Joey Fatone talks onstage the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on Sept. 12, 2023 in Newark, New Jersey. Jeff Kravitz/Getty Images for MTV
*NSYNC has actually come a lengthy method because their last cd got here in 2001, rejoining this year for the kid band’s very first brand-new solitary in 20 years. But in a current meeting, Joey Fatone reviewed just how he truthfully really felt after his bandmate Justin Timberlake went solo, properly finishing the team’s go for the optimal of its success.
“I was not blindsided by the breakup,” the 45-year-old vocalist informed Yahoo Entertainment. “I was more blindsided as far as him coming out with music and not knowing that he was going to go and do an actual album/tour thing.”
Fatone stated he initially assumed Timberlake’s separation was momentary. “It was more of, ‘Hey, I’m going to do some music, and then we’ll get back together,’” he remembered.
Timberlake, naturally, took place to end up being a very effective musician, launching his very first of 5 directly struck cds in 2002 with Justified, which came to a head at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. “And it wasn’t him,” included Fatone, that highlighted that he never ever felt bitter Timberlake for his solo success. “It was the record company … When you’re younger, you think it’s that person. But then you look at the whole bigger scheme of things, and you go, ‘Oh, that’s why I wasn’t there for that.’ That’s the business.”
Twenty years later on, all 5 of the band participants have actually worked with solo ventures, as well as just recently rejoined for Trolls Band Together solitary “Better Place.” Fatone as well as Timberlake have actually shown up together with JC Chasez, Chris Kirkpatrick as well as Lance Bass as a joined front in a number of press joints in current weeks, consisting of Sean Evans’ Hot Ones.
The individuals additionally made a team look at this year’s VMAs, providing the very best pop honor to Taylor Swift. “I had your dolls!” she said loudly as they handed her the Moon Person. “You’re pop personified, so to receive this from your golden pop hands is really too much!”
And if you assumed that *NYSNC may really feel a little corroded after a 20-year respite, reconsider. The quintet is completely certain in its brand-new tune, with Timberlake joking in a humorous Instagram reel, “Let us know if you like it. If you don’t, go f–k yourself.”
