(L-R) Chris Kirkpatrick, JC Chasez, Justin Timberlake, Lance Bass and Joey Fatone John Shearer/Getty Pictures for MTV
Twenty years after they mentioned “Bye Bye Bye,” ‘NSync is again with a model new track.
In “Higher Place,” launched Friday, September 29, the beloved boy band – Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, Lance Bass, Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpatrick – present that whereas they’re a bit older than after they used to dominate TRL and the Billboard Scorching 100, they haven’t misplaced a step. Set towards a disco sound, “Higher Place” appears to nod on the passage of time since ‘NSync’s heyday and to anybody eager for the harmless instances of MySpace’s Prime 8, flip telephones and AOL Immediate Messenger.
“I don’t thoughts if the world spins quicker,” the band sings on the observe. “The music’s louder, the waves get stronger / I don’t thoughts if the world spins quicker, quicker, quicker / Simply let me take you to a greater place.” Afterward the observe, the group croons, “Don’t need it some other manner / Inform all your folks are gonna keep / Once we’re collectively / that we do it higher.”
The track is featured on the upcoming film Trolls Band Collectively, the third installment within the animated franchise that options Timberlake, 42, Anna Kendrick and extra.
“So many stars aligned and that’s why I hit y’all and was like, ‘Hey, one thing got here up,’” Timberlake, mentioned in a behind-the-scenes video posted to his Instagram on September 15. “If we do that track, it’s a love letter to our followers. I’d be honored to have the group on this track.”
“Higher Place” marks the group’s first musical launch since 2002; that yr, the Neptunes remixed “Girlfriend.” The most recent Trolls movie, out November 17, reveals how Department (Timberlake) was as soon as a member of BroZone alongside his brothers (voiced by Daveed Diggs, Child Cudi, Troye Sivan and Eric André). When one of many brothers will get kidnapped, Department and Poppy (Anna Kendrick) reunite the band in hopes of rescuing the trapped troll.
The brand new track comes weeks after the group publicly reunited on the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards to current Greatest Pop Video’s first award of the night time. “Over 20 years in the past, we had been simply youngsters once we gained Greatest Pop Video for ‘Bye Bye Bye,’” mentioned Chasez, 47. “It was our first VMA and it meant the world to us.”
After presenting the award to Taylor Swift for “Anti-Hero,” she had some questions for the group. “I’m not doing effectively pivoting,” Swift mentioned. “Like, I had your dolls. Like, are you doing one thing? What’s going to occur now?”
Members of the group teased doing one thing extra within the wake of the looks. “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, 44, instructed Us Weekly after the VMAs. Fatone, 46, added that this new track was “simply a kind of issues, like, ‘Wow, OK, we’re doing this.’ So we’re simply very pleased to see what occurs.”
Regardless of the reunion on the VMAs and on “Higher Place,” ‘NSync has no plans for a full-fledged reunion, in response to Billboard. Timberlake has touring plans of his personal for 2024, with the outlet reporting that he plans to have a brand new solo album out by then.
