"Tape me on your videophone. I can handle you. Watch me on your videophone." I can only assume that the pop stars of the world heard those fizzy lyrics and speed-dialed their management teams to demand they be taped on videophones.
The result was a never-ending slew of documentaries following the buzziest Top 40 artists of the world as they perform their biggest hits.
An alternative origin story for the onslaught of pop star documentaries in the last decade is the success of Justin Bieber's Never Say Never, which greatly exceeded expectations at the box office.
Taking in over $73 million domestically, it remains the third-highest-grossing documentary in the US (behind only Fahrenheit 9/11 and March of the Penguins).