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After VMAs reunion, NSYNC to release new song for first time in 20 years
After VMAs reunion, NSYNC to release new song for first time in 20 years
ABS-CBN News
Published Sep 14, 2023 01:52 PM PHT

The celebrated '90s boy band NSYNC is back with a new song -- its first in over two decades.
The celebrated '90s boy band NSYNC is back with a new song -- its first in over two decades.
Titled “Better Place,” the single is featured in the official trailer of the DreamWorks Animation’s “Trolls Band Together.”
Titled “Better Place,” the single is featured in the official trailer of the DreamWorks Animation’s “Trolls Band Together.”
The song will reportedly drop on September 29 ahead of the film’s cinematic release in November.
The song will reportedly drop on September 29 ahead of the film’s cinematic release in November.
The announcement about the new tune came just a day after Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, Joey Fatone, Lance Bass, and Chris Kirkpatrick graced the stage of the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards to present the Best Pop award to Taylor Swift for “Anti-Hero.”
The announcement about the new tune came just a day after Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, Joey Fatone, Lance Bass, and Chris Kirkpatrick graced the stage of the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards to present the Best Pop award to Taylor Swift for “Anti-Hero.”
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“I’m not doing well pivoting from this to this, like I had your dolls,” Swift expressed as she ascended the stage to accept her VMA, embracing all five NSYNC members before doing so.
“I’m not doing well pivoting from this to this, like I had your dolls,” Swift expressed as she ascended the stage to accept her VMA, embracing all five NSYNC members before doing so.
“You’re pop personified. So to receive this from your golden pop hands is really too much,” she added.
“You’re pop personified. So to receive this from your golden pop hands is really too much,” she added.
Swift proceeded to ask about what the group is currently up to, seemingly on behalf of all their fans, herself included.
Swift proceeded to ask about what the group is currently up to, seemingly on behalf of all their fans, herself included.
“Are you doing something? What’s going to happen now?” she said.
“Are you doing something? What’s going to happen now?” she said.
NSYNC sold more than 70 million records -- 30 million in the US -- with a dozen singles making the Top 40, adult contemporary, dance, Latin, country or R&B charts.
NSYNC sold more than 70 million records -- 30 million in the US -- with a dozen singles making the Top 40, adult contemporary, dance, Latin, country or R&B charts.
The group are also among the most successful live acts in pop, with the first 52 dates of the "No Strings Attached" world tour selling out in record time.
The group are also among the most successful live acts in pop, with the first 52 dates of the "No Strings Attached" world tour selling out in record time.
The band's first single, "I Want You Back" (1996), became the longest Top 10 entry for a new group, while the self-titled debut album, released in 1997, sold more than 10 million copies.
The band's first single, "I Want You Back" (1996), became the longest Top 10 entry for a new group, while the self-titled debut album, released in 1997, sold more than 10 million copies.
The next two records, "No Strings Attached" and "Celebrity," topped the US charts in 2000 and 2001, while other memorable singles include "Bye Bye Bye," "Girlfriend" and "It's Gonna Be Me."
The next two records, "No Strings Attached" and "Celebrity," topped the US charts in 2000 and 2001, while other memorable singles include "Bye Bye Bye," "Girlfriend" and "It's Gonna Be Me."
NSYNC went on what they described at the time as a "hiatus" in 2002 but have not performed together since -- except for a brief reunion in 2013 when Timberlake received an award at the MTV Video Music Awards. – With AFP
NSYNC went on what they described at the time as a "hiatus" in 2002 but have not performed together since -- except for a brief reunion in 2013 when Timberlake received an award at the MTV Video Music Awards. – With AFP
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