The Carters: Hurts to Love You documentary: Aaron Carter's family share chilling home footage after late popstar's death | Explainer
Follow the story of Aaron and Nick Carter. (Carter Family Archive/CBS/Paramount+)

The Carters: Hurts to Love You documentary: Aaron Carter’s family share chilling home footage after late popstar’s death | Explainer


The world was in shock when singer turned rapper Aaron Carter passed at the age of 34.

And while Aaron’s untimely death was three years ago, it meant three of the original five Carter kids had passed.

Now his surviving siblings speak out for the first time. Through never-before-seen home videos, they bravely tell their story in a powerful new documentary, The Carters: Hurts To Love You.

Catch a glimpse in the video above. 

A still of Aaron Carter and Nick Carter featured in The Carters, streaming on Stan, 2025. Photo Credit: Carter Family Archive/CBS/Paramount+
Follow the story of Aaron and Nick Carter. (Carter Family Archive/CBS/Paramount+)

The Carters: Hurts To Love You premieres on July 2, only on Stan. 

The late pop sensation is survived by his twin sister Angel Carter Conrad and older brother, Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter.

Angel unravels the deeply moving story of the Carter family, their complicated childhoods and the heartbreaking tragedies that marked their lives.

Nick Carter and Angel Carter Conrad in The Carters, streaming on Stan, 2025. Photo Credit: CBS/Paramount+
Nick Carter and Angel Carter Conrad speak out for the first time. (CBS/Paramount+)

Through unseen home videos untouched for decades, family photographs, audio recordings, private text messages and their most intimate moments, the documentary will pull back the veil on the Carter family as we hear them speak out for the first time.

How can I watch The Carters: Hurts To Love You?

The highly anticipated two-part documentary will premiere July 2, in Australia, only on Stan.

Watch an official first look here: 

“Five kids…we’re all that’s left,” says Nick as he breaks down in tears.

The documentary begins with the story of American teen heartthrobs Nick and Aaron Carter, who seemed to have it all.

Nick Carter in The Carters, streaming on Stan, 2025. Photo Credit: CBS/Paramount+
Nick reflects on his brother’s life and passing. (CBS/Stan)

But behind their remarkable gifts was a family dealing with deeply personal struggles.

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“When fame embraces you, you have to hide your pain. No one can see what’s really happening to you,” Angel explains.

A still of Aaron Carter featured in The Carters, streaming on Stan, 2025. Photo Credit: Carter Family Archive/CBS/Paramount+
The documentary takes a raw and intimate look into the popstar family. (Carter Family Archive/CBS/Paramount+)

“Being a twin, I can be a voice for him. This is what happened behind the scenes, here’s the truth.” 

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The Carters: Hurts To Love You also features first-time conversations with friends who also live in the spotlight, including Melissa Joan Hart and Scout Willis and longtime manager Lori Knight.

A still of Aaron Carter featured in The Carters, streaming on Stan, 2025. Photo Credit: Carter Family Archive/CBS/Paramount+
Angel unravels the price of fame. (Carter Family Archive / CBS, Stan)

“To have that much pressure on him as a child he was so lonely and so much longing for real love,” Scout Willis remembers.

How did Aaron Carter pass?

Aaron Carter tragically died at the age of 34.

TMZ first reported the singer, rapper and actor was found dead at his Lancaster, California home on Saturday, November 5 in 2022.

Aaron Carter
Aaron Carter, pictured here performing in February 2022, tragically died at age 34. (Getty)

The former child star was found in his bath tub by first responders after a 911 call was made about a drowning.

The autopsy has now revealed this his death was caused by accidental drowning.

Aaron Carter’s rise to fame

A still of Aaron Carter and Nick Carter featured in The Carters, streaming on Stan, 2025. Photo Credit: Carter Family Archive/CBS/Paramount+
Aaron Carter embarked on his first solo tour at age 12. (Carter Family Archive/CBS)

Aaron Carter is the younger brother of Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter.

He rose to fame in his own right as a child star in the late ’90s with his hits I Want Candy and That’s How I Beat Shaq.

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Aaron released his self-titled debut album in 1997. His fifth and final studio album LØVË was released in 2018.

A still of Aaron Carter and Nick Carter featured in The Carters, streaming on Stan, 2025. Photo Credit: Carter Family Archive/CBS/Paramount+
Aaron became singer like his older brother. (Carter Family Archive/CBS)

Aaron opened for the Backstreet Boys on tour and also Britney Spears, before he embarked on his first solo tour in 2000, at the age of 12.

By the 2000s, he was a pop sensation and actor, making cameos as himself in television shows like Lizzie McGuire and Sabrina the Teenage Witch.

Aaron and Nick Carter (left) aririve for the "Simple Life 2" Welcome Home Party at The Spider Club  on April 14, 2004 in Hollywood. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Aaron Carter; Nick Carter
Nick and Aaron carter were ’90s heartthrobs. (Getty)

As Aaron grew up, however, his life became more complicated.

Aaron and Nick’s soaring success propelled their family into the spotlight. Ultimately, that fame took a devastating toll – the story shared by Angel in the powerful documentary.

The Carters: Hurts To Love You premieres July 2, only on Stan.

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