the start of their hiatus. It will host an archive of music videos, artwork, TV performances, behind-the-scenes and rarely-seen content."Fans can also expect a new video on YouTube, recapping standout moments from the band's career, plus the release of "rare songs, remixes, live recordings, and acoustic versions of tracks."<ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/everything-one-direction-has-said-about-each-other-since-breakup-2019-5">From throwing insults to talking about a reunion, here's everything One Direction members have said since their hiatus</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/most-popular-boy-band-song-every-year-2018-3">The top boy band song from the year you were born</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/niall-horan-carpool-karaoke-one-direction-lie-detector-video-2020-3">Niall Horan took a lie detector test during 'Carpool Karaoke' and he confidently said One Direction would get back together</a></li></ul>

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