Lance Bass thinks ‘NSync followers deserve a real reunion following their explosive — however transient — return earlier this yr.
“We’ve got to get it proper this time, and sadly, ‘NSync needed to go down in flames for that one,” Bass, 44, stated in an interview with Leisure Weekly revealed on Tuesday, November 7. “However we had a lot enjoyable, I don’t see this as our very last thing. Due to this strike, I really feel like we owe it to the followers once more to rectify this and do one thing else.”
‘NSync — which consists of Bass, Justin Timberlake, J.C. Chasez, Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpatrick — reunited in September on the 2023 VMAs to current the Finest Pop Award to Taylor Swift. Two days after the awards present, the group introduced they’d a new tune, “Higher Place,” dropping on the finish of the month.
The one was ‘NSync’s first tune after a 23-year hiatus and was written for the film Trolls Band Collectively, which stars Timberlake, 42, because the voice of Department. Nonetheless, the band couldn’t promote the tune because of the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike.
“Even simply doing the VMAs, I didn’t anticipate that many individuals to essentially care, however it was nice to see,” Bass gushed on Tuesday. “Particularly since we’re not even in a position to point out the tune, the truth that it’s on the radio and persons are streaming it like no different may be very particular and exhibits how a lot love that our followers have and [the love] we’ve for our followers. We are able to’t thank them sufficient.”
Whereas Bass is hopeful he and his bandmates can work collectively on one thing else sooner or later, they will’t make any plans till the strike is formally over. One factor Bass shared that he would like to do with ‘NSync once more is to go on tour.
Chris Kirkpatrick, JC Chasez, Justin Timberlake, Lance Bass and Joey Fatone of ‘NSync. John Shearer/Getty Pictures for MTV
“We like to placed on a present, that was our favourite, favourite factor,” Bass stated. “We spent each dime that we made on our excursions — which, [in] hindsight, I most likely would’ve modified a bit of bit — so I feel it might be enjoyable to remind everybody what we do in our exhibits.”
After hitting the VMAs stage, Bass and Fatone, 46, caught up with Us Weekly to replicate on the reunion that had social media ablaze.
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“It was a really pure factor. The final 23 years, we’ve all sort of mentioned possibly doing one thing right here, possibly doing one thing there,” Bass solely informed Us in September. “We did Coachella and we did the VMAs 10 years in the past, so it simply made sense at the moment.”
Fatone, in the meantime, shared that “Higher Place” was “one hundred pc” a love letter to the followers who’ve been by their aspect even after the group parted methods within the early 2000s.
“It was simply a type of issues, like, ‘Wow, OK, we’re doing this.’ So we’re simply very comfortable to see what occurs,” Fatone informed Us. “I imply, once more, it’s been 25 years since we actually put one thing or something on the market. So simply to have the ability to be within the studio collectively [and] have these vibes, it’s actually cool.”