Backstreet Boys - I Want It That Way -fuentez -...

💡 : The acoustic guitar riff at the start of the song was actually inspired by Metallica’s "Nothing Else Matters".

Backstreet Boys - I want it that way (Fuentez 'Pump' Bootleg) Backstreet Boys - I want it that way -Fuentez -...

Still Needing It "That Way": The Unstoppable Legacy of a Pop Classic Twenty-seven years after its 1999 debut, the Backstreet Boys’ 💡 : The acoustic guitar riff at the

If Carlos Fuentez (or whoever) existed, he never saw a royalty statement. Max Martin’s production team was famously insular; session musicians were paid flat fees and rarely credited. But the persistent rumor of Fuentez’s guitar part has taken on a life of its own. But the persistent rumor of Fuentez’s guitar part

Twenty-seven years later, “I Want It That Way” has been streamed over 1.5 billion times, named Billboard’s #10 greatest boy band song of all time, and inspired countless parodies, memes, and wedding first dances. But beneath its glossy, radio-friendly surface lies a tangled story of creative conflict, accidental genius, and a ghost credit that fan forums still argue about: the mysterious “Fuentez.”