No Slow Dances, Just Grinding: Why Prom Wasn’t What TV Promised

We really thought prom would be like the movies. Slow dance in the middle of the floor. Some soft R&B playing. Maybe a tear or two. But if you were in high school in the 2000s? It was Juvenile. It was Neptunes beats. It was no slow dances—just grinding, sweating, and Steve Harvey suits straight from Russell’s.

And shout out to the legend that changed suits mid-prom like it was the BET Awards.

This is a real one for all the Black millennials who knew prom was more Project X than 10 Things I Hate About You.

What was the actual first song you danced to at prom? Bet it wasn’t Brian McKnight.

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