The handsome rocker, who rose to stardom in the ’90s alongside his brothers with ‘MMMBop,’ is so handsome and sounds incredible.
Key Points
Taylor Hanson impresses fans with a solo show at The Hotel Cafe in 2026.
Kat Dennings considers her cameo in Hanson’s video a career highlight.
“MMMBop” remains Hanson’s biggest and most career-defining hit.
Taylor Hanson, who rose to stardom with his band Hanson, is blowing fans away in his solo show.
Hanson, 43, is best known as a member of Hanson alongside his brothers, Zac and Isaac Hanson. The trio skyrocketed to fame in 1997 with their hit “MMMBop,” which topped the charts and catapulted their album, “Middle of Nowhere,” to success, and even earned them three Grammy nominations. Just teenagers at the time, the Oklahoma-bred trio sold millions of albums and continued to achieve tremendous success throughout the following years.
In 2026, Taylor Hanson continues to thrive and recently blew fans away with his second headlining show at The Hotel Cafe. Looking more handsome than ever, the rocker sat at the piano and performed “Dream Girl” by Hanson. While years have passed since the band first hit the scene, Hanson’s voice continues to be outstanding. Give a listen below as the musician knocked the socks off concert-goers:
Was Kat Dennings in a Hanson Video?
Yes! Kat Dennings, best known for her role on 2 Broke Girls and in films like The 40-Year-Old Virgin, shared that she appeared in Hanson’s 2013 music video for “Get the Girl Back” and called it one of the highlights of her career.
“To this day, it is probably my best, my biggest accomplishment in my career. And I’m not joking. This is called manifestation, folks,” Dennings told Danielle Fishel in the Wednesday, Jan. 28 episode of the Teen Beatpodcast. As a teen, she even had collages of the band on her walls, so scoring a role in their video was a major win. “I was Pinteresting before Pinterest. I was vision boarding my life, my ceiling. Isaac’s on my ceiling,” she joked.
Check out the video, which also features Nikki Reed, below:
What Was Hanson’s Biggest Song?
We couldn’t have a story about Hanson without reflecting on their biggest song, “MMMBop”! While the band has proven their talents go far beyond the hit, it’s the one that skyrocketed them to success. It’s hard to believe it’s been almost thirty years since it debuted!
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