Twenty-five years after *NSYNC launched its breakup anthem “Bye Bye Bye” on Jan. 17, 2020, followers nonetheless haven’t gotten over the boy band’s personal break up.
However after the group appeared on the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards after which launched the one “Better Place” from the “Trolls Band Together” soundtrack, there was buzz that the group is perhaps reuniting in a much bigger means for an album or tour.
Since then, nevertheless, *NSYNC has solely appeared on the “Paradise” observe off Justin Timberlake’s 2024 album “Everything I Thought It Was.”
“We have to have a conversation,” Joey Fatone, 47, completely advised the Submit. “That’s really what it boils down to. And we’re gonna hopefully do that soon. We keep saying ‘soon,’ but it’s getting where it’s like either s—t or get off the pot. Let’s be real.”
And with the twenty fifth anniversary of *NSYNC’s blockbuster album “No Strings Attached” developing in March, Fatone thinks that it’s time for “that moment of the five of us sitting down going, ‘OK, what does this look like? Do we want to do a tour? Is it just a tour? Is it an album? Is it an EP? Are we not going to do anything? Like, what exactly are we going to do?’ ”
Former *NSYNC supervisor Johnny Wright, who now manages Timberlake, additionally doesn’t rule out a reunion sooner or later.
“Never say never,” mentioned Wright. “I feel that when all issues can decelerate individually for everyone, and there’s a dialog that is sensible, then yeah, it might presumably occur. However I’m not saying 100% that it’s going to.
“Some people think it’s just as easy as making a phone call and hey, the next day we’re in the studio making a record. It’s a little bit more detailed than that,” he continued. “But again, when the planets and the time and everything lines up, anything is possible.”
With “Bye Bye Bye” not too long ago trending from a viral dance problem — after the music and its iconic choreography had been featured in “Deadpool and Wolverine” final summer season — the timing does really feel proper for an *NSYNC reunion.
Nonetheless, Fatone mentioned “it’s a commitment.”
“It is a big chunk of time that we would have to do things together and be together. And honestly, it’s going to take the time away from our families,” he advised the Submit.
Though, he added, “I would love my kids to see what I did. And I think everybody else’s kids … they’re all inquisitive of what you did when you were young. And I think they want to see it.”
So Fatone would say “yes, yes, yes” to getting in sync with Timberlake, JC Chasez, Lance Bass and Chris Kirkpatrick once more.
“I can only speak for myself right when I say it would be great to do something,” mentioned the singer, who will likely be becoming a member of the solid of “& Juliet” on Broadway on Jan. 21 for 9 weeks.
“I would love to perform with my brothers again. I miss hanging out and playing and performing with my friends and my brothers.”
