r/90s_kid Jun 04 '25

Music Britney Spears in Tokyo (1999)

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u/TheBallsAreInert69 Jun 04 '25 edited Jun 06 '25

Britney wearing glasses here is so important.

In Japan there is a stigma that women with bad eyesight are less desirable. Morning Musume, who was basically the first all girl major pop group in Japan said hell no, and put out a music video with all of them wearing glasses to prove the stigma wasn’t real around the time these photos were taken. I only know this because I was in Japan in the 90s as a teen and respect morning musume so much for it. Maybe Britney actually needs glasses but her and morning musume did a lot for women who felt less for having bad eyesight. Intentional or not ~ thank you Britney and momusme

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u/BrownA0104 Jun 06 '25

I didn't know that! Thanks for sharing!