Written for Kurrent Music
Published July 14th 2016
Human Nature blog
In the middle of the 90s, they seemed to be a boyband like many, many others. The 4 Australian boys of Human Nature made their global debut with new jack swing songs. This made them direct competition for R&B accepted groups like Color Me Badd and All 4 One, as well as teen heart throbs like the US Backstreet Boys, Dutch boyband Caught In The Act (immensely popular in Germany) and even the Australian CDB (Create Dream Believe).
However, this boyband, at that time, actually started out as a doo-wop group (much like Boyz II Men) and only stepped out as the typical 90s boyband, because Sony Music could market them that way. It did introduce them to an international audience, and to a massive audience down under, but Human Nature disappeared pretty quickly for the rest of the world.