Absolute TRL was founded in 1999, as a fan site of MTV's TV Show Total Request Live. In 2005, the main site was closed in favor of the forum. It got renamed to PopFusion in 2006, and retained that name for a year. In 2007 it was renamed to ATRL. Despite the cancelation of Total Request Live in late 2008, it continued operating as a general pop culture forum.

In 2017, ATRL gained media attention when a member of the forum discovered hidden artwork, and incomplete tracklist of Taylor Swift's then-upcoming sixth studio album, Reputation (2017), ahead of the official announcement on her website.^[2][3][4][5] In a BuzzFeed article on pop fandom culture, ATRL is described as a "space for fans to argue in favor of their chosen artist with statistics and ideas about cultural impact".^[1]

 

ATRL - Wikipedia

 

Interesting ATRL's most iconic moment is Taylor-related

No,it was brought up over the years a few times, so...

no, I saw it before i joined and I knew it would be a mess after reading the first sentence

Naurr

In 2017, ATRL gained media attention when a member of the forum discovered hidden artwork, and incomplete tracklist of Taylor Swift's then-upcoming sixth studio album, Reputation (2017), 

 

oh wow  

14 minutes ago, ontherocks said:

No,it was brought up over the years a few times, so...

Sounds like something a PopFusion member would post

 

Just now, Simple said:

Sounds like something a PopFusion member would post

 

Well, no clue what that is, but I have been here for a long time 

No, I’m not surprised. I am surprised that the article just mentions Reputation though

 

ATRL definitely peaked in relevance 2011 - 2014 or so. Our memes, gifs, nicknames etc. used to spread to Twitter and Buzzfeed like wildfire. Even tumblr when tumblr was a thing. And ATRL would get cited in pop music articles fairly frequently. 

 

We know for a fact some of the pop girls and their teams used to lurk. The Kworb screenshots! Perez was on here and that guy from Billboard too

 

Does anyone remember the night Liddos were like 99% sure Gaga was lurking base? She was tweeting random (non Gaga) videos minutes after they were posted in base, several times in a row  And of course she iconically tweeted @ Nicole. 

 

It’s a shame this site has not functioned at 100% in TEN years at this point. It could be so much more iconic and relevant still  

The way there could be an internet hoaxes section  

 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/taylor-lautner-gay-out-twilight-people-276371/amp/

Fergie's Manager threatening ATRL

Bill Werde from Billboard actually posting here.

ATRL investigates fradulent Lucia Cole

 

Those should be mentioned too.

10 minutes ago, Vespertine said:

No, I’m not surprised. I am surprised that the article just mentions Reputation though

 

ATRL definitely peaked in relevance 2011 - 2014 or so. Our memes, gifs, nicknames etc. used to spread to Twitter and Buzzfeed like wildfire. Even tumblr when tumblr was a thing. And ATRL would get cited in pop music articles fairly frequently. 

 

We know for a fact some of the pop girls and their teams used to lurk. The Kworb screenshots! Perez was on here and that guy from Billboard too

 

Does anyone remember the night Liddos were like 99% sure Gaga was lurking base? She was tweeting random (non Gaga) videos minutes after they were posted in base, several times in a row  And of course she iconically tweeted @ Nicole. 

 

It’s a shame this site has not functioned at 100% in TEN years at this point. It could be so much more iconic and relevant still  

Not sure. I arrived when Atrl was at its peak. And there was that Rihanna thing where we weren't sure if that poster was Rihanna, because they said things only Rih would know. 

 

But even back then Atrl had server issues. Forums just aren't a thing anymore, they've been replaced by Reddit and Discord. 

ATRL's impact on the social media side of stan culture was huge in 2011-2014. A lot of the stan lingo that is popularized on Twitter started off here. And omg, what a day to be on ATRL when that user discovered reputation. Taylor had to rush release the album cover and everything because of it

1 hour ago, Simple said:

In 2017, ATRL gained media attention when a member of the forum discovered hidden artwork, and incomplete tracklist of Taylor Swift's then-upcoming sixth studio album, Reputation (2017)

I did not know this  Iconic web site methinks!

I did not know ATRL was actually an acronym 

Still alive after 23 years longevity 

 

I was a member of another pop forum 2011-2014 but made the switch bc everyone always talked about ATRL. Main pop forum 

Edited July 31, 20224 yr by PrettyHurts

1 hour ago, Tropez said:

Not sure. I arrived when Atrl was at its peak. And there was that Rihanna thing where we weren't sure if that poster was Rihanna, because they said things only Rih would know. 

 

But even back then Atrl had server issues. Forums just aren't a thing anymore, they've been replaced by Reddit and Discord. 

Clairbear! *laughs hysterically* 

 

ATRL has been going downhill for years because no one can use the site or sign up. It would still be just as iconic regardless of Reddit and Discord if people hadn't given up on browsing or joining the site years ago imo. I still see people on all the stan reddits referencing ATRL. 

3 minutes ago, Vespertine said:

Clairbear! *laughs hysterically* 

i think it was *giggles hysterically*

1 minute ago, Kiss It Better said:

i think it was *giggles hysterically*

Omg yes it was. My bad   

So joined once the name went back to atrl. Thought popfusion name was 2005.

 

And my 15 year anniversary on atrl is next week and I never knew that.

cupcakke's shoutout should be on the wiki page

They even managed to find Q Lazarus. Interpol hew?

4 hours ago, Simple said:

In 2017, ATRL gained media attention when a member of the forum discovered hidden artwork, and incomplete tracklist of Taylor Swift's then-upcoming sixth studio album, Reputation (2017), ahead of the official announcement on her website.^[2][3][4][5

@levi_valvi that was a classic

Someone add the Lucia Cole fiasco 

2 hours ago, Psycho said:

@levi_valvi that was a classic

Kii

Fergie's manager trying to shut our site down cause one of three Fergie stans leaked her album early

What does absolute TRL mean?