L-R: Carlos, Logan, James, Kendall
Big Time Rush (BTR for short) is an American Boy Band created by Nickelodeon in 2009 for the show of the same name. The group consists of Kendall Schmidt, James Maslow, Logan Henderson, and Carlos PenaVeganote .
The group was able to establish itself as a successful band independent of the show, releasing three albums and three extended plays with five tours. One of these tours, 2012's Better With U tour, also contained the first US performances of fellow boy band One Direction.
Following their television show's conclusion, the band went on indefinite hiatus in 2014 up until 2021, when they announced their reunion and started performing live again.note They have since released a fourth album, Another Life.
Discography:
Studio Albums- BTR (2010)
- Elevate (2011)
- 24/Seven (2013)
- The Greatest Hits (2016)
- Another Life (2023)
- Best of Season 1 (2010, EP)
- Holiday Bundle (2010, EP)
- Big Time Movie Soundtrack (2012, EP)
Tropes in their works:
- The Cameo: The music video for "City is Ours" features cameo appearances from members of the supporting cast from the Nickelodeon show starring the band.
- Changing Yourself for Love: The song "Any Kind Of Guy" is about the guys announcing their intent to become any kind of guy the girl might want:Changing my point of view
Everyday something new
Anything to get next to you (gonna get to you) - Cover Album: The Big Time Movie soundtrack consisted entirely of Beatles covers.
- Cover Version: "Famous" was originally performed by Swedish girl group Play.
- Rearrange the Song: "No Idea" is actually a reworked/half-rewritten version of a song by the same name by All Time Low. Both versions share a cowriter, Christopher 'Tricky' Stewart, and he produced Big Time Rush's version, so one can only imagine who introduced it to them. Whichever version is better is usually up to the listener.
- Rock Star Song: "Famous," which, while ostensibly asking "do you want to be famous?" basically says "look at us, we are famous."
- Sampling: Of course, "Windows Down" takes its instrumentation and chorus from Blur's "Song 2".
- Technician vs. Performer: Big Time Rush started out as the latter, before growing into the former as time went on, with the band receiving writing credits an increasing number of songs with each album, culminating with Another Life - their self-published fourth album which credits at least one member of the band as a writer on every song included on the album.
- Theme Tune Extended: The full version of "Big Time Rush" is about three minutes long, compared to the short version on the show.
- "They've Come So Far" Song: "Halfway There", which is about coming so far to achieving one's goal.
- Title Drop: Their song "Big Time Rush" (AKA "Big Time"), also the theme tune for their show.
